Megan Birch

To acquire a position in a skilled nursing facility setting will allow me to contribute my experience as a professional in a patient-centered setting.

• CPR certified
• AED certified
• Narcan administration
• Heimlich maneuver
• Computer skills - Microsoft Office- word, PowerPoint, Teams

• Member, American Occupational Therapy Association
• Member, Massachusetts Association for Occupational Therapy

Care One, New Bedford, MA, 01/2023-03/2023

• Worked with COTA focusing on client-centered treatments.
• Treatment sessions that addressed therapeutic activities, dynamic and static balance, therapeutic exercise, and ADL's, such as personal hygiene/grooming.

Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, 03/2023-05/2023

• 1 on 1 treatment sessions focusing on a variety of diagnoses.
• Assessing patients for power mobility.
• Modalities including ultrasound, hot and cold packs.
• Patient education on DME/AE provided.
• Advocating for patients for power mobility and bathroom modifications.

• NBCOT Webinar: NBCOT COTA Exam: Information you need to know
• NBCOT Webinar: Transitioning from Student to Practitioner
• Salem State OT Student Research Conference
• NEIT MSOT Bridge Program Informational Meeting
• TherapyEd Workshop

• Fellowship Health Resources, Fall River, MA, 03/2022-05/2022, Collaborated with other students to create and run groups at FHR, working with individuals living with mental illness and addiction disorders.
• Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, 10/2022, Observed client-centered treatments focused on strengthening and endurance. Assembled manual wheelchairs. Observed modalities including ultrasound and fluidotherapy.

• Ana Maderia: COTA/L, Fieldwork supervisor, Care One New Bedford, 221 Fitzgerald Dr, New Bedford, MA, 02745, 774-526-6577
• Erinn Raimondi, OTR/L, Fieldwork supervisor, Providence VA Eagle St Clinic, 75 Eagle St, Providence, RI, 02909, 401-447-5427