Houston Happenings_04-04-18

04/03/18

Patricia Bowyer (occupational therapy) co-authored an article for The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy titled “The Clinical and Classroom Utility of the Inventory of Reading Occupations: An Assessment Tool of Children’s Reading Participation.”
Patricia Bowyer and Theresa Smith (occupational therapy) have been awarded a $25,000 grant by the Woodcock Institute for the Advancement of Neurocognitive Research and Applied Practice for their study on “A Working Conference to Advance Occupational Therapy in Research and Practice for Cognition and Dementia.”
Nursing faculty members Rita DelloStritto, Peggy Landrum, Suzanne Scheller and Rochelle Schultz attended a TeamSTEPPS training March 27 in Galveston and are now certified as TeamSTEPPS Master Trainers. TeamSTEPPS teaches effective communication skills for health care workers in hopes of reducing medical errors due to miscommunication. The group was joined by Ainslie Nibert the following day for the Texas Interprofessional Education (IPE) Consortium Spring Meeting.
Susan Mellot (nursing) has been awarded the Phi-Kappa-Phi TWU Chapter’s Philosophia Award with a $500 travel supplement to be used for the Maymester Indonesia study abroad program.
Physical therapy faculty members Carolyn DaSilva and Lauren Szot, along with DPT alumna Natasha deSa, have had their research on Whole Body Vibration on People with Sequelae of Polio published in the Physiotherapy Theory and Practice International Journal of Physical Therapy.
In collaboration with several DPT students and colleagues from outside organizations, Rupal Patel (physical therapy) has had an abstract poster accepted for the Alzheimer’s Association’s International Conference July 22-26 in Chicago. The poster is titled "Development of a Movement and Memory Program for People with Early Stage Alzheimer’s Using the Precede Proceed Model of Community Health Promotion."
Anne Selcer (health care administration) and HCA student Deyaun Seale have been selected to present at the Association of University Programs in Health Administration conference this June in Philadelphia.
Anita Hufft (nursing) will be a panelist at the next TMC Health Policy Institute conversation set for 5:30-7 p.m., Tuesday, April 10 at Third Coast restaurant in the Texas Medical Center. The topic of discussion is U.S. Health Care: Where Do We Go Next? and will include other panelists from across the TMC. RSVP is required.

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