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Art Rounds: Elective course shows how visual thinking strategies translate from art to patient

• Thursday, December 15, 2016

It’s unlikely that first-year occupational therapy student Amy Honeck will soon forget Paul Gauguin’s Sister of Charity.

Honeck researched and visited the oil painting — and even tried her hand at painting the nun depicted in the work— throughout her time in Art Rounds, an enrichment elective course offered through a collaboration between the UT Health San Antonio and the McNay Art Museum.

Research retreat hones ideas, honors Kudolo Award winners

• Thursday, December 15, 2016

The School of Health Professions hosted its annual research retreat on Dec. 9.  

The day’s offerings included a morning workshop, which allowed faculty to “refine and renew their research ideas,” according to Dr. Kathryn S. Aultman, Director, Research Operations for the Schools of Nursing and Health Professions.

“By developing their Programs of Science, faculty can integrate their teaching, practice and research activities and stimulate their productivity,” Aultman said.

Occupational Therapy students attend, present at TOTA conference

• Saturday, November 05, 2016

Angie Zurovec hopes to land a job in a school setting after she graduates with her master’s in Occupational Therapy this month. No matter where she finds herself working with patients, she already knows they will benefit from strategies she learned in an art class aimed at teaching doctors and other health professionals how to deepen their observation of patients.

Ana Allegretti speaks about "GoBabyGo!"

• Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Modified ride-on toy cars have opened up a whole new world for mobility-challenged children in a program that Dr. Ana Allegretti, assistant professor of occupational therapy, is using to study the impact of early independent mobility on development.

Allegretti collaborated with The Children’s Rehabilitation Institute of TeletonUSA (CRIT) to bring the GoBabyGo! program to San Antonio. Founded by Dr. Cole Galloway at the University of Delaware, GoBabyGo! has spread to locations through the U.S. and the world.

Dr. Kimatha Grice receives 2016 Spectrum Award

• Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Kimatha Grice, O.T.D., OTR, CHT, associate professor of occupational therapy, has received the 2016 School of Health Professions Spectrum Award.

The Spectrum Award, given annually, recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates all-around excellence in teaching, service, research and scholarship.  It is the highest award granted to a faculty member by the School of Health Professions.

OT faculty recognized by Texas Occupational Therapy Association

• Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Four faculty members from the Department of Occupational Therapy at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio were recognized for their dedication to teaching, clinical practice, patient advocacy and community service by the Texas Occupation Therapy Association (TOTA).  Faculty members received their awards during the TOTA Mountain Central Conference on November 6-8, 2015 in Richardson, Texas.

2015 Academic Educator of the Year: Ricky Joseph, Ph.D., OTR

LEAP program to launch its first graduate

By Kate Hunger

Eduardo Siller is fascinated by the detective element of his chosen profession.

“There are so many areas that you play a part in,” said Siller, who is completing his graduation requirements for a Master of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) this summer. “You don’t see the patients but you get different clues what’s going on with them. Trying to figure out what’s wrong — that’s really interesting to me.”