Amanda Katherine Giles OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Biography

Amanda K. Giles, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA is a tenured Associate Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She is a recipient of the AOTA Distinguished Educator Award, AOTA Emerging and Innovative Practice Award, AOTA Roster of Fellows, MUSC Educator of the Year, and MUSC Innovator of the Year. She currently serves on the AOTA Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Leadership Team and was the lead author for the AOTA Occupational TherapyCurriculum Design Framework. As the President and Chief Innovation Officer for International Clinical Educators, she designed DocuLearn, an electronic documentation learning system and continues to create instructional design resources and mentor faculty in the use of authentic video cases and electronic documentation. Her scholarly interests include educational technology, simulated patient encounters, reflective video analysis, video case-based learning, faculty development, and entrepreneurship for women.