OT Fun Facts
The mother of OT.
Who is Eleanor Clarke Slagle?
This is who you are asking to see 20 units per day.
Who is Katherine?
The length of time to tie shoes.
What is 30 seconds?
The year of the first Children's National Race for Every Child.
What is 2013?
The symbol of OT.
This is who you are asking to help you mobilize a combative patient.
Who is Celia?
The average length of a shower in the USA.
What is 8-10 minutes?
The number of beds in the rented row home on 13 and F street NW in the first version of Children's National.
What is 12?
US News and World Report Ranked the Best Healthcare Jobs in 2025. This is the rank for OT.
What is #8?
This is who you are asking to feed the tiniest of humans.
Who is Natalie?
The average length of time a child in elementary school plays per day.
The first year the healing garden was open for patients.
What is 2017?
The year Pediatric OT was established.
What is 1919?
This is who you are asking to make a splint at 4:30 pm.
Who is Aditi?
The length of time an average American brushes or combs their hair in a year.
What is 20-35 hours?
The approximate number of people that Children's employees.
What is 8,857?
This is the number of OTs in 2025.
What is 145,000 to 146,000? (30000 to 50000 are pediatric, but we have the best 17 in the world!)
This is who you are asking to blue book their whole day.
Who is Meredith?
The number of outfits the average American wears in a month.
What is 15-25 unique outfits?
The year that Children's National treated Tomoka - a sick baby gorilla from the Washington zoo.
What is 1962?