Disorders of Consciousness: Intervention Best Practices
Presented by Kristen Keech and Jessica Asiello
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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.
In this course, discover the best evidence-based treatment in disorders of consciousness, and translate treatment results with clear and accurate language to improve documentation, goal writing, interprofessional collaboration, and patient and caregiver education. This course is applicable for all members of the interprofessional team, especially nursing and allied health professionals, across the continuum of acute and post-acute care settings.
Learning Objectives
- Apply knowledge of evidence-based treatment recommendations to facilitate recovery of consciousness and improve advocacy efforts for persons with disorders of consciousness (DoC)
- Examine evidence-based treatment options for individuals with DoC
- Determine key components of caregiver education/training
- Implement at least two strategies for documentation and goal writing
- Analyze how accurate documentation can result in increased advocacy and access to rehabilitation
Meet your instructors
Kristen Keech
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…
Jessica Asiello
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…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches: Pre-awareness State
In this chapter, discover the state of current evidence around treatment interventions that can facilitate recovery of consciousness by examining evidence-based treatment options for individuals with DoC while highlighting key components of caregiver education/training.
2. Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches: Emerging State of Awareness
In this chapter, instructors will combat myths that this patient population is not appropriate for a functional-based approach. Discover ways to incorporate graded command following (object-directed and non-object-directed); facilitate therapeutic engagement in ADLs, functional mobility, and other meaningful occupations; and incorporate best practices around caregiver education.
3. Evidence-Based Documentation and Goal-Writing: What You Need to Know
In this chapter, learn how to accurately document environmental and manual techniques used during assessment, and the patient’s neurobehavioral responses. Discover best practices for translating assessment results into clear and accurate communications with interprofessional team members, patients, and caregivers. This information is critical to ensuring interprofessional collaboration and optimizing patient care and discharge plans.
