Unit Physical Therapy

							DOISY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
        COLLEGE REPORT
           January 2009
Unit: Office of the Dean
Report Date: January 2009
Prepared by: Bill Siler




Scholarly Activities

Kilgore, C., Richter, R.R., Siler, W.L., & Stanhope, S.-S. (in press). Psychosocial Issues in
Primary Care Physician Assistant Practice: A Descriptive Study. Journal of Physician Assistant
Education. Targeted for February 2009 publication.

Service to University

Served as panelist in the “Invigorating Teaching & Research Throughout the Academic Life Cycle”
program sponsored by The Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence and the Division of Research,
Jan 8, 2009.
Unit: Nutrition and Dietetics
Report date: January 14, 2009
Prepared by: Mildred Mattfeldt-Beman

A. Program and accreditation
      1. Major programmatic changes
         • We have received approval from the American Dietetic Association to expand the
             Nutrition and Physical Performance emphasis from 6 to 8 slots. We will decrease
             the number of general internship slots from 12 to 8, keeping the total number of
             internships slots at our approved 34.

       2. Status of accreditation activities

B. Noteworthy awards, honors, and accomplishments
      1. Unit

       2. Faculty
          • Mildred Mattfeldt-Beman, PhD, RD, LD was awarded one of SLU’s Coleman
              Fellowships for her proposal “Getting more local sustainably grown food to the
              Community.”
          • Mildred Mattfeldt-Beman, PhD, RD, LD attended the US Association for Small
              Business and Entrepreneurship Conference in Anaheim, CA 1/8-1/11/09.
          • Mildred Mattfeldt-Beman is a guest speaker at the Missouri Farmer’s Union on
              1/30/09 in St. Genevieve, MO.

       3. Student
          ● Justine Duchon and Whitney Strong participated in the El Salvador
              trip over Christmas break.

       4. Alumni

       5. Other teaching and learning innovations

C. Highlights of community outreach and partnerships
      • Laura Norfleet and Katie Ressel did a cooking demonstration, “Eating for Weight Loss”
          at the City of St. Louis Department of Health on 1/12/09.

D. Highlights of external funding/research productivity
      1. Grants and contracts
          • The grant to the Illinois Department of Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Grant
              Program ($25,000), which Mildred Mattfeldt-Beman, PhD, RD, LD, wrote in
              conjunction with Eastside Health District, has been recommended for funding.
       2. Major entrepreneurial activity
          • The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics operates the cafeteria (Fresh
              Gatherings Café) in the Doisy College of Health Sciences.
          • The Fresh Gatherings Café’ provides catering for events in the Allied Health
              Building, School of Nursing, and LRC.
       3. Research Published

E. Other key media worthy events not listed above (e.g. major events sponsored by unit)
   ● MAKING IT cookbook will be delivered on January 16!!
Unit: Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Report date: January 15, 2009
Prepared by: Mark Reinking

A. Program and accreditation
      1. Major programmatic changes: None to report

       2. Status of accreditation activities: None to report

B. Noteworthy awards, honors, and accomplishments
      1. Unit:
         The SLU Athletic Training Education Program will host the 2009 Missouri Athletic
         Trainers Association Annual Meeting in June 2009

       2. Faculty
              i. Publications:
                 Margaret Herning, PT, PhD (Associate Professor, Program in Physical Therapy)
                 Herning M. Falls in the Elderly: The Physical Therapist's Perspective. Aging
                 Successfully Fall 2008, Vol.XVIII (2);16-17.

              ii. Submissions for publication: None to report

             iii. Presentations/Posters:
                  Cheryl Cavallo, PT, PhD (Assistant Professor, Program in Physical Therapy)
                  Integrative Interprofessional Practicum Experience: A Capstone Course for an
                  Interprofessional Curriculum - Lessons Learned One Year Later. Wunderlich R,
                  Cavallo C, Gettemeier P; American Association of College of Nursing
                  Conference; San Antonio TX; Dec 2 -6, 2008.

             iv. Other:
                 Tony Breitbach (Assistant Professor, Athletic Training Education Program)
                 provided medical coverage for SLU Hockey Club,December 2008.

       3. Students: None to report

       4. Alumni: None to report

       5. Staff: None to report

       6. Other teaching and learning innovations: None to report

C. Highlights of community outreach and partnerships:
      1. Randy Richter, PT, PhD and 2 DPT students – Lauren Daugherty and Candace Gray –
          traveled to El Salvador with IPE team for health care outreach trip Jan 2-10 2009.
      2. Carol Beckel, PT, MA traveled to Belize for a service trip Jan 10-17 2009.
D. Highlights of external funding/research productivity
      1. Grants and contracts:
          Darcy Downey Med, ATC (Instructor, Athletic Training Education Program)
          Principal investigator on grant submission “Self-efficacy, locus of control and coping:
          do these factors affect a student’s ability to pass the BOC examination?” to the Mid-
          America Athletic trainers Association for $1000. Anthony Breitbach PhD, ATC
          (Assistant Professor, Athletic Training Education Program) is co-investigator. January
          2009

       2. Major entrepreneurial activity:
          PT clinical practice at the Student Health and Counseling Center: 228 patient visits in
          December 2008

E. Other key media worthy events not listed above: None to report
Unit: Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Report date: January 2009
Prepared by: Karen Barney

   A. Program and Accreditation
      1.    Reaccreditation:
            • 2008, 10 year accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Occupational
                Therapy Education (ACOTE). Next accreditation to occur academic year
                2017/2018.

   B. Noteworthy awards, honors, and accomplishments
      1.   Unit
            Frank Kronenburg of South Africa, author and editor of OT without Borders and A
           Political Practice of Occupational Therapy, committed to consulting with the
           department practitioners, and colleagues from other disciplines, from March 25-27,
           2009.
      2.   Faculty
           • Karen Barney
               1. Invited by the Center for Teaching Excellence and Campus Ministry to
                   provide a reflection commentary on the next issue of Conversations, on
                   February 24, 2009.
           • Peggy Gettemeier
               1. Member, Missouri Occupational Therapy Licensing Board
               2. Member, National Board of Occupational Therapy Certification
           • Margaret Perkinson
               1. Nominated to run for position on the Governing Council of the National
                   Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA)
               2. Appointed Chair of the Fellows Selection Committee for 2009-2010,
                   Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE)

   C. Highlights of external funding/research productivity
      1. Grants and contracts
             • Barney, K. & Perkinson, M. Geriatric Education Center (ongoing)
             • Perkinson, M., & Davidson, D. Consultants on a grant recently awarded to
                 Denise Sausville, RSM, P.I. “Reynosa project” funded by Sisters of Mercy
                 Ministry Fund. Projected involvement as consultant in spring 2009 to assist
                 acquiring equipment and in training volunteer staff members in OT techniques
                 for indigent, disabled in Reynosa, Mexico.
             • Klohr, C. Cardinal Glennon, Simon’s Grant for children with autism
             • Perkinson, M. Alzheimer’s Association (ongoing)
             • Rybski, D. 2009 Grant: St. Louis Transitional Hope House Child Development
                 Center: Consultant and coordinator of the early identification and early
                 intervention 0-3 program funded by Saint Louis Children’s Variety Club.
             • Serfas, K. Nutrition and Dietetics Monsanto Grant, accessibility component
2. Publications
   • Lavin, M. A., Bust, D., Le, B., Campbell, D., Bostic, M., Herning, M., Wilder, E.,
      Hilton, C.L., & Miller, P.D. (2008). Community organization principles and
      sustainable interprofessional healthcare practices, in C. Royeen, G. Jensen & R.
      Harvan (eds) Leadership in Interprofessional Health Education and Practice.
      Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
   • Smith, D. S. & Hilton, C. L. (2008). An occupational justice perspective of domestic
      violence against women with disabilities. Journal of Occupational Science, 15(3),
      166-172.

3. Conference Presentations
   • Barney, K.F. “Head and Neck Cancer Survivors and Carer Concerns: Occupational
      Therapy Support for Quality of Life;” Panel Session Chairs: Frank, G.,
      Papadimitriou, C., & Magasi, S. “Occupational Therapists’ Interactions with Patients
      and Communities: Bringing Social Sciences, Phenomenology, Narrative Theory and
      Disability Studies to Medical Rehabilitation. Accepted for the annual conference of
      the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Santa Fe, NM, March 2009.
   • Rowles, G., Perkinson, M.A., Howe, J., & Silverstein, N. “Grant writing clinic.”
      Pre-conference workshop accepted for the annual meeting of the Association for
      Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), San Antonio, TX, February 2009.
   • Kasnitz, D., Perkinson, M.A. & Frank, G. “Workshop on developing cross-cultural
      Anthropology, Occupational Therapy, and Disabilities Studies field schools.”
      Accepted for the annual conference of the Society for Applied Anthropology
      (SfAA), Santa Fe, NM, March 2009.
   • Perkinson, M.A. & Kasnitz, D. “The Guatemala Field School: Developing cultural
      competence in an interdisciplinary, international field placement.” Accepted for the
      annual conference of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Santa Fe, NM,
      March 2009.

3. Professional Service
   Editorial Activity:
   • Barney, K.F. Member, Editorial Board, American Journal of Occupational Therapy
       (ongoing)
   • Barney, K.F. Reviewer, Archives in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (ongoing)
   • Barney, K.F. Reviewer, Quality of Life Research (ongoing)
   • Barney, K.F., & Perkinson, M.A., Editors, Geriatric OT textbook. St. Louis, MO:
       Elsevier (in progress).
   • Perkinson, M.A. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology (ongoing)
   • Perkinson, M.A. Editorial Board member: Anthropology & Aging Quarterly,
       Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics (ongoing)

   Organizational
   • Rybski, D. Chair, Donor/Sponsor/Advertising subcommittee and committee
      member of the 2008 SSO: USA Conference Committee.
   •   Rybski, D. Member, 2009 Conference Committee and Long Range Conference
       Planning Committee, Society of the Study of Occupation: USA, 2008.

4. Students
   • Heather Spurrier: Recipient of $1000.00 Julie Holmes Scholarship

5. Alumni
   • Julia Henderson Kalb, MS, OTR/L, Class of 1998, Principal Instructor, Adult
            Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation course, Spring Term, 2009.