{"id":5814,"date":"2024-09-13T11:33:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T15:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/?page_id=5814"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:42:26","slug":"occupational-therapy-rural-health-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/about-us\/novant-partnership\/occupational-therapy-rural-health-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational Therapy Rural Health Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>WELCOME TO THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY RURAL HEALTH COMMITTEE-OTRHC<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The purpose of the Occupational Therapy Rural Health Committee (OTRHC) is to recruit providers and broaden access to occupational therapy (OT) services in Southeast North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">OBJECTIVES<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">OTRHC will complete approximately 4 site visits to the region<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Partner with Novant Health SERVE Pathways Program, part of the UNC Health Ingram Institute, to educate others about OT as a potential career pathway and engage with different settings in the region<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Work with middle\/high school students and teachers to measure student interest in career pathways<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Develop a program guide that could be replicated in future years<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RURAL DEFINITION<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina Rural Center rural definition is: Three additional definitions of urban\/rural often cited include: (1) densely populated areas of at least 2,500 people (urban) and all other areas (rural) \u2013 US Census Bureau; (2) metropolitan counties (urban) and nonmetropolitan counties (rural) \u2013 US Office of Management and Budget; and (3) counties with densities of 250 people per square mile or more (urban) and all other counties (rural).<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery gallery-5814-1\"><div class=\"row gallery-row\"><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/about-us\/novant-partnership\/occupational-therapy-rural-health-committee\/impactreport2-2-midyear-impact-report-2025-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/12\/ImpactReport2-2-Midyear-Impact-report-2025-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/12\/ImpactReport2-2-Midyear-Impact-report-2025-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/12\/ImpactReport2-2-Midyear-Impact-report-2025-1-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Midyear impact report 2025-2026<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/about-us\/novant-partnership\/occupational-therapy-rural-health-committee\/healthcareerfair-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/11\/HealthCareerFair-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/11\/HealthCareerFair-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/11\/HealthCareerFair-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/11\/HealthCareerFair-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/11\/HealthCareerFair-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/11\/HealthCareerFair-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/11\/HealthCareerFair-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">2025-2026 OTRHC Committee members Jess Burger (left) and Sophia Bone (right) table at the Pender County 8th Grade Career Fair in Rocky Point, N.C.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/about-us\/novant-partnership\/occupational-therapy-rural-health-committee\/edited-photo-1-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2026\/01\/edited-photo-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2026\/01\/edited-photo-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2026\/01\/edited-photo-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">Site visit to Creative Hands Occupational Therapy to engage with local practitioners and assess the needs of the region at the Supply, N.C. location. OTRHC members from left to right: Sara\u00a0Pe\u00f1a, Sophia Bone, Zoey Strickland, Jess Burger, Darius Ingram<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/about-us\/novant-partnership\/occupational-therapy-rural-health-committee\/otrhcendofyearimpactreport\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2026\/04\/OTRHCEndOfYearImpactReport-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2026\/04\/OTRHCEndOfYearImpactReport-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2026\/04\/OTRHCEndOfYearImpactReport-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption\">End of year impact report from the 2025-2026 academic year<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WELCOME TO THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY RURAL HEALTH COMMITTEE-OTRHC The purpose of the Occupational Therapy Rural Health Committee (OTRHC) is to recruit providers and broaden access to occupational therapy (OT) services in Southeast North Carolina. OBJECTIVES\u00a0 OTRHC will complete approximately 4 site visits to the region\u00a0 Partner with Novant Health SERVE Pathways Program, part of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/about-us\/novant-partnership\/occupational-therapy-rural-health-committee\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Occupational Therapy Rural Health Committee\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27565,"featured_media":0,"parent":5621,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5814","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27565"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5814"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6259,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5814\/revisions\/6259"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}