Celebrating Occupational Therapy Month: Facts about OTs
We love our occupational therapists every month, but we’re especially thrilled to wish them a happy OT Month this April. Let’s celebrate with some fun facts about OTs and COTAs
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Black History Month: Wimberly Edwards, MS, OTR
This year, we’re continuing our recognition of Black History Month, highlighting prominent Black figures in medicine. This week, we’re highlighting Wimberly Edwards, MS, OTR. Ms. Edwards was born and raised in Harlem and studied occupational therapy at New York University and Boston University. She soon worked as a clinician, supervisor and eventually an administrator and […]
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Occupational Therapy Month: Eleanor Clarke Slagle
Eleanor Clarke Slagle is known as the mother of occupational therapy. She began her studies at the Chicago School for Civics and Philanthropy in 1911, but became interested in occupational therapy while she was visiting the Kankakee State Hospital. In 1912, she founded the department of occupational therapy at Johns Hopkins University. She worked to […]
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Occupational Therapy Month: Dr. William Rush Dunton, Jr
Dr. William Rush Dunton, Jr is known as the father of OT. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1893 and worked in a variety of hospitals in the Philadelphia area. He trained at Johns Hopkins under Howard Atwood Kelly, one of the founding professors at Johns Hopkins.
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Insightful OT Blogs for Occupational Therapy Enthusiasts
Want to stay up to date with fellow occupational therapists or just have a few laughs as you’re unwinding at the end of a long day? These five OT blogs will give you a little mix of humor, professional expertise and resources to help you do your job and do it well.
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5 Fun Ways to Honor Occupational Therapy Month
If you haven’t heard, April is Occupational Therapy Month and we’re celebrating here at Triage! OT month began in 1980 to help spread the word about the occupational therapy profession and its ability to help those in need when it comes to disabilities, recovering from injuries and everything in between.
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Qualities of a Healthcare Provider: Insights & Expertise for Occupational Therapists
Occupational Health Professionals cover a wide range of positions, from Occupational Therapists to Occupational Safety Experts and everything in between. Whether they’re working in an office building and analyzing the environment to ensure a healthy working habitat, or working directly with patients to optimize for a healthy lifestyle, Occupational Health Professionals are important members of […]
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