Posted on December 01, 2024
Occupational therapy students organised an ADHD Health Awareness Day at Daspoort Poli Clinic.
Posted on December 01, 2024
NGOs transforming rural communities. "Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow...
Posted on October 18, 2024
SUPPORTING LIVES, BUILDING FUTURES: The Oxford (UP) Centre for Religion, Public Life and Security in Africa recently partnered with the Buddha’s Light International Association to transform 102 lives across Gauteng. The organisations worked together to donate 102 wheelchairs to nine...
Posted on September 09, 2024
This was the observation of Karin Blignault, a passionate horse rider, author and occupational therapist from Cape Town, who is among the proud graduates at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Spring Graduation ceremonies. Earning her master’s degree in occupational therapy at the age...
Posted on March 01, 2024
The old African proverb "it takes a village to raise a child" conveys the message that it takes many people ("the village") to provide a safe, healthy environment for children, where they can develop, flourish and realise their hopes and dreams. The village includes not only family and neighbours...
Posted on January 31, 2024
The first-year Occupational Therapy students had the opportunity to assist at the Prinshof School for the Visually Impaired Primary School's Sports Day, which took place on August 25, 2023, from 08:00 to 12:00. The annual occasion hosted by the school’s dedicated and compassionate staff,...
Posted on July 17, 2023
In the field of occupational therapy, women have historically dominated, playing a vital role in its growth and recognition worldwide. However, there is a noticeable trend of more men choosing to pursue occupational therapy internationally, although progress in South Africa has been slower. One...
Posted on September 26, 2022
As a fourth-year student, I worked at Mandisa Clinic where I saw the collaboration of occupational therapy and physiotherapy working collaboratively to provide intervention to spinal cord injury patients, traumatic brain injury, or stroke patients to improve independence in activities of daily...
Posted on September 25, 2022
The University has a long-standing relationship with Tsako Thabo secondary school, through the engineering and architecture department. The occupational therapy department started working with the school in 2022. The school of health care sciences’s community engagement committee has been...
Posted on June 27, 2022
Ageing is a physiologically inevitable process with chronological, social and psychological dimensions. [1] Elderly people experience physiological and physical changes that may restrict them from participating in certain activities of daily living. [1] Not being able to participate in previous...
Posted on March 23, 2022
Substance use has become a societal problem and the identification of substance use disorders and addictive behaviours are expanding worldwide.
Posted on April 02, 2020
Autism is a global health crisis that knows no borders and – much like COVID-19 – does not discriminate based on nationality, ethnicity or social status. In light of World Autism Awareness Day, knowing more about the condition and how to manage it may help all of us better support...
Posted on December 03, 2019
The International Day for Persons with Disabilities aims to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities, and celebrate their achievements and contributions.
Posted on September 06, 2016
The University of Pretoria has identified 'Sport, exercise medicine and lifestyle interventions for chronic disease' as one of its four main strategic niche areas for research activity in the next decade.
Posted on March 27, 2012
Final-year occupational therapy students have been doing psychiatry fieldwork at Steve Biko Academic Hospital's 18-bed Psychiatric Unit, providing an occupational therapy service.
Posted on September 30, 2011
On Wednesday the 21st of September a group of Occupational Therapy students from the University of Pretoria, together with their lecturer, embarked on a journey to create awareness about Alzheimer's Disease.
Posted on April 19, 2011
On Thursday 14 April 2011, the Occupational Therapy (OT) students of the University of Pretoria held a disability day to spread disability awareness across Mamelodi.
Posted on March 01, 2011
A teacher-exchange program funded by the Linnaeus-Palme program has been established between the Occupational Therapy Departments at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden & the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Posted on February 22, 2011
The Occupational Therapy Department of the University of Pretoria opened a children's clinic on the Mamelodi campus. The launch took place on 18 February 2011, in collaboration with the National health awareness day: Healthy Lifestyle Awareness day
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