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Speakerships

My background in occupational therapy, teaching and research enhanced my ability in public speaking. In the past decade, I have provided speakerships for different organizations, institutions, and communities in the Philippines and beyond depending on their needs and according to my knowledge, expertise, and qualifications:

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  • Family-centered care and disability education (Family 101+)

  • Health professions education

  • Interprofessional education and collaborative practice

  • Occupational therapy, occupational justice, and occupational science

  • Substance addiction and rehabilitation, mental health care

Family-centered care and disability education

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Through the Family 101+ program, which I created through my clinical experience and MHPEd studies in UP-NTTC, I speak about family-centered care practices and disability education with the following sub-topics:

  • Myths and truths about disability

  • Relationship of sensory processing abilities and behaviors

  • Positive behavioral support systems

  • Family-centered practices and collaborative approaches

  • Team-based planning (between parents and professionals)

  • Modern-day issues of raising children/adults with special needs

  • Adolescent/adult transitioning through the "Eight Exit Points"

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Qualifications:​

  • Completed a Master of Health Professions Education, class valedictorian (University of the Philippines-National Teachers Training Center for the Health Professions, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Health Professions Education, 2016)

  • Trained in Interprofessional Education and Research (Gunma University, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Interprofessional Education, 2013)

  • Trained in Support System for Persons with Disabilities (Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2010)

  • Registered Occupational Therapist in the Philippines (Professional Regulatory Commission, 2009)

  • Completed B.S. Occupational Therapy (University of the Philippines-College of Allied Medical Professions, 2009)

Health professions education and health science research

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As a health professions educator, I am able to provide speakerships and training for universities, institutions, and communities that will establish and enhance competencies of healthcare professionals both in education and practice. I normally discuss the following topics:

  • Interprofessional education and collaborative practice

  • Pedagogical theories and educational philosophies

  • Curriculum development

  • Instructional designing (outcomes-based education)

  • Test formulation and analysis

  • Research methods (particularly mixed and qualitative designs)

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Qualifications:​

  • See curriculum vitae for related publications and conference presentations

  • Associate Member (Medical Sciences), Department of Science and Technology - National Research Council of the Philippines

  • Serves as Editorial Fellow and Peer-Reviewer, Journal of Interprofessional Care

  • Member, Research Group of the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE, UK)

  • Completed a Certificate in Research Perspectives on Interprofessional Education Learning and Collaboration within Practices of Health Care and Social Services (Linköping University, Sweden, 2019)

  • Heading the Scientific Committee of the 2nd PHIPEC-APIPEC Joint International Conference 2020 (De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, on-going)

  • Chaired the 1st Philippine Interprofessional Education and Collaboration Network Conference (University of Santo Tomas, 2018)

  • Completed a Master of Health Professions Education, class valedictorian (University of the Philippines-National Teachers Training Center for the Health Professions, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Health Professions Education, 2016)

  • Trained in Interprofessional Education and Research (Gunma University and World Health Organization, 2013)

Occupational therapy, science, and justice

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My Ph.D. in occupational therapy, which I obtained from the Tokyo Metropolitan University's Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, enabled me to contribute original ideas to the existing knowledge and expanding epistemology of occupational therapy and occupational science. My Ph.D. dissertation aimed to concretize occupational justice constructs for application to occupational therapy practice especially in the substance addiction rehabilitation settings in the Philippines. The topics I speak about are:

  • Occupational justice and participation among marginalized populations

  • Occupational therapy in substance addiction rehabilitation and mental health settings

  • Occupational therapy for children care and adult transitioning

  • School-based occupational therapy

  • Occupational-based, -focused, and -centered practice in diverse settings

  • Occupational therapy in academic settings

  • Research in occupational therapy

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Qualifications:​

  • See curriculum vitae for related publications and conference presentations

  • Serves as Peer-Reviewer for the Asian Journal of Occupational Therapy

  • Active Member, Philippine Academy of Occupational Therapists and the World Federation of Occupational Therapists

  • Completed a Ph.D. in Occupational Therapy (Tokyo Metropolitan University, 2019)

  • Completed a Post-graduate Diploma in Illicit Drug Demand, Supply, and Public Policies from the European Drug Summer School (Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, Portugal, 2018)

  • Completed a Certificate in Occupational Science Conceptual Development and Application on Research (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 2017)

  • Registered Occupational Therapist in the Philippines (Professional Regulatory Commission, 2009)

  • Completed B.S. Occupational Therapy (University of the Philippines-College of Allied Medical Professions, 2009)

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