Emma Dudzinski

Over the next few weeks, many of the team will be taking annual leave. Please be assured, at least 2 members of the team will be working throughout the summer so any out of office email responses will direct you to support should you need it. Wishing you all a fab summer break 💚

At the start of the month, final year student (now graduate) Rik Thornton represented the programme & @UEA_Health @uniofeastanglia at the Advance HE Teaching & Learning conference 2025. Rik was part of the student panel representing healthcare students & mature learners 👏💚

Occupational Therapy team away day yesterday! A great day to come together to reflect on the academic year - our personal & collective achievements & challenges & look to the year ahead with fresh goals 💚 @UEA_Health

Friday was the turn of our BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Class of 2025 & our Occupational Therapy Degree Apprentices 🎓 we hope you all had the best day celebrating your achievements 🍾 We are very proud of you all!

A wonderful day celebrating graduation with my final cohort of students as MSc Occupational Therapy Course Director 💚🎓🎉 @uniofeastanglia

Last month Dr Anne Killett, Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy, had a great day at the British Society of Gerontology conference presenting the CHAPPI project - public involvement as meaningful activity for older people living in care homes. arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/research-imple…

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 Bringing this series to an end, UEA Class of 2025 graduate Rik thinks it’s the bonds formed with staff & peers & the beautiful grounds here on campus 🍃🍂 We hope you have enjoyed this series! @UEA_Health

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 Class of 2025 graduate Maya thinks it’s our team of lecturers @UEA_Health

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 Graduate Lisa loved the multiple opportunities to draw on the profession’s creative roots throughout the programme @UEA_Health

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 UEA Class of 2025 graduate Jade thinks it’s the opportunity to experience six placements on the BSc programme. This provides scope to experience a variety of Occupational Therapy settings @UEA_Health

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 Graduate Molly thinks the best things are the advisor support & the facilities available on campus to practice skill development - we have a purpose built bungalow for simulated learning experiences @UEA_Health

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 Current student Caitlin thinks the best things are the academic advisor support & the format of placements. Being on the BSc programme means Caitlin has six placements to enjoy over the 3 years @UEA_Health

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 Class of 2025 UEA OT graduate Becky thinks it’s the support available from the academic team @UEA_Health

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 Graduate Maddie thinks it’s the opportunity for group learning & the interactive nature of our lectures & seminars @UEA_Health

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 Current student Julia thinks the best thing about Occupational Therapy at UEA is the real life application of interventions during discussion. Julia is on our MSc pre-registration programme which has an enquiry based learning focus @UEA_Health

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 The placements, according to current student Kaylie. We work hard with our amazing practice partners to provide students with a range of placement experiences - we currently offer 6 placements on our BSc & 4 placements on our MSc @UEA_Health

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 UEA OT Class of 2025 graduate Ezza thinks the best thing about Occupational Therapy at UEA is our team of lecturers. We really strive to provide the best experience for our students so this is always amazing to hear! @UEA_Health @uniofeastanglia

The best thing about OT at UEA? 💚 UEA Occupational Therapy graduate Ayo loved the creative occupations threaded throughout the programme. The opportunity to learn experientially - having fun, getting creative & all whilst learning essential skills! @UEA_Health @uniofeastanglia

Our current students & graduates have spoken… find out soon what they rate as the best things about Occupational Therapy @uniofeastanglia @UEA_Health 💚

The BSc Year 2 OT students got hands-on with a range of equipment in their skills consolidation session. From manual handling hoists, stand aids & transfer equipment to wheelchairs, bathing equipment & small aids. GERT suits were also used to simulate the effects of older age.