{"id":28,"date":"2010-02-22T11:09:35","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T16:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2023-01-12T05:00:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T10:00:01","slug":"activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Occupations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about Karen in a recent BUToday article, Office Artifacts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/2019\/office-artifacts-karen-jacobs\/?utm_campaign=bu_today_2019&amp;utm_source=email_0326&amp;utm_medium=headline_3&amp;utm_content=faculty\">http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/2019\/office-artifacts-karen-jacobs\/?utm_campaign=bu_today_2019&amp;utm_source=email_0326&amp;utm_medium=headline_3&amp;utm_content=faculty<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can learn about Karen as a faculty coach at Sargent College:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/digital.bu.edu\/?s=faculty+coaches+Karen+Jacobs<\/p>\n<p>Karen is active in volunteer activities such as:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Member, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubrunner.ca\/cprg\/home\/homeA.asp?cid=3670\">Brookline Rotary Club <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Advisor, <a title=\"Rotaract Club of Boston University Sargent College\" href=\"http:\/\/busargentrotaract.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotaract Club of Boston University Sargent College<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Advisor, Pi Theta Epsilon (PTE) Omicron Chapter, National Occupational Therapy Honor Society <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pithetaepsilon.org\/\">http:\/\/www.pithetaepsilon.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Karen is a Faculty-in-Residence at Boston University and resides at Student Village II.\u00a0\u00a0 For more info see her\u00a0<a title=\"Faculty-in-Residence\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/faculty-in-residence\/\">Faculty-in-Residence<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming\u00a0activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Presentations at the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) 2019 conference:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Thu, April 4th, 12:00 PM &#8211; 3:00 PM <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Workshop 111 &#8211; (AOTA) Riley, K., &amp; Jacobs, K. \u00a0Promoting Your Story, Your Profession, Your Distinct Value<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>Thu, April 4th, 2:00 PM &#8211; 3:30 PM <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Short Course 152 \u2013 Nardone, A., Jacobs, K., \u00a0<span>Rumrill, P.,<\/span> <span>Hendricks, DJ., Minton, D., Leopold, A., Scherer, M., Elias, E., Sampson, E., <\/span>Promoting Technology Use and Employment Success Among College Students With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>Fri, April 5th, 8:00 AM &#8211; 9:30 AM <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Tech Lab 201 \u2013 Nardone, A., Jacobs, K. <span>Rumrill, P.,<\/span> <span>Hendricks, DJ., Minton, D., Leopold, A., Scherer, M., Elias, E., Sampson, E., <\/span>App Use Among Undergraduate Students With TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>Fri, April 5th, 9:00 AM &#8211; 11:00 AM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AFW 4026 \u2013 Bahr, E., Duddy, K., Jacobs, K. The OT Practitioner as a Global Citizen. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>GP 4003 \u2013 Cason, J. &amp; Jacobs, K. AOTA Telehealth Position Paper: Key Revisions and Considerations for Practitioners<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>Sat, April 6th, 9:00 AM &#8211; 11:00 AM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>AFW 7002 \u2013 Doyle, N., Gafni-Lachter, L., Duddy, K., Niemeyer, L., McKinnon, S., Phillips, J., Vaughn, L., Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L., Nastasi, J., Petersen, L., Jacobs, K. Expert Panel Discussion: Practical Strategies for Advancing Online Education in OT<\/h4>\n<h4>CY 7012 \u2013 Calhoun, T., Gafni-Lachter, L., &amp; Jacobs, K. Engaging With African American Youth Following Gunshot Wound Trauma<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Some Past Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>October 27, 2018 Occupational Therapy Global Day of Service (OTGDS) www.promotingot.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April 7, 2014: Karen presented at the ENACT State of the Science conference entitled: Promoting Activity and Participation among Persons with Arthritis in Arlington, VA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/files\/2010\/02\/2014-ENACT-State-of-the-Science.pdf\">2014 ENACT State of the Science Schedule of Events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>August 3-10, 2013: People to People Ambassadors Program, Karen lead a delegation of occupational therapists to Costa Rica<\/p>\n<p>August 16\/17, 2013: Karen spoke to a group of Occupational Therapy enthusiasts in the Slovenian territory at the Building a Mosaic of Health and Well-Being with Occupational Therapy, a two day workshop organized by \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/delovnaterapija.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Therapy Study Circle<\/a>. \u00a0 She will be speaking about PromOTing Occupational Therapy, Marketing &amp; Entrepreneurship, &amp; Ergonomics.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mozaikdelovneterapije.weebly.com\/\">Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/files\/2010\/02\/BUILDING-a-MOSAIC-PROGRAM.doc\">Workshop Program<\/a><\/p>\n<p>September 10, 2013: Karen was the commencement speaker for Touro College&#8217;s School of Health Sciences graduation.<\/p>\n<p>September 30, 2013: Karen participated in the AOTA Capital Hill Day.<\/p>\n<p>October 26, 2013: Karen, Anita and Susan organized OT24VX. For more information:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ot4ot.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ot4ot.com<\/a> OT4OT Facebook page; Twitter: @OT24Vx<\/p>\n<p>July 10 &amp; 11, 2013: Karen spoke at the <i>Child Health &amp; Ergonomics. <\/i>Sri Lanka Medical Association Annual Congress;\u00a0<i>Ergonomics in School Settings<\/i>. Gateway School;\u00a0<i>Integrating Ergonomics into the School Environment: A Health Promotion Approach<\/i>. Ministries of Health &amp; Education; &amp;\u00a0<i>Telehealth &amp; Ergonomics.<\/i> National Science Foundation. Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>June 1-5, 2013:\u00a0 Karen spoke during The Management of Occupational Therapy Services in Israel (2 day course) at Ono Academic College in \u00a0Israel<\/p>\n<p>June 4, 2013: 18 Ways to PromOTe Yourself without Really Trying (workshop at ISOT conference) in Israel and\u00a0<i>How to prOTect yourself: Work\/Life Balance<\/i>. Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono, Israel.<\/p>\n<p>May 12, 2013: Karen was featured in an article in The Sunday Times &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/files\/2010\/02\/TheSundayTimes5.12.13_LaptopArticle.pdf\">Laptops are write pain for authors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>April 12, 2013:\u00a0 Sargent Choice Test Kitchen &amp; Karen were featured in The Quad&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/buquad.com\/2013\/04\/12\/sargent-choice-test-kitchen-provides-life-skills-healthy-dessert\/\" title=\"Sargent Choice Test Kitchen Provides Life Skills, Healthy Desserts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sargent Choice Test Kitchen Provides Life Skills, Healthy Dessert<\/a><\/p>\n<p>February\/March 2013: Karen was quoted in an article in AARP Magazine &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/health\/healthy-living\/info-02-2013\/small-changes-big-health-payoffs.html#slide2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Changes, Big Payoffs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>March 11, 2013<strong>: <\/strong>Karen was<a href=\"http:\/\/boston.cbslocal.com\/video\/8596433-stop-pain-with-an-office-makeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> featured on WBZ News<\/a> discussing workplace ergonomics<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>February 3, 2013: Karen Jacobs spoke about her experience as founding editor of the journal,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iospress.nl\/journal\/work\/\" rel=\"noopener\">WORK<\/a> on twitter (#OTalk2US). \u00a0<a href=\"00 PM EST for the next #OTalk2US twitter chat!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#OTalk2US Twitter Chat Event Information<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>October 29-31, 2012\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/files\/2010\/02\/OT24Vx_Poster2012_v4b.pdf\">OT 24 Hour Virtual Exchange<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>October 27, 2012 \u00a0 <a title=\"Occupational Therapy Global Day of Service (OTGDS)\" href=\"http:\/\/promotingot.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Therapy Global Day of Service (OTGDS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Celebrating the Occupational Therapy Global Family\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/latino-role-models-success\/2012\/10\/20\/celebrating-the-occupational-therapy-global-family-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celebrating the Occupational Therapy Global Family<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"OT Go To -- Podcast Interview\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ot-go-to\/id566211295?mt=2&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OT Go To &#8212; Podcast Interviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"OT Go To -- Podcast Interview\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ot-go-to\/id566211295?mt=2&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/files\/2010\/02\/Testimony-by-Karen-Jacobs-on-HB-443-Final-10-10-09-use-pdf.pdf\">Testimony given at the MA State House<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--Session data--><\/p>\n<p><input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--Session data--><\/p>\n<p><input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--Session data--><\/p>\n<p><input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/> <input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occupations You can learn more about Karen in a recent BUToday article, Office Artifacts: http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/2019\/office-artifacts-karen-jacobs\/?utm_campaign=bu_today_2019&amp;utm_source=email_0326&amp;utm_medium=headline_3&amp;utm_content=faculty You can learn about Karen as a faculty coach at Sargent College: https:\/\/digital.bu.edu\/?s=faculty+coaches+Karen+Jacobs Karen is active in volunteer activities such as: Member, Brookline Rotary Club Advisor, Rotaract Club of Boston University Sargent College Advisor, Pi Theta Epsilon (PTE) Omicron Chapter, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/347"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/kjacobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}