Driving Evaluation | December 12 2024
Date of Presentation: December 12, 2024
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical
Program: Clinical Dementia
Keywords: #car safety #driver #elder
In this presentation, Emily Morgan, MD and Sarah Foidel, OTR/L, OTD describe when to screen for driver safety, demonstrate how to screen for driver safety, describe when to send DMV forms vs. refer to OT and review how to report or refer a driver for evaluation.
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Presented by:
Emily Morgan, MD and Sarah Foidel, OTR/L, OTD
Dr. Emily Morgan is a doctor specializing in internal medicine who enjoys her role in geriatric primary care in addition to consulting work.
Raised in Spokane, Dr. Morgan moved to Portland to conduct research in molecular genetics at Shriners Hospital for Children. She then attended medical school and completed her residency and fellowship training in geriatrics.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Morgan likes spending as much time as possible with her family. She also enjoys running, hiking, and gardening.
Sarah Foidel, OTR/L, OTD
Sarah’s interests include building and empowering occupational therapy skills in the fields of neurology and gerontology. Her teaching is deeply rooted in clinical care including improving quality of life for people with advanced neurological conditions, increasing occupational performance in people with ABI, and exploring functional cognition as a primary assessment area. Her current clinical work includes telehealth for behavioral interventions for older adults living in long-term care, working with survivors of traumatic brain injury for return to work, and clinical assessment in geriatric psychiatry.
Sarah graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Puget Sound. In 2014, she received her Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate and Graduate Certificate of Gerontology from the University of Utah. Her 20-year practice history includes acute care, geriatric psychiatry, skilled nursing/ rehabilitation, and outpatient psychiatry.
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Date added: December 13, 2024