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Anna B Galloway

Anna B Galloway, P-OTD, MOT, OTR/L, MT-BC

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department: HP-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Business Phone: (352) 273-6137
Business Email: annagalloway@ufl.edu
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About Anna B Galloway

Dr. Anna Baird-Galloway, OTD, MOT, OTR/L, MT-BC, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Florida (UF). Her primary role focuses on teaching excellence, complemented by contributions to research and service that enhance occupational therapy education and practice. Dr. Galloway teaches five core courses annually in the Occupational Therapy Doctoral (OTD) program, serving an average of 56 students per cohort. Her commitment to innovative pedagogy, including the use of medical improv and cognitive apprenticeship frameworks, has resulted in recognition by the Dean for Excellence in Teaching. Through curriculum redesign, active learning strategies, and mentorship of OTD capstone students, Dr. Galloway fosters clinical reasoning, adaptability, and professional identity development in future practitioners.

Dr. Galloway is a licensed and registered Occupational Therapist and a board certified Music Therapist. She completed her bachelor’s of science in music therapy at The University of Alabama (2012) and worked for several years in the greater Chicagoland area as a member of multiple rehabilitation teams for stroke recovery, Alzheimer’s/dementia, TBI, SCI, mental/behavioral health, and hospice care. She received her master’s degree (2017) and her post-professional clinical doctorate in occupational therapy [OTD] (2018) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). As an occupational therapist, Anna has worked extensively in acute care (cardiac, pulmonary, neuro, vascular, oncology, transplant), inpatient and outpatient mental and behavioral health, and end of life/palliative care. Anna is also a certified leader for Stanford’s Chronic Disease Self-Management Program.

Her Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research includes peer-reviewed publications evaluating innovative instructional strategies and a multi-university study on occupation-based education. Her Scholarship of Practice (SoP) explores the integration of music as a therapeutic modality, with two additional publications and a current scoping review on music use in occupational therapy.

Dr. Galloway’s service leadership is exemplified by her role as faculty coordinator of the Occupational Therapy Equal Access Clinic, where she restructured operations to increase client appointments and caseload, earning the 2023 Superior Accomplishment Award for Community Service. Dr. Galloway co-chairs the department’s Admissions Committee, contributes to curriculum and recruitment initiatives, and serves the profession through peer review for journals and publishers. She has served on several Master’s, PhD, and external OTD committees as a content expert. Dr. Galloway’s contributions demonstrate a sustained commitment to advancing student success, scholarship, and service at the university, state, and national levels.

Additional Positions:
OT EAC Faculty Coordinator
2021 – Current · University of Florida

Accomplishments

  1. Superior Accomplish Award for Community Service Division 5 Winner

    University of Florida Health Science Center

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. OTH6539 – Occupational Therapy Theory

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  2. OTH6911 – Capstone

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  3. OTH6324 – Psychosocial Intervention

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  4. OTH6437 – Occupation-based Practice and Rehabilitation: Physical Domain

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  5. OTH6002 – Foundations of Occupational Therapy

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  6. OTH6437L – Occupation-based Practice and Rehabilitation: Physical Domain Lab

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  7. OTH6906 – Doctoral Mentorship 1

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

Board Certifications

  • Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC)
    Certification Board for Music Therapists
  • Occupational Therapist Registered and Licensed (OTR/L)
    National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy

Publications

Academic Articles

  1. Intentional Uses of Music in Occupational Therapy Practice: The Effectiveness of a Workshop

    Journal
    Journal of Occupational Therapy Education.
    Volume/Issue
    8(4)
    [DOI]
    https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2024.080418.
    Publisher’s Site

  2. Teaching Occupational Adaptation Using Constructs of the Model

    Journal
    The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy.
    Volume/Issue
    12(4):1-11
    [DOI]
    10.15453/2168-6408.2253.
    Publisher’s Site

  3. Advancing Entry-Level OTD Students from Novice to Competent with Foundational Skills Using Cognitive Apprenticeship Constructs

    Journal
    Journal of Occupational Therapy Education.
    Volume/Issue
    8(1)
    [DOI]
    https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2024.080117.
    Publisher’s Site

  4. There is a lack of contraindications for live music listening for preterm and term infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

    Journal
    Journal of Perinatology.
    [DOI]
    10.1038/s41372-022-01342-4.
    Publisher’s Site

Presentations

  1. Intentional uses of music in occupational therapy: Evaluation of a workshop

    National / Refereed. [Poster]. American Occupational Therapy Association, Orlando, FL

  2. Foxes and hedgehogs: Using chalk talks to define team priorities

    Regional / Refereed. [Workshop]. Connected by UF (CxUF),

  3. Efficacy of a multi-institutional module on students’ perceptions of relative mastery through application of Occupational Adaptation theory

    National / Refereed. [Seminar]. American Occupational Therapy Association: OT Education Summit, Charlotte, NC

  4. Advancing students from novice to competent with foundational skills: The benefit and process for designing courses using cognitive apprenticeship constructs

    National / Refereed. [Seminar]. American Occupational Therapy Association: OT Education Summit, Charlotte, NC

  5. Increasing awareness among clinicians of assessment, evaluation, and treatment of visual dysfunction in persons with Parkinson’s disease

    National / Refereed. [Seminar]. American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA

  6. An introductory interprofessional learning experience for occupational therapy students: Bridging academia and practice

    International / Refereed. [Seminar]. Collaboration Across Borders, Omaha, NE

  7. The ripple effect of clinical experience on the classroom

    State / Invited. [Speech]. University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions: PHHP Days, Gainesville, FL

Education

  1. Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD)

    University of Illinois at Chicago

  2. Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)

    University of Illinois at Chicago

  3. Bachelor of Science (Music Therapy)

    University of Alabama

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-6137
Emails:
Business:
annagalloway@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
1225 CENTER DR
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610