Belmont University

Allison Koch

Allison Koch

Vice Chair & 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

615-460-6704
allison.koch@belmont.edu

Biography

Allison Koch is currently the Vice Chair for the School of OT and an Assistant Professor, teaching in the MSOT, OTD, and PPOTD programs. Before joining Belmont in spring 2015, she spent 11 years at Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital as a full-time clinician, focusing on neuro-based interventions. During that time, Allison also served as the Program Director for disease-specific committees, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury. Her current research interests include supporting graduate student success, fostering interdisciplinary education, and promoting student wellness. Outside of her professional life, Allison loves spending quality time with family and friends, traveling, reading, enjoying live music, and being tolerated by her opinionated cavapoo, Nellie.

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