Shenandoah University Division of Occupational Therapy

01/29/2026

Curious what OT school looks like on a snow day? ❄️➡️💻 Take a peek at a virtual day in the life of an MSOT Weekend student with Ava!

01/29/2026

MSOT Loudoun students are conducting a research study examining the experiences of first-time mothers, including adjustment to maternal identity and associated physical, emotional, and social changes. Eligible participants are first-time mothers aged 18+ who gave birth within the past year and can read and write English. Participation involves a 5–10 minute anonymous online survey. Survey link: https://forms.gle/mGeQmou4YuqvQdfy8

01/29/2026

Snow day vibes! ❄️ While our faculty, staff and their children (and dogs) are enjoying the winter wonderland, we can’t help but miss our students! Hope everyone is staying safe, warm, and are ready to be back together soon! 💙

01/23/2026

Shenandoah University's Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy students teamed up for an interprofessional event highlighting collaboration, communication, and how these professions work together to support clients across the lifespan. Stronger together for better outcomes!

01/23/2026

MSOT Loudoun students are conducting research on postpartum barriers to accessing pelvic floor therapy. Have you had a baby in the past 2 years, and experienced pelvic floor dysfunction? We want to learn about your experience! Click here to participate: https://loom.ly/SgRUUEY

01/23/2026

Shenandoah University’s Post Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD-PP) program has been recognized by OnlineU, earning a number 5 ranking among the 2026 Best Online OTD Programs!

https://loom.ly/jJ6ryyI

01/21/2026

🎉 Congratulations to the MSOT Weekend Class of 2025 on a 100% NBCOT pass rate! 🎉
This is a huge accomplishment and a reflection of your hard work, persistence, and commitment to becoming thoughtful, skilled occupational therapists. You balanced coursework, fieldwork, work, families, and life, and you showed up every step of the way.
We are so excited to see where you go next and how you’ll serve your clients, communities, and the profession. Once a Weekend OT, always a Weekend OT. 💪✨

01/21/2026

Hello, my name is Delaney Donelson and I am an occupational therapy student conducting research for my doctoral capstone focused on Occupational Therapy’s role in Obesity and Bariatric Care. I’m hoping to connect with this community to share a brief, voluntary survey aimed at better understanding lived experiences related to obesity and participation in daily activities.

The goal of this research is to help improve the standard of care, support more client-centered interventions, and actively reduce weight-related stigma within healthcare settings, especially in daily life participation with the aspiration of including Occupational Therapy services into bariatric care. Voices from real people matter deeply in this work, and insights from this group would be invaluable.

Participation would be completely optional, anonymous, and used solely for academic research purposes.

https://loom.ly/O0Xv4xs

01/15/2026

Would you like to participate in a needs assessment to help improve the discharge experience for NICU families by sharing your experience? Click below to learn more and take the survey.

https://loom.ly/VXaz-oE

01/15/2026

Huge congratulations to our Dr. Skuthan for continuing to grow evidence related to occupation-based practice! She collaborated with SU alumni Gracyn McVey, Marissa Hunter, Erin Diroll, and Maureen Flanagan to review the occupation-based constructs of pediatric assessments! The publication is open access and available here. Check it out!
https://loom.ly/0YprmHY

Assessment tools are a critical component of the occupational therapy evaluation process. Despite the profession’s push toward occupation-centered practice, the classification of assessment tools as occupation-based versus skill-based does not exist. An occupation-based review of pediatric occupat...

01/09/2026

Shenandoah University's OTD-Post Professional program is still accepting applications for a Summer 2026 start date! Please reach out to Dr. Sikes at esikes@su.edu with questions or to set up a zoom at your convenience. Click here for admissions information: https://loom.ly/YzLLyGs

01/09/2026

Register for our next OT Virtual Information Session!
OT faculty and staff will share information about our application process and our available programs, including our Entry-Level OTD, OTD-Post Professional, MSOT Loudoun (weekday) and MSOT Weekend programs. The session will be recorded.
https://loom.ly/vqz7y9c