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2024

Billing and Coding for Caregiver Training Services [Podcast] ⟩

AOTA Podcast, in blogtalkradio.com | April 24, 2024
The Current Procedural Terminology 2024 code, that is effective as of January 1, 2024, includes a new subsection containing three new codes related to caregiver training without the patient present. On today's episode we speak with USC faculty member and AOTA's incoming Executive Director Katie Jordan about the changes and implications for billing and coding practices.
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2021

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus ⟩

Hydrocephalus Association | November 30, 2021
Assoc. Clinical Prof. John Margetis features in this preview of a video webinar hosted by the Hydrocephalus Association.
Associations and Bodies Clinical Faculty Lectures and Talks

2019

USC Study Shows Occupational Therapy Helps Diabetes Patients Make Lifestyle Changes that Can Prevent Serious Health Complications ⟩

Paul Karon, in Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute | November 8, 2019
The pilot study is the first to be completed under a novel academic-government collaboration between the SC CTSI, the UCLA CTSI, and the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Associations and Bodies Community and Partners Faculty Lifestyle Redesign Research

How intelligent workstations will use AI to improve health and happiness ⟩

Jamie Wetherbe, in USC Today | April 25, 2019
Do you want to be warm or cold? Is it time to stand rather than sit? An interdisciplinary team — made up of designers and USC professors — is using AI to create tech-savvy desks with health and well-being in mind.
Artificial Intelligence Associations and Bodies Awards Community and Partners Health and Wellness Research Technology

2018

Shared database of brain images aims to boost stroke patients’ recovery ⟩

Zara Greenbaum, in USC Today | February 21, 2018
Brain scans from stroke patients are being downloaded by researchers around the world to predict the most efficient therapies
Associations and Bodies Community and Partners Research Technology

2017

App will be created to increase physical activity of older adults ⟩

Maya Zaleski, in Daily Trojan | October 27, 2017
The occupational therapy program at USC is in the process of improving the lives and health of older adults.
Associations and Bodies Awards Health and Wellness Research Technology

New smartphone app developed at USC aims to support fitness among older adults ⟩

Mike McNulty, in USC Today | October 24, 2017
Designed to boost physical activity, the app is seen as a key step to advancing mobile health technology
Associations and Bodies Awards Health and Wellness Research Technology

Occupational Therapy Helps Young Adults With Diabetes ⟩

Miriam E. Tucker, in Medscape | June 21, 2017
An occupational therapy intervention can help improve HbA_1c and improve quality of life in young adults with diabetes, new research finds.
Associations and Bodies Faculty Health and Wellness Lectures and Talks Research

2016

Can virtual reality neurofeedback help stroke survivors recover? ⟩

John Hobbs, in USC Today | February 1, 2016
USC researcher Sook-Lei Liew receives American Heart Association Innovative Research Grant to find out
Associations and Bodies Awards Faculty Health and Wellness Research Technology

Can pictures prevent carpal tunnel syndrome? ⟩

Breanne Grady, in USC Today | January 21, 2016
Using sonographic imaging, a USC professor seeks to detect the earliest signs of the disorder
Associations and Bodies Awards Faculty Health and Wellness Research Technology

2015

Can researchers enhance the dental experience for children with autism? ⟩

Mike McNulty, in USC News | June 15, 2015
Record-setting grant will help USC division study sensory stimuli that lessen a child’s anxiety during oral care
Associations and Bodies Autism Awards Research

2014

Self-care among Latinos with diabetes studied ⟩

Paul Karon, in USC Today | September 11, 2014
Elizabeth Pyatak seeks ways to make health an everyday habit for teens and young adults
Associations and Bodies Awards Community and Partners Health and Wellness Research

2013

USC study charts exercise for stroke patients’ brains ⟩

Robert Perkins, in USC Today | June 11, 2013
A new study has found that stroke patients’ brains show strong cortical motor activity when observing others performing physical tasks — a finding that offers new insight into stroke rehabilitation.
Associations and Bodies Awards Health and Wellness Research

Learn to be more understanding by watching The Bachelor (this season, anyway) ⟩

Robert Perkins, in USC News | January 23, 2013
A new USC study has found evidence suggesting that the brain works hard to understand those who have different bodies when watching them in action.
Associations and Bodies Research

2012

Florence Clark shines in national spotlight ⟩

Mike McNulty, in USC News | May 1, 2012
Florence Clark PhD ’82, associate dean of the USC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, reaffirmed the university’s long-standing history of leadership in the profession of occupational therapy at the 92nd annual conference of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) held April 26-29 in Indianapolis, Ind.
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2011

Grant Awarded to Study Dental Environments ⟩

Vivian Tang, in USC News | October 12, 2011
A two-year grant of $531,376 has been awarded to the USC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
Associations and Bodies Autism Awards Research

2009

Clark named president of Occupational Therapy Assn. ⟩

Faryl Reingold, in USC News | March 27, 2009
Professor Florence A. Clark, associate dean and chair of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, a division of the USC School of Dentistry, has been elected president-elect of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).
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Florence Clark Elected to New Post ⟩

Faryl Reingold, in USC News | March 13, 2009
Professor Florence A. Clark, associate dean and chair of the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the USC School of Dentistry, has been elected president-elect of the American Occupational Therapy Association.
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2006

Florence Clark elected vice president of American Occupational Therapy Association ⟩

Jon Nalick, in USC News | March 24, 2006
Members of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) recently elected Florence A. Clark, professor and chair of the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, as vice president of the organization.
Associations and Bodies Faculty

2005

NIH awards $2.5 million for health-care study of ethnic minorities ⟩

Kathleen O'Neil, in USC News | October 21, 2005
Two USC occupational therapy researchers have been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how minority patients can improve the care they receive from doctors.
Associations and Bodies Awards Clinical Health and Wellness Research

2004

American Occupational Therapy Assn. honors USC professor Ruth Zemke ⟩

Alicia Di Rado, in USC News | November 5, 2004
The American Occupational Therapy Association has granted its highest academic honor to Professor Emeritus Ruth Zemke of the USC Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy.
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Elder Research Gets $2.2 Million Grant ⟩

USC News | October 15, 2004
The National Institute on Aging has awarded USC occupational therapy researchers a four-year, $2.2 million grant to expand on their successful Well Elderly program.
Associations and Bodies Awards Health and Wellness Lifestyle Redesign Research

Program to delay age-related health deficits receives $2.2 million grant ⟩

Alicia Di Rado, in USC News | October 8, 2004
The National Institute on Aging has awarded USC occupational therapy researchers a four-year, $2.2 million grant to expand on their successful Well Elderly program.
Associations and Bodies Awards Health and Wellness Lifestyle Redesign Research

2001

Department of Occupational Therapy chair honored by peers for lifetime achievement ⟩

USC News | November 9, 2001
Florence A. Clark, professor and chair of the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC) at its 25th Annual Conference in Sacramento on Oct. 14.
Associations and Bodies Awards Events Faculty

1998

Occupational therapy chair named to NIH rehabilitation panel ⟩

Cynthia Johannssen, in USC News | December 11, 1998
Florence Clark, chair of occupational therapy and occupational science, has been named to the National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research at the National Institutes of Health. Clark will serve a four-year term.
Associations and Bodies Faculty

1994

OT Wins Major Grant to Study Wellness in Elderly ⟩

Michael Byrne, in USC News | June 27, 1994
The Department of Occupational Therapy has been awarded a $1 million federal grant to study the effectiveness of occupational therapy as a means of enhancing health and well-being and maintaining independence among elderly people.
Associations and Bodies Awards Health and Wellness Research

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ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.