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What areas of research interest you?

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Makayla Donigan

Makayla Donigan is a Certified Nurse Aide, Certified Phlebotomy Technician, and Medical Copywriter.

Many OT programs have research clinics or projects that students can join and lead. Some OT students decided to pursue research as their primary career goal. Even if you do not want to do research full time, finding an area of OT that you would like to learn in-depth through research shows the school you have an intellectual curiosity that draws you to the profession.

Makayla Donigan

Makayla Donigan is a Certified Nurse Aide, Certified Phlebotomy Technician, and Medical Copywriter.

"Personally, I am very interested in the mind-body connection. I would love to be able to research traumatic brain injuries (TBI). TBI's have a tremendous impact on how well you are able to function and do the activities necessary to have a good quality of life. Researching how to treat better and hopefully improve functioning for people with a TBI would be very rewarding. "

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