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Linda Tickle-Degnen |
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Professor and Chair
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Occupational Therapy Department
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Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA; Harvard University, University of Southern California, Stanford University |
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Evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, research methods, and therapeutic behavior and motivation
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Linda.Tickle_Degnen@tufts.edu
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Dr. Tickle-Degnen teaches courses in evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, research methods, and therapeutic behavior and motivation. Her research is directed toward understanding and promoting positive social functioning and wellness in Parkinson’s disease and other chronic conditions. In particular she studies nonverbal and verbal communication, cross-cultural health care interactions, interpersonal rapport, engagement in meaningful daily activities, and quality of life. She is interested in increasing occupational therapists’ participation in inter- and multi-disciplinary clinical interventions and research activities that have the goal of improving the health and quality of life of individuals with chronic conditions.
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