Teresa Plummer, a faculty member in the School of Occupational Therapy recently published a chapter, “Leadership in the Occupational Therapy Classroom” in An Occupational Perspective on Leadership (Slack, 2009) edited by Sandee Dunbar.
Teresa also was the invited guest speaker for Black Bear Medical Annual Conference in Portland, Maine and the Central Illinois Therapeutic Enrichments Conference in Homer, Illinois this fall. Both presentations were in the “Relationship of vision and posture and the implication to seating and mobility.”
Daily Archives: November 5, 2009
School of Pharmacy Students Featured in News Story
Students enrolled in the Pharmacy Communications and Counseling Course were featured on WTVF News Channel 5 as part a report on Tennessee’s prescription drug usage. Second-year pharmacy students Diane Akin and Tyler Ammarell were highlighted in the story during a role-play exercise for the class, and Dr. Sal Giorgianni was interviewed on how Belmont’s pharmacy students are trained to avoid duplication and error and rationalize costs of prescription and non-prescription medications. To see the story, click here.
Social Work Alum Receives Leadership in Diversity Award
Social work alumnus Claudia Avila (’03) was recently named the recipient of the 2009 Multicultural Council Award for Leadership in Diversity. It comes from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). She will go to Washington D.C. on Nov. 10 to accept the award.
PT Students Hear from Amputees
from Ashley Vidrine, PT Class of 2011
Second year physical therapy students recently participated in a prosthetics lab in which local amputees volunteered their time to come in and talk about their conditions. The class was able to perform an evaluation and get an understanding about what it’s like to live with a prosthetic limb. Earlier this year, the class also participated in a disability project in which everyone was to spend 4 hours in a wheel chair. Students got a taste of what it feels like to be a disabled person in public, and experiences were shared in class. It was a learning experience that most won’t soon forget.
Tommy Thompson to Speak at Belmont
Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, will be on campus Monday, November 16, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. for a Healthcare Reform Briefing: How Will Reform Impact Providers, Payors and Individuals? An RSVP is required, but admission is free compliments of Medical Reimbursements of America, who is co-sponsoring this event with Clayton Associates, the Nashville Health Care Council, and the Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing. The lecture is part of the Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing Diagnosing Our Future Speaker Series.
Look on the Speaker Series webpage for upcoming presentations in the speaker series with Fred Gray on January 20, 2010 and Dr. David Williams on March 25, 2010.