Education

• Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) candidate
  • graduation: December, 2008
• University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
  • Bachelor of Health Science
    • major: Pre-Physical Therapy
    • minors: Psychology and Chemistry
  • graduation: May, 2005

OTD Apprenticeship

• Low vision research and clinical practice: Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute and California Pacific Medical Center
  • San Francisco, California; September-December, 2008

Fieldwork and Clinical Observation

• Mental health (Level 2): California Pacific Medical Center, geriatric psychiatry unit 
  • San Francisco, California; June-September, 2008
• Low vision home health: Washington University Low Vision Community and In-Home Services
  • St Louis, Missouri; 8 hours throughout September-December, 2007
• Low vision: Western Blind Rehabilitation Center, VA Medical Center
  • Palo Alto, California; August 23, 2007
• Acute care (Level 2): Barnes-Jewish Hospital, neurology unit
  • St. Louis, Missouri; May-August, 2007
• Geriatrics (Level 1): Alexian Brothers' Community Services: Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
  • St. Louis, Missouri; March 5-9, 2007
• Pediatrics: St. Louis Children's Hospital - hematology and oncology unit
  • St. Louis, Missouri; December 14, 2006
• Home health (Level 1): Creative Interventions
  • Denver, Colorado; October 23-27, 2006
• Physical disabilities (Level 1): Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Largo, Florida; March 20-24, 2006
• Pediatrics: Robinson Elementary School
  • Plant City, Florida; January 5 & 9, 2006
• Mental Health (Level 1): BJC Behavioral Health
  • St. Louis, Missouri; October 31-November 4, 2005

Publication

• Accepted for publication:
  • Schoessow, K. A. (2009). Occupational therapy and disaster response. OT Practice, 14(1).

Presentations

• Schoessow, K. A. (September 5, 2008). Shifting from compensation to participation: A model for low vision rehabilitation. Poster presentation conducted at the Envision ‘08 Conference, San Antonio, TX.
• Schoessow, K. A. (September 6, 2008). Benefits of occupational therapy training with low vision patients. Segment of panel discussion: Eccentric Viewing Training. Presentation conducted at the Envision ‘08 Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Teaching Assistantship

• OT5162: Environments That Impact Participation in Daily Life
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Spring 2008

• AOTA Conference, April 10-13, 2008; Long Beach, California
• Envision Conference, August 9-12, 2007; Kansas City, Missouri
• Low Vision Rehabilitation: Treatment of the Older Person with Vision Loss, workshop presented June 2-3, 2007, by Mary Warren, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA; Kansas City, Kansas
• AOTA Conference, April 20-23, 2007; St. Louis, Missouri
  • Student facilitator of the workshop "Technology for Participation in Home and Community--Community Mobility, Vision, Social Engagement," April 21, 2007

Continuing Education - Presentations Attended

• Cerebral Visual Impairment: Medical and Functional Perspectives, presented March 8, 2008 by Lawrence Tychsen, MD & Jo Russell-Brown, M.Ed. at St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Low Vision Technology, presented April 17, 2007 by representatives from WebEyes and Vision Technology, Inc.
• Differences Between Clinical and Qualitative Research Interviews, presented October 19, 2006 by Nicole Fedoravicius, MPH
• Medicine and Society, presented October 3, 2006 by William H. Danforth, MD
• Medical Fitness to Drive, Citations and Crashes: Pilot Data from Missouri Drivers Aged 50+ Years, presented September 26, 2006 by Thomas Meuser, PhD
• Quality of Life Trends in Residential Dementia Care, presented April 25, 2006 by Janis McGillick, MA
• Stress and the Mind-Body Connection: Lessons From Endocrinology, presented April 18, 2006 by Bruce S. McEwen, PhD
• Ethnic Disparities in Stroke Recovery, presented April 17, 2006 by Dorothy F. Edwards, PhD
• Brain Imaging and Behavior in Pediatrics, presented February 20, 2006 by Robert Almli, PhD
• Enhancing Community Perticipation for People with Lower Limb Impairments and Mobility Limitations, presented October 17, 2005 by David B. Gray, PhD & Kerri A. Morgan, MSOT, OTR/L
• Measuring Everyday Processing in an Everyday Task, presented September 19, 2005 by Tracy Morrison, OTD, OTR/L

• Volunteer at the Ronald McDonald Family Room, St. Louis Children's Hospital (June 2007 - May 2008) and St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri (October 2006 - August 2007)
• Occupational therapy volunteer at Easter Seals of Miami-Dade (June - November, 2004)
• Occupational therapy volunteer at the inpatient rehabilitation department of Baptist Hospital, Miami, Florida (May - August, 2003)

• Adult and Child CPR for the Professional Rescuer - American Red Cross