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By Kate Hunger The department of physical therapy recently welcomed Alexis Ortiz, PT, Ph.D., SCS, CSCS, FACSM as its new chair and professor. Dr. Ortiz joined the faculty in May. He was most recently a tenured professor of physical therapy at Texas Woman's University. Ortiz said the opportunity to come to UT Health San Antonio was particularly appealing because of the potential for meaningful…
By Kate Hunger Teaching was a calling Brent Shriver, Ph.D., physician assistant studies associate professor didn't see coming. "Never say 'never," Shriver said. "When I got out of grad school, I was going to be a researcher." Shriver, who once had even considered veterinary school, found himself leading lectures instead of working in a lab. More than 20 years later, he says he finds working…
By Kate Hunger An alumna of the School of Nursing has established an endowment that will support leadership efforts by School of Health Professions faculty in the area of rehabilitation. Debbie Oveland, BSN, MSN, and a board-certified family nurse practitioner, signed the agreement in June to establish the Oveland Family Leadership Endowment Fund in Rehabilitation and Research. The endowment …
By Kate Hunger The Physician Assistant Studies program is trying something new this summer with its first-year Clinical Anatomy class. For the first time, trauma surgeons from the Department of Surgery are teaching the course, which consists of both classroom lectures and gross anatomy labs. Having surgeons teach the course gives students a deeper understanding of the clinical aspects of the…
By Kate Hunger Face painting, puppetry, balloon making and skits are all part of the curriculum in the Clowning 101 class Kimatha Oxford Grice, OTD, OTR, CHT, associate professor teaches. Grice created the course for interested Occupational Therapy students. Make no mistake—this is one class not found in the official course catalog. Rather, it’s something Grice offers because she loves clowning…
By Kate Hunger The department of Occupational Therapy had a full schedule of events in April for OT Month. Students from both occupational therapy classes participated in the Methodist Hospital OT Fair on April 12, where they helped educate more than 150 people on the profession. "It was the perfect way to promote occupational therapy to the community as part of OT Month," said Bridgette…, Pi Theta Epsilon Induction , Thirteen Occupational Therapy students were inducted on April 3 into the Sigma Chapter of Pi Theta Epsilon, an honor society for occupational therapy students and alumni. Conducted by the faculty of the Department of Occupational Therapy, the ceremony was attended by students' family and friends. "This is an academic honor society, but part of that comes with the responsibility to continue in a…, UT Health participates at AOTA Conference, Several faculty and students traveled to Salt Lake City for the American Occupational Therapy Association conference, held April 19-23. Faculty presenting at the conference include Bridgett Piernik-Yoder, Ph.D., OTR, Autumn Clegg Ed.D., OTR, CBIS, Ana Allegretti, Ph.D., OTR, and Precious Osuoha, Ph.D., OTR. Students presenters: Amy Honeck: "Does the use of assistive technology increase quality…
By Kate Hunger When Sandy Montelongo volunteers with burn patients and their families, she understands firsthand what they are going through. Montelongo was burned as a small child and endured several surgeries and years of treatment for her injuries. “I didn’t have a lot of programs when I was severely burned,” Montelongo explained of her motivation for helping others find the resources they…
By Kate Hunger Thirty-five second-year Physical Therapy students symbolically made the transition from the classroom to the clinical phase of their education at the 2018 Doctor of Physical Therapy Pinning and White Coat Ceremony. The students will begin 30 weeks of clinical rotations in May. School of Health Professions Dean David C. Shelledy, Ph.D., RRT, FAARC, FASAHP, addressed the students…
Faculty from the department of physician assistant studies trained clinical students how to take action to help save lives at trauma scenes before emergency medical responders arrive. The aim of the March 29 Stop the Bleed training was to prepare bystanders to be immediate responders by equipping them with interventions they can use to help people injured in high-risk scenarios, such as serious…
By Rosanne Fohn It started out as a normal day (March 22, 2018) for David Wampler, Ph.D., associate professor and director of clinical research in the Department of Emergency Health Sciences, part of the School of Health Professions. He had just put his 10-year-old daughter out to the school bus and was quickly cleaning the kitchen before following his daughter’s bus down the road toward 1-10,…