Allison Koch
MSOT Program Director & Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
EdD (Learning Organizations and Strategic Change) Lipscomb University, OTD (Occupational Therapy) Belmont University; BA (English) Harding University
Location: Inman Center 308
615-460-6704allison.koch@belmont.edu
Biography
Allison Koch (EdD, OTD, OTR/L) currently serves as the Program Director for the MSOT program and as an Assistant Professor who has taught in the MSOT and OTD programs. Prior to coming to Belmont in the spring of 2015, Allison taught as an adjunct instructor at Belmont University. Allison also worked at Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital for 11 years as a full-time clinician and continues her role at Stallworth as a PRN therapist. While at Stallworth, Allison specialized in caring for patients post-stroke and was the Program Director for the disease specific committees, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury.
Allison’s interests include neurological based intervention, interdisciplinary education, and patient advocacy. Allison is a member of AOTA and spends her time outside of work reading, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.
Scholarship of teaching and learning
Graduate student success
Graduate student stress
Occupational Therapy student success
Healthcare implicit bias
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
Therapist of the Year - 2011
Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
Bill Coxe Award of Excellence - 2006
Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
Therapist of the Year - 2011
Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
Espiritu, E. W., Can, T. M., Michaels, N. N., Koch, A., & Hallmark, B. F. (2020). Effectiveness of Instructor Led Discussion versus Simulation to Prepare Students for Fieldwork. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 4 (4). https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2020.040407
Elena Wong Espiritu, Joshua P. TenHaken-Riedel, Renee Brown, Tracy R. Frame, Jamie Adam, Allison Koch, Tamara Lemmonds, Alexis Dawson, Alexa Herrera, Katherine Markley Jones, Courtney Myers & Audrey Owens (2020) Incorporating Spirituality into Graduate Health Professions Education, Christian Higher Education, 19:4, 254-271, DOI: 10.1080/15363759.2019.1687050
TNOTA panel participant for interviewing OT students 2016
TNOTA Neuroscience Review and Clinical Application
TNOTA Presentation TN Fieldwork Consortium Updates in Fieldwork Education and Practice
Implicit Disability Bias in Healthcare Graduate Students: Exploring the Effectiveness of Instructional Methods in Increasing Self-Awareness Poster Presentation-
AOTA EdSummit 2018
AOTA National Conference 2019
AOTA EdSummit Diversity Workshop Presenter 2018