Trenna
Hart,
BS
Student
Texas Woman's University
Trenna Hart, BS, OTS, is a second-year occupational therapy student at Texas Woman’s University with a background in education and recreational therapy. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Education and is a former Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS), with experience supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as residents in assisted living, skilled nursing, dementia care, and long-term care settings. Before entering OT, she worked as a special education teacher. Trenna has a strong interest in interprofessional education and recently participated in a collaborative OT/PT service trip to Guatemala.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: Fall prevention is a multi-factorial challenge requiring a unified, interprofessional approach to develop and implement effective, individualized strategies. Pre-service students need training in collaborative assessment and intervention to work together in addressing the complexity of mitigating falls for community-dwelling older adults. This project aimed to guide students to create a fall prevention plan that reflected interprofessional collaboration for community-dwelling clients and their families.Design: Two-day interprofessional education boot camp, with 205 students from…