Professor Peter Talty Presents ‘The Amazing Thumb’
Check out this video about the human thumb featuring Professor of Occupational Therapy Peter Talty.
The full store, including Prof. Talty’s bio, can be found here.
Honoring Occupational Therapy Leaders of Tomorrow
Jillian Grenier ’11, assists Mark Levin of Bioness in demonstrating the NESS H200 Hand Rehabilitation System.
The Keuka College Occupational Therapy (OT) program is proud to prepare clinical leaders of tomorrow. Part of this preparation is the development of skills in life-long learning which reinforces the professions requirements for continuing education beyond entry level certification. The OT program recognizes that life-long learning can be achieved in a large variety of ways from volunteering to specialized education. This honors program is designed to recognize individuals and their individual style of enhancing their professional skills.
All Keuka College OT students are eligible to participate in this program. Students receiving 10 Professional Development Units (PDUs) in a minimum of 3 different professional development activity areas per semester will have Honoring OT Leaders of Tomorrow on their co-curricular transcript. Activities from the summer may be applied. Students receiving 5 PDUs per semester attended will receive divisional honors upon graduation with their Bachelors of Science degree in Occupational Science.
There are various ways to earn PDUs through attending events, volunteering, mentoring and memberships. Activities may be on or off campus. For example, attending a review of the National Board of Certification for Occupational Therapists exam by division chair, Dr. Vicki Smith, counted as 1 PDU. Dr. Dickenson, professor of OT and natural sciences, will have a few juniors accompany the sophomores to the New York Chiropractic College for anatomy lab which is worth 1 PDU. The Division of OT has held two seminars for Brain Gym for working with neurologically involved clients and a demonstration from Bioness, mild electrical stimulation equipment. The Division of Social Work held a discussion group on Alzheimer’s with a visiting case worker and a care giving daughter worth 1 PDU.
Other ways to earn PDUs is attending conferences, being a member of national, regional or local professional organizations, present a learning experience, develop instruction materials, professor guided learning or having an article published.
Keuka College Occupational Therapy Alumni on Facebook
We would like to thank everyone for their survey responses sent to alumni in February 2009. We found that many of you are interested in reconnecting and sharing your personal stories. Sonja Perrone ‘00 has created a facebook group titled ‘Keuka College Occupational Therapy Alumni’. We encourage you to share your personal stories there.
