Occupational therapy is ranked #10 as the best health care job by US News and World Report in 2021.
In 1973, OT collaboration with NASA demonstrated that technology developed for use in the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s Teleoperator-Manipulator Program can be adapted for people with artificial arms and for those with paralyzed arms.
In 2019, Occupational Therapists celebrated 100 years of having an established role in pediatrics!
These students have survived college during a global pandemic for a year and a half.
In 2020, The University of Pittsburgh’s Doctor of Occupational Program improved its rank to #3 nationally.
Occupational Therapists can work with people at any age of life to increase their independence.