Occupational Therapy...the Jefferson Difference

• Ranked 13th nationally in U.S. News and Report--the highest ranked program in the Delaware Valley and in Philadelphia.
  
  
• Graduating classes consistently exhibit higher than national average passing rates on the national certification examination.
  
  
• Our faculty does cutting edge work through research and nationally awarded grants.
  
  
• Faculty, along with Jefferson students, present frequently at local, state and national conferences. Students collaborate with faculty on research, teaching, and service projects. Eligible students can get paid for working with faculty, through our Graduate Education Merit (GEM) program.
  
  

• Jefferson in the news While completing their OT fieldwork experience, some students work with underserved populations in a variety of community settings, such as homeless shelters, senior centers and juvenile detention centers. A recent article in Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners describes this unique community-focused program. Read the full article here.

  Jefferson's innovative curriculum, using a spiral of learning, prepares students to be flexible, innovative thinkers so that they are able to apply knowledge and skills to novel situations in both traditional and emerging arenas of practice. This spiral of learning begins with students learning very basic and concrete knowledge and continuously builds towards more in-depth thinking and skills, by revisiting introductory concepts at higher levels of complexity.
  
  
• Jefferson's innovative fieldwork program, that starts in the 1st semester of your studies: Fieldwork opportunities are available in the continental United States, Hawaii, and internationally.
  • Prepares students for practice of today as well as the future, through innovative fieldwork experiences.
  • Fieldwork experiences are individually tailored to fit your interests and needs.
  • Opportunity to work with underserved populations through Bridging the Gaps and a variety of fieldwork experiences.
  • Opportunity to work with faculty in fieldwork settings.
  
  

  Welcome from Chair Janice Burke

  Meet our faculty