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12/14/2025

While our semester has finished, some of our third-year students had the opportunity to present their research poster at the AOTA Children and Youth Conferences this weekend in Charlotte, NC. Congratulations to these amazing students and Dr. Zeitlin, their research mentor!

12/06/2025

Our second-year students did an amazing job in their Community Health and Wellness Class, facilitating different activities at We Rock The Spectrum, Knoxville. Pictured is a second-year student who led a book reading and then a craft activity related to emotional regulation. Second-year students provided education about social participation, emotional regulation, sensory regulation, and more during their coursework and community-based activities.

12/04/2025

Dr. Ruedgier had a great time teaching our second-year OT students about various modalities this semester! They learned about ultrasound, electrical stimulation, fluidotherapy, and more! Also, this course is approved by the state of Tennessee for submission with your application for modality certification, so you are one step closer!

12/01/2025

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! We are heading into the last week of the semester, but we are still remembering November since it seemed to fly by. Several students and faculty members attended the AOTA Education Summit in Salt Lake City. Their time included presenting on their research and learning more about OT education!

10/24/2025

We cannot believe it has been a week since our Fall Festival! It was fun having OT, PT, and DO students all together having fun in an event not related to school. There were many amazing trunks, but here are all of the OT students showing off their creativity. Congratulations to W***y Wonka, who won the best trunk contest!

10/15/2025

Last week, our second-year OTD students completed their orthotics presentations. For this assignment, students are assigned a case study for which an orthotic is needed. Students then fabricate an orthotic and justify their reasoning from evidence-based articles! We are so proud of what they fabricated😊

💡Did you know that our PAMS course is verified through the state of Tennessee as an approved course for modalities certification? This means that if you plan on practicing in Tennessee, you are one step closer to obtaining this additional aspect of your license!

09/26/2025

Second-year OTD students are excited to partner with We Rock the Spectrum Knoxville this term. As part of their Community Health and Wellness class, the students will be planning activities and games over the next few weeks designed to meet the needs of the community.

09/12/2025

We would like to congratulate some of our recent graduates, along with Dr. Zeitlin and Dr. Schmidt, for co-authoring a new paper in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy highlighting the multifaceted responsibilities and challenges faced by school-based occupational therapy practitioners. We’re so proud to see our students making meaningful contributions to the field!

https://research.aota.org/ajot/article-abstract/79/5/7905205170/28424/Occupational-Therapy-s-Role-in-Schools-A-Survey-of?redirectedFrom=PDF

09/08/2025

Last week, our OTD and DPT students practiced donning and doffing personal protective equipment in one of our interprofessional education courses. It is great when the students can learn with each other!

09/02/2025

Our second-year students started the Pediatrics lab by jumping right in! We know one of the most challenging parts of pediatrics is learning how to interact with kids and their caregivers, so we make sure students have plenty of opportunities to interact with kids both in our amazing pediatrics lab and in the community .

08/15/2025

Our OTD students have only been off campus for a week, but we already miss them. Here are some extra pictures from AT Lab this past semester to help us get through the next week without them!

Our OTD students immersed themselves in technologies shaping the future of rehabilitation and accessibility. They explored virtual reality to simulate therapeutic environments, applied augmented reality to enhance assessment and client training, and used 3D printing to design and produce custom adaptive tools.

These hands-on experiences prepare our future occupational therapists to integrate innovation into practice, develop personalized solutions, and empower clients to achieve greater independence.

08/08/2025

This week, we wrapped up the summer semester! We have had many events the last two weeks, including an ice cream social, a pot painting event, and an end-of-semester celebration.

During the end-of-semester event, we were able to provide the first-year students with the kits needed for their interprofessional class in the fall. This includes their blood pressure cuff, sphygmomanometer, pulse ox, and other items required.

We also announced the first-year SOTA and COTAD representatives. We are happy to announce that Ally Newberry will be the SOTA rep and Macey Pickle will be the COTAD rep.

Now they have two weeks to relax and rejuvenate before the fall semester!

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Knoxville, TN
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