Touro University Nevada- School of Occupational Therapy

Today our third year students had the opportunity to volunteer at Three Square food bank as part of their social justice class.

That’s a wrap on Fall Prevention Awareness week! Our occupational therapy students along with colleagues in physical therapy, pharmacy, nursing and dietetics participated in several fall prevention screenings throughout the month of September. We collectively screened over 300 older adults in Nevada.

Last week, our students along with UNLV PT, attended a health fair for low income seniors and completed 75 fall risk and cognitive screenings. Recommendations were provided to all participants to decrease risk of falls in the future.

Our first year students completing their anatomy gloves in Dr. Rider’s class!

Class of 2024 have been wrapping up their capstone experiences and presenting their projects to their community partner sites. Congratulations on all your accomplishments!

Congratulations to Dr. Rider on being recognized by the Nevada Occupational Therapy Association for the Research Achievement Award. We are proud of his accomplishments!

Last night several of our students had the honor of sharing their fieldwork and capstone experiences working with older adults and the dementia population highlighting the value of OT! Special thanks to our community partners Silverado Red Rock Memory Care Community and OLLI at UNLV and Touro Alum Karmella Bognot

This weekend OT students had the opportunity to volunteer at the Touch-A-Truck event sponsored by our community partner Family 2 Family connection.

Last night we recognized the Class of 2026 inductees to Pi Theta Epsilon- the honor society for occupational therapy students. The mission of PTE is to advance research and scholarship within the profession. Congratulations to Shantelle, Araceli, Jessica, Shelby, Rana, Ciera, Llesenia, Christina, and Caitlyn!

The Touro University Nevada School of Occupational Therapy​ would like to announce an exciting scholarship opportunity to attend the 2024 AOTA Inspire conference. This conference will be held onsite in Orlando, Florida, from March 21 to 23, 2024. Scholarship winners will receive reimbursement for the full registration to the world's largest gathering of OT practitioners.

If you are a TUN SOT alumni or have served as a Fieldwork Educator for one of our students and are interested in attending the AOTA Inspire conference, please click on the application link below and answer a few simple questions.

https://tun.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cUXakkPDDbAJGZM

Our OTD students are scholars! Current students Kaitlyn Jensen OTD 2024 and Tara Roland OTD 2025 recently had a peer reviewed article published under the guidance of Dr. Rider. See their work here!

Jensen, K., Roland, T., & Rider, J. (2023). The meaning of roles and routines for families experiencing homelessness in the COVID-19 pandemic. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 1-25.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0164212X.2023.2283506

Congratulations to recent graduate Kazandra Lopez Hernandez on her recent publication resulting from her capstone project. Her mentor for the project and the article was Dr. Rider. We are proud of you! Check out the article here
Hernandez, K. L.& Rider, J. V. (2023). Empowering patients, enriching
outcomes: An integrative and occupational approach to addressing chronic pain in primary care. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 8(4), 1-18.
doi:10.21926/obm.icm.2304053