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I.  Name:  Turnquist Jon, C, OTR/L

Title:  Instructor/Director of Assistive Technology Lab

Starting Date of Present Employment: 2000

Teaching Status:     P/T

Date of Initial OTR Certification: 1992

II.  Job responsibilities as both program and institutional faculty members (e.g., Teaching, counseling admissions, administration, committee, community, etc.):   

A. Teaching:

Co-Instructor of  MOT 640 Clinical Reasoning and Ethics in Occupational Therapy

Assist with MOT 460 Occupational Studies I

Assist with MOT 530 Occupational Studies II

Assist with MOT 560 Occupational Studies III

Responsible for MOT 510  Assistive Technology Special Topics

Instructor of Medical Terminology  HS250 

B.  Non-Teaching: 

Assistive Technology community outreach: Resource and training to individuals, institutions, and professionals concerning Assistive Technology.

Advising

 III. Education:  

A.            OT:  BS OT, 1992, St. Ambrose University

B.            Other:   BA  Psychology, 1992, St. Ambrose University

IV.  MAJOR non-degree postgraduate/short-term courses related to your assigned responsibilities (most recent first):   

11/12/03 Contracture Management Continuing Education Course

6/6/03 Assistive Technology and the Young Child: AOTA

4/26/03 Clinical Applications of Tai Chi. IOTA

10/20/2001Practical Assistive Technology at Wisconsin’s 2001 Occupational therapy Conference, Milwaukee WI. (Presenter)

6/7/99 Orchestrating Cognitive Recovery, Iowa Health Systems

3/20-22/1997 PMD/Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction-SRS National Training Program Ft. Lauderdale FL

11/1996 EMG for the Upper Extremities,  Jeanette Tries, Mary Free Bed Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI

9/22/1995 Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Adults, Genesis Medical Center

6/3/1995 Implications of Neurological Disorders & Trauma Across the Life Span, St Ambrose University

V. Work experience relevant to teaching assignments and responsibilities:

1992 – Current: (1992-2000 F.T.; 2000-Current P.T.) Staff therapist at Genesis Medical  Center, Davenport; ( Cardiac, Pulmonary, Neuro, Oncology, Medical Orthopedic and Outpatient - acute, skilled, rehab and outpatient.)

Designed, implemented and Director of Freedom Of Incontinence program. Genesis Medical  Center, Davenport,      

VI.  Summary of most recent scholarly activities:  

Presenter of:  Assistive Technology St Ambrose University Occupational Therapy Student Conference Saturday, September 14, 2003 

Awarded 2^nd Place at the 2003 Maddak Awards for Assistive Technology at the AOTA in Washington DC.

Presenter of:  Assistive Technology St Ambrose University Occupational Therapy Student Conference Saturday, September 21, 2002 

Awarded 2^nd Place at the 2002 Maddak Awards for Assistive Technology at the AOTA in Miami Beach FL

Presenter of:  Assistive Technology St Ambrose University Occupational Therapy Student Conference Saturday, September 2001  

Awarded 3^nd Place at the 2001 Maddak Awards for Assistive Technology at the AOTA in Philadelphia PA

Presenter of; Practical Assistive Technology at Wisconsin’s 2001 Occupational Therapy Conference, Milwaukee WI. 10/20/2001

Presenter of; Freedom From Incontinence at Genesis Medical Center, Davenport IA. 4/10/1997

Presenter of; Computer Interfaced Environmental Control System at Genesis Medical Center, Davenport IA. 8/14/1997

VII.  Other activities which enhance your effectiveness in your present position:

Currently Enrolled in St. Ambrose University’s Master Of Organizational Leadership program: Estimated completion date: Fall 2005

Iowa license -- #00606

AOTA member

NBCOT licensed

FCC Technician level License

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