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Conceptual Model of Occupational Therapy Field

on April 29, 2019

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As Laurel Learns OT

Laurel Pitman: Hi- I'm Laurel. I grew up in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and went to college in Knoxville at the University of Tennessee. Go Vols! I am currently am an occupational therapy student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN.

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