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UM-Flint Occupational Therapy Doctorate is first fully accredited program in Michigan

UM-Flint occupational therapy students using their program's lab space.

The University of Michigan-Flint Occupational Therapy Doctorate program has been granted full accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). This makes the UM-Flint OT program the first fully accredited doctoral program for occupational therapy in the state of Michigan. Granted the maximum seven-year initial accreditation,[…]

UM-Flint students volunteer over Spring Break

Doctor of Physical Therapy students Jonathan Groening, Carly Wykes, Molly Booms, Emma DeBaeke, and Riley Erlenbeck volunteer at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan on February 28.

The week of February 28 marked a campus-wide Spring Break at UM-Flint, creating an opportunity for many UM-Flint students to take part in community service. The Alternative Spring Break program and the Doctor of Physical Therapy Student Association (DPTSA) gave us two examples of students engaged in meaningful causes throughout the Flint community.  Alternative Spring[…]

Physical Therapy professor Julie Wiebe featured in "Movers and Mentors"

The recently published book Movers and Mentors: Leaders in Movement Science Share Tips, Tactics, and Stories features interviews of 81 leading minds in physical therapy and movement science. The book gives a personal, human insight into their lives and careers, answers questions related to their career progression, addresses the numerous challenges they overcame, and shares[…]

Intergenerational living experience: OT, PT students move into Court Street Commons

Physical Therapy student Jasmine Minor is one of the students participating in the intergenerational living experience.

The number of Americans aged 65 and older will more than double over the next 40 years, projected to reach 80 million in 2040. With this increase in older adults comes a greater need for those who will treat and care for this population. Doctors, nurses, and physical & occupational therapists with expertise on the[…]

Seeing eye to eye: UM-Flint professor researches how optometrists communicate lifestyle advice with their patients

Public Health and Health Sciences professor Michelle Sahli, left, with Master of Public Health students Anya Harris, right, and Caitlin Tosh, top, in March 2020. (Photo by Lindsay Stoddard, University Communications & Marketing)

Dr. Michelle Sahli, an assistant professor within the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences, is surveying optometrists statewide about whether they communicate lifestyle advice with their patients, and when they do not, what prevents them from doing so.