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  1. Fieldwork support focuses on securing fieldwork sites and providing training to clinical educators in a variety of sites, focusing on the division\u2019s Novant initiative to increase the presence of practitioners in the southeastern part of the state.<\/li>\n
  2. Admissions support focuses on managing the prospective student experience via information sessions, class visits and supporting application reviews<\/li>\n
  3. Novant lead focuses on broadening access to OT services in a 5-county Southeast N.C. region, as well as recruiting providers; lead the Division’s first-ever Occupational Therapy Rural Health Committee, which conducts in-person site and classroom visits in the region<\/li>\n
  4. SHINES Training Grant Program Coordinator focuses on helping recruit, advise, retain, mentor and evaluate Scholars<\/li>\n
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