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Culminating Capstone Project: Critical Illness Myopathy

Author

Min S. Yu, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Submission Date

5-7-2021

Document Type

Entry Level Capstone

Degree Name

Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)

First Mentor

Megan Graf, OTR/L

Abstract

The capstone project was completed in the focus area of clinical practice skills at AdventHealth hospital. The objective was to educate the rehabilitation team on critical illness myopathy (CIM), a condition that was requested to be further investigated by Megan Graf, OTR/L, who served as the capstone mentor. Through an extensive search, a literature review was completed. The rehabilitation team was informed scholarly and clinically with a PowerPoint presentation. Currently there is a gap within the literature between occupational therapy and CIM. Conversely, physical therapy had a plethora of research conducted on patients with CIM

NSUWorks Citation

Min S. Yu. 2021. Culminating Capstone Project: Critical Illness Myopathy. Capstone. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, . (2)
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_ot_capstone/2.