{"id":20386,"date":"2025-08-06T08:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=20386"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:28:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:28:40","slug":"elizabethtown-college-occupational-therapy-students-gain-clinical-training-edge-through-guldmann-equipment-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/elizabethtown-college-occupational-therapy-students-gain-clinical-training-edge-through-guldmann-equipment-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Occupational Therapy Students Gain Clinical Training Edge Through Guldmann Equipment Donation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Sciences and Health<\/a> received a generous donation of an occupational therapy rehabilitation system from Guldmann. The cutting-edge <\/span>Guldmann GH3 ceiling lift system<\/span><\/a> provides the safe handling of patients, promoting early mobilization and faster rehabilitation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The donated equipment, installed in Esbenshade Hall, will be utilized in Etown\u2019s Occupational Therapy<\/a> courses, allowing students to simulate real clinical scenarios in ICU settings, patient rooms, and rehabilitation clinics.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply grateful to Guldmann for this transformative gift,\u201d Elizabethtown College Dean of the School of Sciences and Health Alan Utter said. \u201cThis advanced system will give our Occupational Therapy students access to hands-on, real-world learning experiences right here on campus. This donation not only enriches their training today, but also strengthens the skills they\u2019ll carry into their clinical practice and professional careers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Etown students recently received a demonstration on how to use the patient-handling system, led by alumna Hannah Weaver \u201921, M\u201922, who serves as Progressive Mobility Consultant at Guldmann North America. Weaver returned to campus in July to lead a hands-on session for Master of Science (M.S.) in Occupational Therapy students in Elizabethtown College Professor of Occupational Therapy Daniel Panchik\u2019s acute care course.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs students prepare to enter the workforce, they are increasingly likely to encounter this type of equipment,\u201d Weaver said. \u201cMy goal is to ensure they gain hands-on exposure to the system, understanding both how it works and how it can significantly enhance patient care while also keeping therapists safe as they deliver high-quality occupational therapy services.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The demonstration highlighted the therapeutic capabilities of the system, which combines traditional patient transfer functions with dynamic body weight support to facilitate clinical training, early mobility, gait training, and functional ADLs (activities of daily living).<\/span><\/p>\n

Previously, Panchik and his students traveled off campus to the Center for Healthcare Innovation at Lancaster General Health to use the technology for hands-on training. With the equipment now residing on campus, students will have direct access to transformative learning opportunities within the classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy having the opportunity to interact with this equipment in their courses, our students will use what they learn here not only during upcoming fieldwork, but throughout their careers,\u201d Panchik said. \u201cThis technology has advanced significantly in recent years. Not only does it assist in transferring patients safely, but it also assists in facilitating early mobility. We are grateful to Guldmann for this donation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

About Elizabethtown College’s Occupational Therapy (OT) Program\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through Etown\u2019s distinctive Occupational Therapy program, students can start and finish their educational journey at Etown by graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science and earning a five-year, entry-level Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) degree or a six-year, entry-level Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) from the College. Etown\u2019s Occupational Therapy program is the second-oldest accredited program in Pennsylvania, earning accreditation in 1976. <\/span>Discover more.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently, Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Sciences and Health received a generous donation of an occupational therapy rehabilitation system from Guldmann. The cutting-edge Guldmann GH3 ceiling lift system provides the safe handling of patients, promoting early mobilization and faster rehabilitation. The donated equipment, installed in Esbenshade Hall, will be utilized in Etown\u2019s Occupational Therapy courses, allowing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":20388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,1339,775],"tags":[197,1350,294,2300],"class_list":["post-20386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-alumni","category-campus","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-occupational-therapy","tag-school-of-sciences-and-health","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20386"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20408,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20386\/revisions\/20408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}