Instructor
Chiung-ju (CJ) Liu PhD, OTR/L, FGSA
Chiung-ju (CJ) Liu, PhD, OTR/L, FGSA is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida. Dr. Liu’s research focuses on healthy aging, particularly on factors that enhance older adults’ functional ability—the capacity to be and do what they value. Functional ability is crucial for aging in place.
Toward this effort, Dr. Liu has conducted research in health literacy promotion, late-life disability prevention, and systematic reviews of interventions that support independence in activities of daily living for older adults.
Dr. Liu studied the relationship between cognitive aging and health literacy. She examined the use of text cohesion, illustrations, and stereoscopic videos to reduce the cognitive load required to process health information in older adults.
Additionally, Dr. Liu has published a series of systematic reviews examining the effect of exercise on late-life disability. She developed a 3-Step Workout for Life program to enhance functional gains from structured exercise for older adults at risk of losing independence at home. Her work has contributed to practice guidelines published by the American Occupational Therapy Association and the World Health Organization.
To facilitate the translation of scientific evidence to practice, Dr. Liu also applies implementation science and embraces notions of learning health systems in her research. Her recent research interests include:
• Preventing late-life disability through activity participation for at-risk older adults.
• Developing, testing, and implementing home-based and community-based interventions to support aging in place.
• Enhancing rehabilitation services in post-acute care in home health and skilled nursing facilities.
• Understanding measurements in activities of daily living for frail older adults.
This course introduces the concept of functional cognition and how to comprehensively evaluate functional cognition using the Cognitive-Functional Evaluation Framework.
Target Audience
This course is well-suited for occupational therapists to further their knowledge in functional cognition evaluation.
Educational Level
Introductory: Information is geared to practitioners with little or no knowledge of the subject matter. Focus is on providing general introductory information.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Differentiate the difference between cognitive function and functional cognition.
- Describe the five domains in Cognitive-Functional Evaluation (C-FE) Framework.
Completion Requirements
1 Contact Hour for State of Florida Occupational Therapy practitioners will be awarded upon a successful completion of a multiple choice post-test. Participants will be able to print a certificate of completion after completing a short course evaluation in addition to the post-test.
Disclosure Statement
Instructors have stated that they have not received funding to support this training.
Some of the content is based on the course OTH6620C Occupation-based Practice and Rehabilitation: Cognitive, Perceptual, Social Domains that Dr. Liu taught in the University of Florida Department of Occupational Therapy.
Instructional Methods
One (1) hour course during which the learner will view a streaming video presentation, reference PowerPoint® slides, and take a multiple choice post-test.
Contact
UF OT Continuing Education at OTContinuingEd@phhp.ufl.edu with special needs requests, questions, or concerns.