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Department of Physical Therapy earns 10-year accreditation
By Kate Hunger
The Department of Physical Therapy has received its 10-year accreditation from the Commission of Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE).
Professor to study language skills in bilingual children
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Assistant Professor Casey Taliancich-Klinger, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, received a pilot seed grant from the School of Health Professions to research language skills characteristics in bilingual children with and without developmental language disorder.
MLS alumna is lab manager for seven oncology clinics
When Rebecca Jasso reflects on what persuaded her to enroll in the clinical laboratory science program at , she credits two people: her father and Cheryl Burns M.S., MLS (ASCP) Associate Professor.
“My father, who is a fellow graduate, led me to the degree, as he recognized my strengths in the field of science,” Jasso says. “He found the program and got me in contact with a faculty member.”
Department of Health Sciences chair receives Piper Professor Award
When the Department of Health Sciences Chair and Professor George Kudolo, Ph.D., CPC, FAIC, FAACC, was in college, he had a professor who delighted in delivering detailed lectures on the nervous system of the cockroach. The professor was so enthusiastic about his subject, he made a lasting impression on Kudolo.
“I also wanted to be the person to make every subject I teach as interesting as possible,” Kudolo said.
Speech-language pathology professor continues research on mild traumatic brain injury in veterans
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Assistant Professor Rocío Norman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is beginning the second year of a three-year research project through the Mentored Research Career Development (KL2) Program in Clinical and Translational Science.
Speech-language pathology offers pediatric teletherapy summer program
The Speech-Language Pathology program is hosting CONNECT, a summer teletherapy program for pediatric patients.
Campus COTAD chapter launches to promote diversity and inclusion in occupational therapy
The newly formed, student-led chapter of the Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD) launched this spring.
Founded by the American Occupational Therapy Association Emerging Leaders Development Program in 2014, COTAD is a national organization that promotes inclusion and diversity within the profession.
Lauryn Martin, a second-year occupational therapy student, and chapter chair saw a need for the chapter when she arrived on campus and found a few minority student groups.
SHP students volunteer at campus COVID screening stations
When third-year Physician Assistant Studies student Kaitlyn Corbett learned about the need for volunteers to screen people entering campus buildings for symptoms of COVID-19, she signed up to help. She ended up working about a dozen shifts. “At the time the PA clinical rotations were suspended, so I was seeking opportunities to serve in the community during the COVID crisis,” Corbett said. “It was a way to help support the (University) community. In a three-hour period we would screen more than 250 people.”
SHP Students selected for Alpha Eta Society
School of Health Professions students and faculty were inducted this spring into the Alpha Eta Society, the national honor society for the allied health professions.
Because of COVID-19, the campus chapter has not held its traditional in-person ceremony. A virtual induction ceremony is being discussed as a possible alternative, said campus chapter president, Physical Therapy Associate Professor Martha Acosta, Ph.D., PT, GCS.
Dr. Lu named chair of Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Associate Professor Fang-Ling Lu, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, has been named chair of the Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders, effective June 1.
Lu joined the School of Health Professions in 2017 as founding program director of the five-semester speech-language pathology master’s program. The program welcomed its first cohort in the spring of 2018 and graduated its second cohort in May 2020.
Medical Laboratory Sciences: an alumna’s perspective on the profession
Emergency Health Sciences student awarded diploma posthumously
Asante Sebastian Contreras, a student in the Department of Emergency Health Sciences Paramedic Certification Program, died in a traffic accident one week before he was to have completed the program.
The accident occurred as Contreras was driving home May 3 after finishing his shift as an emergency medical technician for an ambulance service in San Antonio. He had been scheduled to finish his practicum testing on May 4, followed by his final examinations.
Reflections on SHP graduating classes
Spring and summer graduates from the School of Health Professions programs are beginning their careers at a time of significant challenge. Faculty and department leaders share their accomplishments and reflect on their hopes for the students as they launch their careers in the health professions.
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OT , PT and dental students participate in an interprofessional collaboration
Occupational therapy, physical therapy, and dental students participated in an ongoing interprofessional collaboration this spring focused on ergonomics in health professions and the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders.
SLP program well represented at TSHA conference
Faculty and students of the Speech-Language Pathology program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders attended and presented at the Texas Speech Hearing Association annual convention in Houston in February.
OT and nursing faculty collaborate to help people with dementia and their caregivers
Two faculty members from the Department of Occupational Therapy are participating in an intervention program to help people with dementia and their caregivers.
SHP students created special moments through Tango Together project
School of Health Professions students created a program that brought the joy of dance to people with dementia and their caregivers.
The idea for the Tango Together project grew out of the interest of some Physical Therapy students to develop a service project for a Community Service Learning grant, said the project’s student leader Laura Gandy, a first-year Physical Therapy student.
COVID-19 highlights the expertise of respiratory therapists
Respiratory therapists are crucial members of health care teams around the world treating patients with COVID-19.
Setting up, adjusting and monitoring patients needing ventilators takes specialized training, noted School of Health Professions Dean David Shelledy, Ph.D., RRT, FAARC, FASAHP.
Ventilators have become highly complex, a fact that is not broadly known, said Respiratory Care Program Director and Associate Professor Richard Wettstein, MMEd, RRT, FAARC.
SHP students receive awards for leadership, service, research and clinical excellence
Lisa Le never considered herself to be an academically strong student, but she says something clicked when she began clinical rotations. In recognition of her performance during the clinical phase of her program, the third-year physical therapy student recently won the Student Clinical Excellence Award.
PA professor still relies on her medical laboratory sciences training
Department of Physician Assistant Studies Admissions Chair and Assistant Clinical Professor Leticia Bland wasn’t sure about her path after graduating high school, so she decided to join the U.S. Air Force. When she asked the recruiter to recommend a career that paid well and offered transferrable skills to the civilian world, she was given assigned a medical laboratory science.
“It was the best decision I ever made,” says Bland, DHSc, MPAS, PA-C.
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