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By Kate Hunger When Martha Acosta, Ph.D., PT, GCS, assistant professor discusses her goals for her students, she emphasizes her hope that they will genuinely care for their patients. "I would like to have them treat patients as if they are someone very special to them," she said. "You want the best person around to work with your loved one." Acosta's talent for teaching led to her selection as…
By Kate Hunger The use of virtual reality in medical research may seem like a fairly recent innovation, but Physical Therapy Professor Maureen Simmonds has been investigating its usefulness in her pain research for more than a decade. "It's basically been a tool in my research equipment box, sort of like if you have a hammer or a saw," she said. "It's a means of changing factors within the…
UT Health San Antonio Department of Occupational Therapy was proud to partner with Children's Rehabilitation Institute of Teleton USA (CRIT USA) on the first “Go Baby Go” workshop in San Antonio on October 17, 2015. Go Baby Go is a program that provides modified, ride-on cars to young children with disabilities so they can move more independently. “Mobility is very important for children, they…
By Kate Hunger A full schedule of continuing education sessions awaits attendees of UT Health San Antonio's 23rd annual Respiratory Care Symposium: "Breakthrough to Excellence," to be held March 15-16. "The purpose is to have another affordable option for allied health professionals in the surrounding areas to get continuing education credits," said Kristina Ramirez, MPH, RRT, CHES, assistant…
By Kate Hunger Two faculty in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies are leading a series of interprofessional teamwork training classes for School of Health Professions students. Designed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Department of Defense (DoD), the evidence-based TeamSTEPPS training system uses standardized tools and strategies to improve…
By Kate Hunger Twenty-nine first-year respiratory care students officially put on their white coats for the first time on Feb. 9 during the Class of 2019 White Coat Ceremony, a right of passage that introduces students to the profession. The ceremony marks the transition from the classroom to clinical rotations, which the first-year students will begin on March 1, said Kristina Ramirez, MPH,…
By Kate Hunger This December marked the 23rd time occupational therapy students have traveled to Del Rio to perform handwriting screenings for children enrolled in a Head Start program and to offer a school readiness in-service for their teachers and parents. Forty-one MOT II students made the 12-hour trip on Dec. 6. The students were accompanied by Karin Barnes, Ph.D., OTR, occupational therapy…
Unknown Object By Kate Hunger The only bachelor's program for respiratory therapy in Costa Rica was evaluated for accreditation this summer and a UT Health San Antonio School of Health Professions professors participated in the process. Ruben Restrepo, M.D., RRT, FAARC, professor of the Department of Respiratory Care, said it was an honor to be selected as part of a team to evaluate the program…
By Kate Hunger Medicine keeps calling Roland Paquette, PA-C, assistant professor back. The newest faculty member in the department of physical therapy assistant studies, Paquette received a Purple Heart for injuries he received in an IED blast during his deployment in Afghanistan as a U.S. Army Special Forces medic in 2005. Although he took a government job for a time following his military…
Martha Acosta, Ph.D. , assistant professor and specialist in geriatric physical therapy and Catherine Ortega, Ed.D. , associate professor and chair of the Department of Physical Therapy were on KLUP 760 AM radio’s “Caregiver SOS” program to discuss the benefits of physical therapy for seniors. The program aired on Sunday, October 25. To listen to the podcast, click here .