Education
Helping students learn and grow through immersive activities, case studies, observation, and research
Education
Education
Student Opportunities
At the HHL, we have had many students gain experience through working and volunteering with us. Some contributions our students have made include product development and prototypes, assisting with community-based qualitative research, and creating hands-on educational learning activities for visitors to the lab. Most students who come through HHL are at the University of Pittsburgh, from multiple schools including SHRS, Public Health, Medicine, Engineering, Social Work. If you are serious about working or volunteering at the HHL, please complete our inquiry form.
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Adult Outpatient Medicine Clerkship (AOMC) Students
Pitt School of Medicine, Adult Outpatient Medicine Clerkship students learn through case studies, props, and immersive activities to highlight the complex interactions between home, health, and medical care.
Audiology
Pitt Audiology students learn about in-home challenges and ways to overcome them for hard of hearing patients.
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine students practice motivational interviewing and observation skills within our lab to prepare for their future as paramedics.
Engineering
Students of various disciplines from Pitt Engineering evaluate in-home accessibility challenges for older adults and develop solutions so they can better age-in-place.
Occupational Therapy
Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) students at the University of Pittsburgh use the HHL for working through older adult case studies and relating how one’s home can help or inhibit activities of daily living. Final year students also have the opportunity to use the HHL for their semester-long capstone project.
Specialty Academic Events
The HHL has hosted and participated in many educational events influencing the knowledge and future of numerous students.
Provost Academy
The HHL has hosted several tours for Provost Academy students, partnering with faculty in the School of Public Health (Dr. Beth Hoffman) and Office of Sustainability (Dr. Corey Flynn) over the past 2 years, teaching them about aging in place technology and how it relates to their respective fields.
University Educational Outreach Center
Dr. Yong Choi gave a HHL tour to 15 high school students and then did a brainstorming and ideation activity centered around his research.
University of Pittsburgh Health Career Scholars Academy
The HHL hosts a session as part of UPHCSA, an academic summer program for high school students to learn about health career paths. For the past two years, the HHL has showed students what opportunities in geriatric health science research look like and hosted activities in human centered design and using adaptive mobility equipment.
