Anti-oppressive documentation practices for occupational therapists?
Presenter(s)
Marie-Lyne Grenier, MScOT, DOT, PhD(c), erg. and Janna MacLachlan, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.)
12:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. (Eastern Time) | The Competencies for Occupational Therapists in Canada (ACOTRO et al., 2021) emphasize the need for occupational therapists to address the ongoing social and health inequities experienced by various minoritized communities across Canada. Occupational therapists have a timely responsibility to align themselves with these competencies by critically reflecting on current practices and brainstorming/applying practices grounded in anti-oppression and human rights. While documentation remains an integral aspect of quality healthcare by supporting reflection, analysis, communication, and quality improvement, it nonetheless remains a power-laden practice, one that can contribute to or work against oppression (Healy et al., 2022 ; MacLachlan & Grenier, 2022). This half-day workshop equips occupational therapy professionals with foundational knowledge on anti-oppressive documentation practices and with concrete tools to begin applying anti-oppressive documentation practices to their current practice. During the first part of the workshop, the presenters will introduce participants to important concepts of anti-oppressive documentation practices in a lecture format. During the second part, participants will have the opportunity to practise applying learned concepts and discuss current challenges and opportunities in practice in small groups in breakout rooms with the support of presenters.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Recognize the ways that documentation practices can contribute to or work against oppression, particularly for minoritized communities across Canada. Critically reflect on their current documentation practices. Apply anti-oppressive documentation practices to their current occupational therapy practice. Target audience: Occupational therapists, OTAs, and students in occupational therapy programs who wish to increase their understanding and skills in anti-oppressive documentation, when working in any area of practice and with any client age group. Physiotherapists and social workers are also welcome to participate. Please note: Each participant is responsible to ensure they apply the information within the context of their licensure, provincial/territorial legislations, institution regulations, scope of practice, etc. Client age group: Young children (0-4 years old), Children (5-12 years old), Adolescents (13-19 years old), Adults (20-64 years old), Older adults (65+ years old). Areas of practice: Advocacy, Equity & Justice, Indigenous Health, Leadership & Change Agency, Policy Development
Presenters: Marie-Lyne Grenier, MScOT, DOT, PhD(c), erg. resides and works in Tiohtià :ke (Montreal) on the unceded lands of the Kanien'kehá:ka people. Marie-Lyne has worked as an occupational therapist in the USA and Canada since 2010 in practice areas including musculoskeletal rehabilitation, return-to-work rehabilitation, home care, and ergonomics. She is also a Faculty Lecturer in the Occupational Therapy Department at McGill University and a PhD candidate in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill. Marie-Lyne’s PhD research aims to better understand the educational experiences that support the development/strengthening of healthcare students’ commitment to equity and justice in healthcare contexts. Janna MacLachlan, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.) resides and works in Iqaluit, Nunavut, part of Inuit Nunangat, the homeland of Inuit in Canada. Janna has worked as an occupational therapist since 2006 in practice areas including generalist practice, school health, acute care, and global health, and has worked in locations including Nunavut, Ottawa, and India. Janna’s doctoral work, completed in 2022, engaged Inuit ways of knowing, critical social science approaches and critical reflexivity to examine issues of health equity, power and privilege, and reconciliation in rehabilitation services offered to Inuit children in Nunavut. She is a Banting Postdoctoral Researcher at the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre.