Becky Benjamin’s applied research course and all four presentations focused on ChatGPT. This year the conference welcomed 300 undergraduates from 13 institutions to Butler’s campus. The Butler Undergraduate Research Conference promotes excellence and encourages undergraduate students to showcase their research efforts. This conference, which started back in 1988, took a hiatus from an in-person experience like many other conferences of its kind and this was its first year back in-person since 2019. Ī group of students from Huntington University’s psychology, criminal justice, and social work programs participated in the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference in late April. The article has also been presented at state and national conferences for occupational therapy. The abstract states that stress and disengagement from meaningful occupations are barriers graduate students face daily and this study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the nine-minute Huntington Occupational Mindfulness and Engagement (HOME) protocol for occupational therapy (OT) graduate students to re-engage in meaningful occupations. “A pilot study of the HOME Protocol demonstrated its effectiveness for decreasing stress and promoting engagement in daily activities of occupational therapy students.” “The HOME Protocol was originally developed through collaboration between occupational therapy and psychology faculty,” said Henton. The topic was first explored through a research study, “ Perceptions of Stress, Mindfulness, and Occupational Engagement Among Graduate-level Occupational Therapy Students, ” which was published in 2021. “We are grateful for the collaboration of faculty and students from Huntington University's Doctoral Program in Occupational Therapy for the creation of the ‘Huntington Occupational Mindfulness and Engagement (HOME) Protocol,’” said Henton.Īccording to Henton, the idea for the project came through occupational therapy students who identified a need for strategies for stress management during graduate school. Laura Gerig, a faculty member in the psychology department at Taylor University, authored “Stress, Mindfulness and Occupational Engagement: A Pilot Study of the HOME Protocol.” Kathryn Close, assistant professor and program chair of psychology at the University of the Southwest in New Mexico, and Dr. Patricia Henton, an associate professor in HU’s Doctoral Program in Occupational Therapy, and the four students – Megan Butterweck, Jory Swider, Laura Cameron, and Kaylee Marihugh – along with Dr. JOTE is a peer reviewed journal devoted to publishing research and other relevant information related to occupational therapy and occupational science education.ĭr.

One faculty member and four graduate students from Huntington University’s Doctoral Program in Occupational Therapy wrote an article that was published in the Journal of Occupational Therapy Education (JOTE).

Strangers In The Night by Jaycee Edward