President's Message
Greetings! My name is Martha Hartgraves and I am honored to serve as the President of the UOTA for the 2007-2009 term.
I have lived in Utah County with my husband and children since 2004. In my career as an OT,
I have had the privilege of working in a number of clinical and academic settings, and currently serve as a senior clinician with the Utah Valley Specialty Hospital and as a faculty member with Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, both in Provo. As an academician, I also travel 3 times each year to teach OT students in the rehabilitation department at the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan in Merida, Mexico. I am proud to be part of the advancement of evidence-based practice in hopes of challenging assumptions and improving the practice of the art and science associated with occupational therapy.
As the UOTA president, my main goals are 1) to provide timely information about important professional issues to all members, and 2) to develop innovative strategies to carry out UOTA business with maximal participation of members, regardless of their geographic location. I hope to achieve all these with the support of an active, dynamic, effective, and innovative Executive Board.
I want to end by encouraging you to be a proactive/participatory member of the association, one who will not hesitate to contact me (us) with any issue or concern you may have related to the UOTA. You can make a real difference!
Sincerely,
Martha Hartgraves, Ph.D., OTR/L, CLT