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presented by Jessica Asiello, OTD, OTR/L and Kristen Keech, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS
Financial: Kristen Keech receives compensation from MedBridge for the production of this course. She’s also the founder of Conscious Care Consulting, LLC, and an employee for The Queen’s Health System. She has no other relevant financial relationships.
Nonfinancial: Kristen Keech has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Financial: Jessica Asiello receives compensation from MedBridge for the production of this course. She’s also an employee of MGH Institute of Health Professions and Massachusetts General Hospital, an advisor for ScribePT, and a contractor for the American Occupational Therapy Association. She has no other relevant financial relationships.
Nonfinancial: Jessica Asiello is an associate reviewer for the Journal of Acute Care Occupational Therapy.
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Jessica Asiello, OTD, OTR/L
Jessica Asiello is an assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the MGH Institute for Health Professions in Boston, Massachusetts. She primarily teaches in the online postprofessional OTD program. Her clinical practice is in acute care at Massachusetts General Hospital, with specialty experience with medically…
Read full bioKristen Keech, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS
Kristen Keech is an occupational therapist working in the acute care setting at The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. She evaluates, treats, and advocates for individuals hospitalized for various medical and traumatic-related injuries, alongside the interprofessional team, beginning in the intensive care unit. Kristen's area of expertise is moderate to severe traumatic brain injury…
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