Kimatha
Grice,
OTD, OTR, CHT
Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
UTHSCSA
Kimatha Grice, OTD, OTR, CHT, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, UT Health in San Antonio, Texas. She has been an O.T. for 40 years and a certified hand therapist for 29. She began teaching in 1995 and continues to participate in faculty practice. She was honored with a Presidential award for Excellence in Teaching in 2001, inducted into the Academy of Master Teachers in 2008 and named as a Distinguished Teaching Professor by the UT System in 2010. In 2017, she was honored with the Presidential Award for Distinguished Service to the Institution.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: Currently, aspects of ergonomics, including how different health professionals work to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), are taught to first-year dental students (DS1s), occupational therapy students (OTs) and physical therapy students (PTs) uniprofessionally at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio). Opportunities exist for these students to learn ergonomics together in didactic and clinical settings, which promises to enhance acquisition of knowledge and skills, including physical assessments and modalities intended to…