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TWU School of
Occupational Therapy to highlight student research during
15th annual Celebration of Scholarship
3/15/07
DALLAS —
The Texas Woman’s University School of Occupational
Therapy student honor society, Pi Theta Epsilon-Dallas Chapter,
will host its 15th annual Celebration of Scholarship from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 30. The event, which showcases
student research, will take place in the auditorium of the
School of Occupational Therapy on TWU’s Presbyterian
campus, 8194 Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas.
Registration is
$30 prior to March 23 and $40 after that date. Student admission
is free, but registration is required. Those who attend the
conference will have the opportunity to earn 6 continuing
education credit hours. For more information, call (214) 706-2350
or visit www.twu.edu/ot/COS/index.htm.
Dr. M. Carolyn
Baum, Elias Michael Director and Professor in the Program
of Occupational Therapy and Neurology at Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis is the invited scholar for
the conference. Her lecture, titled “Fostering Participation
in Persons with Stroke: A Critical Role for Occupational Therapists,”
will highlight occupational therapy’s role in participation
using the framework of the World Health Organization’s
International Classification of Function (ICF). Dr. Baum will
conclude her presentation by proposing a rehabilitation model
of service that highlights occupational therapy’s contribution
to health, participation and well-being.
Dr. Baum currently
serves as president of the American Occupational Therapy Association
and is on the Executive Board for The Rehabilitation Institute
of St. Louis. She earned her bachelor of science degree in
occupational therapy at the University of Kansas in Lawrence
and her master of arts degree in health management at Webster
University in St. Louis. She also holds a doctorate in social
work with a concentration in social policy and aging from
the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington
University in St. Louis.
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