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Welcome to the show notes for Episode 147 of the OT Schoolhouse Podcast.
Do you think AI can revolutionize school-based OT?
In this episode, join expert guest Teresa Fair-Field as she explores innovative uses of artificial intelligence that are reshaping the way OTP's support students and clinical decision making.
Discover the collaborative efforts between clinicians and tech experts in developing predictive AI, and learn how these advancements can generate treatment plans and improve communication.
This episode is great for any school-based OT who wants to stay up to date, and utilize technology to enhance evidence-based practice and ultimately enrich student outcomes.
Listen now to learn the following objectives:
Learners will recognize the ethical considerations of AI use.
Learners will understand the role of occupational therapy in supporting neurodivergent students in physical education settings.
Learners will identify strategies for integrating AI into clinical decision-making, IEP development, and treatment planning.
Guest Bio
Teresa Fair-Field, OTD, OTR/L
Clinical Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
Baylor University
Teresa Fair-Field, OTD, OTR/L, Clinical Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at Baylor University since 2021, affiliated with Early Markers, a Seattle-based startup focusing on machine learning and infant motor development. Their NIH-funded work aims to create an app for AI-supported early screening, parent coaching, and education. Teresa specializes in neurological development across the lifespan, including early intervention, infant motor skills, and neuromotor conditions.
Quotes
"AI is a family of computer systems... aimed at solving problems that could include learning, problem solving, decision making, pattern recognition."
– Teresa Fair-Field, OTD, OTR/L
“All of the ethical responsibility is on the user to sort of normalize. I use this tool in the same way that you would have used Microsoft Word embedded grammar checks.”
–Teresa Fair-Field, OTD, OTR/L
“You kind of have to assume if you are entering details, that they are going on a computer somewhere that you don't have control over. So that's why it's really important that you're sort of cutting and pasting things and that those things don't have explicit information in them.”
–Teresa Fair-Field, OTD, OTR/L
“That's the biggest hurdle. It's not the integration. It's connecting the existing systems we already have.”
–Teresa Fair-Field, OTD, OTR/L
“Evidence based practice is reading the research, learning about the research, taking what you know about the patient, what you know about the environment, the school…and deciding for yourself whether or not that research actually makes sense for your case.”
– Jayson Davies, MA, OTR/L
Resources
👉 Chat GPT
👉Occupational therapy in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l5Fjl8dilI&t=1
Episode Transcript
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