Rockhurst University Occupational Therapy

Orthotics Lab in MSK🤚🏻🤍

Today and yesterday, the 2nd years were given the opportunity to make resting hand splints for their lab partners! Their final products all turned out amazing!

A big thank you to the MSK lab instructors, Sunni, Sydney, and Bryleigh, for guiding them through the splinting process. Great job, everyone!

1st years practicing research journal critical analysis on this fine Wednesday in June! ☀️

Lymphedema Care!

Last Thursday, our 2nd years had the opportunity to learn from lymphedema specialist Dr. Christina Wisdom of Tufts University. During MSK lecture and lab, students explored lymphedema management techniques, practiced compression bandaging on one another, and learned about a variety of compression garments. They also gained hands-on experience with components of manual lymphatic drainage techniques.

Our students were highly engaged and asked thoughtful questions throughout the day. Thank you, Dr. Wisdom, for sharing your expertise and helping make this such a valuable learning experience!

Our Pediatric Coordinators had a great time last Friday creating and leading stations at summer camp for St. Es and St. Ps!

Activities focused on sensory, cognitive, gross motor, and fine motor skills, giving kids the opportunity to learn, explore, and have fun through engaging hands-on experiences. ☀️

Royals Game Night!

A great night at Kauffman Stadium for the 1st and 2nd year OTD students! Making memories, and cheering on the Royals together, thank you SOTA💙

We see Audrey, our RUOT grad! 💙

Congratulations to the team at SSM Health Neuro Transitional Center (NTC) for earning accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) International for its brain injury and stroke specialty programs.

SSM Health NTC fills a vital role in the community, helping patients bridge the gap between inpatient rehabilitation and home. For individuals recovering from traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries, strokes and other complex neurological conditions, this level of care provides a critical next step — helping patients regain independence, rebuild confidence and safely transition back to daily life.

Achieving CARF accreditation is a rigorous, year-long process that demonstrates adherence to the highest quality standards of specialized care and a dedication to continuous improvement in care delivery, program development and service to the community.

On Friday, Occupational Therapy was one of the participating health professions for the "Hands on Healthcare at Rockhurst University" camp for high school students. RUOT hosted 5 different demonstration stations with activities. We had students, faculty, and staff take part in the fun! 👟🏐🎯📚🫴🏽♦️👔

Today was a CURA Clinic Day!

SOTA apparel orders are officially open! 🎉

We would love the support of our students, alumni, faculty, friends, family, and the entire Rockhurst OT community. Be sure to grab your apparel and help represent our program both on and off campus!

Thank you for supporting SOTA and the OTD program and we can’t wait to see everyone in the gear! 💙

The store will close June 8th!

Welcome back to the Class of 2027! Today marked the first day of summer classes, and our second-year students kicked things off in Functional Neuroscience by creating neurons using different types of candy to better understand neuroanatomy in a hands-on way. Looking forward to an exciting summer semester ahead!