Dr. Susan Toth-Cohen

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Jefferson College of Health Professions Research Committee: An Interactive Exhibit on Healthy Aging within the Virtual Environment of Second Life, 2009 to 2010.
Summer Research Funding - Faculty Development, Thomas Jefferson University: Online Learning Initiative (Resource Center for Faculty and Virtual World Program), 2007 to 2008.
NIMH: In-Touch: Mind, Body, and Spirit (Research Preceptor), Laura Gitlin, PI, 2006 to 2008.
Bureau of Health Professions: Creating & Sustaining Environments for Evidence Based Practice (Educational developer and Faculty linkage agent), Kathleen Swenson Miller, PI, 2005 to 2007.
Health Sciences Libraries Consortium: Computer Assisted Instruction for Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology in the Occupational Therapy Curriculum, 1991 to 1992.

• Chernett, N., Yuen, E., Toth-Cohen, S., Simmons, R., An Innovative Interprofessional Course: Cultural Humility and Competence, Interprofessional Education and Care, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Thomas Jefferson University, 3-4, Jan 2010
• Toth-Cohen, S., Michell, P. (2009) Second Life ® project development as a venue for interdisciplinary collaboration, Collaborative Virtual Learning Environments:Processes and Interactions, Hershey, PA, IGA Global (bookchapter)
• Toth-Cohen, S. (2009) The garden of healthy aging: Collaborative project development in the virtual world of Second Life., 62rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC, Gerontological Society of America
• Toth-Cohen, S., Gallagher, T. (2009) Development and evaluation of health and wellness exhibits at the Jefferson Occupational Therapy Education Center in Second Life, Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, 2 (2)
• Kamel Boulos, M, Toth-Cohen, S. (2009) The University of Plymouth Sexual Health SIM experience in Second Life®: evaluation and reflections after one year., Health Information and Libraries Journal, 26 (4), 275-288
• Kamel Boulos MN, Ramloll R, Jones R, Toth-Cohen S (Dec 2008) Web 3D for public, environmental and occupational health: early examples from second life., International journal of environmental research and public health, 5 (4), 290-317
• Toth-Cohen, S. (2008) Using cultural historical activity theory to study clinical reasoning in context, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 15 (2), 82-94
• Toth-Cohen, S., Lorch, A. (2008) Applying a Complex Systems Perspective to Practice with Older Adults, Strategies for Advancing Gerotological Excellence, Bethesda, MD, American Occupational Therapy Association, ISBN=9781569002292 (bookchapter)
• Toth-Cohen, S., Feeney, L. (2006) Addressing spiritual needs in adult rehabilitation practice, Occupational Therapy Practice, 13 (4), 16-28
• Corcoran, M.A., Vause Earland, T., Toth-Cohen, S., Lipsitt, R. (2005) Caregiving as a cultural activity, Occupational Therapy guide to helping caregivers of people with dementia: The Home Environmental Skill-Building Program, Bethesda, MD, American Occupational Therapy Association, 53 -74 pages (bookchapter)
• Gitlin, L.N., Corcoran, M.A., Toth-Cohen, S. (2005) Introduction: The home environmental skill building program., Occupational Therapy guide to helping caregivers of people with dementia: The Home Environment Skill-Building Program, Bethesda, MD., American Occupational Therapy Association, xxi-xxvii pages (bookchapter)
• Toth-Cohen, S., Vause Earland, T., Kearney, P.J., Lipsitt, R., Gitlin, L. (2005) Collaboration as core principle and method, Occupational Therapy guide to helping caregivers of people with dementia: The Home Environmental Skill-Building Program, Bethesda, MD., American Occupational Therapy Association, 91-106 pages (bookchapter)
• Toth-Cohen, S., Gitlin, L.N. (2005) Common challenges and effective strategies for working with family caregivers., Occupational Therapy guide to helping caregivers of people with dementia: The Home Environmental Skill-Building Program, Bethesda, MD, American Occupational Therapy Association, 187-198 pages (bookchapter)
• Toth-Cohen, S. (2004) Factors influencing appraisal of upset in black caregivers of persons with alzheimer disease and related dementias, Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders, 18 (4), 247-255
• Toth-Cohen S, Gitlin, L.G., Corcoran, M.A., Eckhardt, S., Johns, P., & Lipsitt, R., Providing Services to Family Caregivers at Home: Challenges and Recommendations for Health and Human Service Professions, Alzheimer's Care Quarterly, 2(1), 23-32, Winter 2001
• Toth-Cohen S, Role perceptions of occupational therapists providing support and education for caregivers of persons with dementia, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54(5), 509-15, 2000
• Toth-Cohen S, Petralia PB, Miller KS, Therapists' experiences with computer-assisted instruction in hand therapy, Journal of Hand Therapy, 10(1), 41-5, 1997
• Toth-Cohen S, Computer-assisted instruction as a learning resource for applied anatomy and kinesiology in the occupational therapy curriculum, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49(8), 821-7, September 1995