Encouraging Home Health Occupational Therapy Practitioners to Promote Sustainable Interventions for the Adult Population

Data was collected from home health occupational therapists through an online questionnaire created by the capstone student. The survey asked questions regarding OTPs current understanding of sustainability, current knowledge regarding sustainable health care, and if/how they consider the environment when selecting interventions. Data collected was formatted into a downloadable and printable PDF version to ease accessibility. The capstone student created a Google Slides presentation for practitioners, an online learning module with quizzes, videos, voice over audio, and interactive activities. Content includes what sustainability is, OT’s scope of practice, how sustainability fits within the scope of practice, OT models, theories, frameworks, and interventions centered on sustainability and either focus on improving the environment or decreasing their impact. The survey resulted in identifying strengths in knowledge and areas for improvement that, in turn, informed the online learning module in that more attention was given to lesser-known topics. Learners have the option to turn on “live captions” using Google Chrome and picture descriptions were provided where necessary. Finally, the capstone student created a clinical reasoning pocket guide that includes definitions of environmental and sustainability reasoning and the opportunity for practitioners to fill in their own intervention ideas and how to implement the terms. A video is available for practitioners to view how to utilize the guide.