Ram Reel: Occupational Therapy Students Gain Much From Costa Rica Visit

Nothing beats being there is probably a thought that crossed the minds of six WSSU occupational therapy graduate students and faculty members who participated in an international field experience program in Costa Rica July 12-27.

The experience is offered as an elective under the direction of Dr. Darlene Perez-Brown, who organizes the field experience as part of the Occupational Therapy Programs focus on diversity and promoting cultural competence among occupational therapy students as health care professionals.

Participants in the experience were first-year graduate students Mark Williams, Chris Sellers, Michelle Reams, Holly Shadoin, Tamara Crockett and second-year graduate student Dana Nelson. The collaboration between Winston-Salem State University and Santa Paula University, an institution of higher education that specializes in the education of allied health professionals, was initiated in 2000. But the 2009 experience differed from earlier trips to the Central American country.

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