ETSU Department of Rehabilitative Sciences

Our MS/DI students are learning how to place NGTs and administer bolus tube feeds today - new competencies for registered dietitian nutritionists.

Come see us at Bucky’s Big Top Carnival! 🤹🏽‍♀️🤡🎉

The Nutrition and Dietetics Program was well-represented at the ETSU Open House this past Saturday! We had a blast sharing our passion with prospective students! Special thank you to Caroline Dos Santos Madeiros and Lillian Earls for representing our undergraduate program :-)

Happy First Day of Fall! Don't forget to stop by University Commons to visit with the Rehabilitative Sciences folks from 11 - 2!

Mark your calendars - our undergraduate program in Rehabilitative Sciences will take over CCRHS Wednesday's on University Commons next week!

An ETSU- College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences' professor and graduate student have co-authored an article addressing the ways in which COVID-19 has changed the practice of nutrition. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Ac536n

We're excited to share that Ron Sheppard, OTD, OTR/L, C/NDT, FABDA, will present a continuing education workshop entitled "Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment for Stroke Recovery" on November 14, 2021, in Johnson City, TN. This course will include the following:

-Extensive hands-on lab instruction in techniques you can use immediately with your clients

-Learn to develop your own personal Neurological Activities "Bag of Tricks"

-How to build balance and core strength for functional improvement of the upper and lower extremities

-Stroke Simulation Labs: experience the physical effects of stroke, movement and tone inhibition on the upper and lower extremities

-Learn how to manage the edematous Upper Extremity in 4 treatment sessions or less

-Immediately improve your client's functional fine motor coordination using practical treatment techniques

Click on this link to learn more and register!

Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment for Stroke Recovery - Summit Professional Education By the year 2050, one in every five people living in the United States will be in the age category of 65 or older thus resulting in a surge of musculoskeletal and neurological disorders. These trends will necessitate effective, non- invasive treatment strategies to address impairments associated wit...

Join us tomorrow from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm in front of Hutcheson Hall for CCRHS Wednesday on the University Commons! We’ll highlight our undergraduate and graduate Nutrition programs, and you’ll get a chance to ask a dietetic intern your burning nutrition questions!

The ETSU Champions Lunch Club is starting this Wednesday at the Market Place in the Culp Center! ETSU athletes can enjoy lunch with a dietitian to learn more about fueling up for optimal performance.

The RHSC 3200: Interprofessional Practice in Healthcare classes spent some time this week working on team-building at the Basler Team Challenge and Aerial Adventure Course!

Check out the Student Success Workshops available this Fall 2021 semester!

ETSU Department of Rehabilitative Sciences' rockstar faculty member, Dr. Michelle Johnson, has co-authored a great article titled, "COVID and Nutrition: how the pandemic has changed practice."

Awesome work, we are very proud!

Check it out:
https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/57f6a8e9 #/57f6a8e9/19