Utica College OT

As a 500 level student, one of the first group projects that you have to do is a group composite about everyone’s personalities and connect them with a character or a group of similar objects. Some examples of characters include characters from movies like monster inc,  tv shows like the office,  or ingredients to make a cookie! This was a fun and creative way to look more into our everyone’s personalities and how we can be in a group. On the first day each student completes a survey that told us about our personality type and leadership style. We then met up with our assigned groups in which was our first time meeting. We then went around and spoke about our personalities and leader style according to the surveys we took. Each group member could hear what type of personality each other has and how we are as leaders. This was an important exercise because as OTs, we will be working with multiple different people in group settings in which it is important to know the differen...

  What is SOTA?  SOTA stands for Student Occupational Therapy Association. This is a professional organization affiliated with the American Occupational Therapy Association and is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment to get involved in health care and the community. SOTA at UC is run by current OT students at Utica College that are in the program.  SOTA at UC provides students with the opportunity to learn more about OT experiences, guest speakers, community service, volunteer opportunities in the community, and much more. They provide current UCOT members with services that increase our knowledge as we become professional occupational therapists and strive to raise awareness within the community The current SOTA board is run by: President: Matt Foley  Vice President : Rachel Czolgosz Secretary: Gianna Bushey Co-Treasurers: Jessica Rozanski and Rachel Gould Public Relations Officer: Logan Glazier  If you want to see what we are up to or follow along,...

Hey Readers! For this post, I wanted to describe a typical week of lab sessions and what it’s like to be an OT student at Utica College To be a Utica College (UC) student in the Occupational Therapy (OT) department, you need to be creative and collaborative. Having decent communication skills also helps but all of these skills will be further developed in the program. The labs here at UC are hands-on and collaborative. We are always working with classmates, role-playing, and are always developing our communication skills. These are essential in developing our careers as future occupational therapy professionals and students when we go on our level II fieldwork placements. As a 600 level student, I am currently taking pediatric classes. For each unit, the teachers give us a case study to dissect and work on throughout the two weeks in which that’s how long each unit lasts. This unit is about kindergarten and hospital rehabilitation. We are working on a case where a 5-year-old girl, Isab...

Virtual Open House Sunday, December 5 at 1 pm Eastern This is an opportunity for you to ask current OT students questions about the program etc.… There will be 5 current 600 level students that will be in attendance! This is a great opportunity to talk directly with current students to learn more about UC's program. This is also an opportunity to learn more about Utica’s financial aid package.  Make sure to come with any questions!