Every year, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) holds the world’s largest interdisciplinary rehabilitation research conference, Progress in Rehabilitation Research, with presentations about chronic disabling conditions such as brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, pain and many …
O.T.D. faculty present at world’s largest rehab research conference Read More
Shawna Fopma, M.S.P.T.’92, was among the employees of Pella Regional Health Center in Pella, IA, who were honored Nov. 8, 2022, as “Quarter Century Club” members for dedicating more than 25 years of service to the health center. Fopma is …
Occupational therapists help individuals develop, adapt, recover, improve and maintain the skills of daily life, or “occupations,” that allow them to live life to the fullest. For the majority of American adults, those occupations include driving, a skill that can …
O.T.D. faculty member earns Driver Rehabilitation Professional Microcredential Read More
As students enroll in Des Moines University’s Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program, anticipated to begin in 2023, they will join a new program on a new campus – but they’ll also be part of a medical and health sciences university …
A health profession that helps individuals develop, adapt, recover, improve and maintain the skills to allow them to live life to the fullest has pushed Diana Feldhacker, O.T.D., out of her comfort zone more than once. It’s led her to …
DMU begins launch of new occupational therapy program Read More