Saveetha College of Occupational Therapy (SCOT)

Saveetha College of Occupational Therapy (SIMATS) students and occupational therapists performed a screening awareness program for more than 3071 primary school students in the districts of Kanchipuram, Chennai, Thiruvallur and Chengalpattu, on 21.11 m, Chennai, Thiruvallur and Chengalpattu, on 21.11.2022, to identify the difficulties of students in reading, writing, behaviour, school environment, social relationships & physical and mental difficulties at early stages. This program was organized for a social cause to create awareness for the parents, teachers and students of primary school students on early intervention and it is being recognized by the Kalams World Record and they presented the medal and certificate to the Honourable Chancellor of SIMATS Dr.N.M.Veeraiyan, the Director of SIMATS Dr.Deepak Nallaswamy, Principal Dr.M.Arun Kumar, Faculty and students of Saveetha College of Occupational Therapy at SIMATS, Thandalam. Saveetha College of Occupational Therapy had been re-established in the year 2017 under Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical sciences, with an idea of imparting knowledge to the students to achieve the goal of promoting health and well-being of the patients through occupation. To promote and setting up the ideal standards of Occupational Therapy Education Research and practicing Occupational Therapy in a place where challenges are as great as the rewards in the professional aspirant in the institution thereby a route to fulfill the vision of the University. To promote evidence based Occupational Therapy practice and guide towards research to create awareness and provide quality services to the society. To update and sharing of existing and new knowledge in the field of Occupational Therapy and providing equal opportunity for the faculty to update. During the BOT degree, one can gain a comprehensive knowledge of Occupational therapy, including areas such as Paediatrics, Neurology, Mental Health, Orthopaedics , Ergonomics and Geriatric health care. The Bachelor of Occupational therapy incorporates significant clinical and professional training opportunities, providing hands-on experience with real patients in a supervised environment.