Part of the Healthy Home Lab team including, from left to right: Joey Engelmeier, Jennifer McCartney, Jon Pearlman, Zachary Roy, Yong Choi, Pamela Toto, Dave Brienza, Patricia Karg and Paulina Villacreces. Standing in second row are Everette James, Jemima Ohwobete, Jack Fried and Bill Ammer. Thoughts of home conjure up…
Friends and family gathered with the students to mark their white coat ceremony and beginning of clinical studies.
Our PAS students are actively engaged in their local communities, supported by faculty who know the impact that meaningful health care can make to everyone!
Learn from Kara about her experiences in fieldwork and clinical settings, and the meaningful connections she made with faculty and colleagues while in the Doctor of Occupational Therapy program.
The HHL is a living laboratory where researchers across the University are designing and testing real-world, evidence-based solutions that will support community living among aging adults, people with disabilities and other vulnerable populations.
The Dietitian Nutritionist program offers an entry point for students who obtained a bachelor’s degree from a Didactic Program in Dietetics at another accredited institution allowing them to then obtain a Master of Science degree through Pitt’s program.
Two new components have been added to the OTD fieldwork program to promote students’ understanding of the clinical working environment and ability to navigate difficult situations in fieldwork.
The Pitt OT Occupational Justice Discussion program was designed to create a more inclusive learning and work environment and a department-wide culture that not only understands that justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) are essential but creates connection and real belonging.
Brice Hounshel Smith (OTD ‘24) shares her insight working in a research lab and the invaluable mentorship with Pitt OT faculty.
The program will be the first at a research-intensive public university in the U.S. and the only one in Pennsylvania. It will focus on evidence-based training for spine and musculoskeletal conditions and prepare students to work within interprofessional teams.
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