O.T.D. Students Inspired To Offer Holistic, Patient-Driven Care
Hear from the first students in Des Moines University’s inaugural Doctor of Occupational Therapy program.
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DMU O.T.D. Chair Receives “Champion” Award
Diana Feldhacker, chair, program director and assistant professor of DMU’s Doctor of Occupational Therapy program, received the 2024 Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Occupational Therapy from the American Occupational Therapy Association.
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Des Moines University and Indian Hills Community College Sign Partnership Agreement to Help Students Interested in Occupational Therapy
Des Moines University, located in West Des Moines, Iowa, and Indian Hills Community College, which has campuses in Centerville and Ottumwa, Iowa, have announced a new partnership to create enhanced pathways for IHCC students seeking careers in occupational therapy. The
DMU Faculty Member Demonstrates Occupational Therapy’s Positive Impact
In her practice as an occupational therapist, Diana Feldhacker, Ph.D., O.T.D., OTR/L, BCPR, LSVT-BIG Certified, has witnessed the positive impact of occupational therapy on patients’ lives. The chair of Des Moines University’s doctor of occupational therapy department and director of
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DMU Builds a New O.T.D. Program and a New Campus to Support It
The theme of Des Moines University’s new doctor of occupational therapy program is building. Applications for the first class, which begins in August, are being accepted for enrollment through June 9. O.T.D. faculty have built a curriculum that offers unique
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O.T.D. Faculty Present at World’s Largest Rehab Research Conference
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
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DMU creates opportunities in occupational therapy
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
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DMU begins launch of new occupational therapy program
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
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