Joan Korpi Biography
Joan Korpi, OTR/L, CEA, CFCE
Joan incorporates a wide breadth of experience into her industrial rehabilitation teaching practice through her diverse experience in industry, education, ergonomics and industrial rehab. This combination of experiences allows Joan to provide her students with the experience of a seasoned professional. Joan’s undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee focused on occupational therapy and ergonomics within the industrial engineering department. As an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Joan has taught today’s Occupational Therapists how to implement, enhance, and provide their patients with state of the art industrial rehabilitation programming. Joan has presented on local, regional and national levels for industry, specialty groups, and at national conferences in relation to ergonomics and industrial rehabilitation. She presently performs hundreds of industrial rehab evaluations for an outpatient orthopedic private practice located in the Midwest. Joan is an advocate for evidence based teaching and continues to perform research in regards to ergonomic risk factors and their associated injuries and advances in functional testing.risk factors and their associated injuries.
