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In early January, a group of 12 students in the NYIT occupational therapy program traveled to Morocco for the first time on a 10-day fieldwork experience trip with Glocal Impacts, a service learning organization. Kelly Lavin, O.T.D., O.T.R./L., assistant professor in NYIT School of Health Professions, and Lillian Niwagaba, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of the Center for Global Health, accompanied the students; four occupational therapy students and Professor Tara Collins, DHS, O.T.R./L., from Touro College also joined the group. The students worked with people of all age groups at a number of clinics across seven cities in Morocco, including Casablanca, Marrakech, Essaouira, Rabat, Kenitra, Fes, and Azrou. They visited MAIR Neurorehabilitation Clinic and the only nursing home in Morocco, which also serves as an orphanage, as well as a wheelchair clinic and the King Mohamed VI Rehab School. People travelled from across Morocco seeking medical advice and evaluation from the tea...

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