Occupational Therapy
OTD Program Outcomes
The curriculum provides an individualized plan of study with electives that match your interests and goals, a fellowship program, and a capstone project. Electives include experience-based courses in clinical and academic teaching. Choose an area of advanced practice from one or more of these areas:
- Children and Their Families in Context (includes early intervention and school age practice, consultation and collaboration, and sensory integration treatment and clinical research).
- Teaching for the OTD Educator (includes college teaching, clinical teaching, bringing evidence based practice into classroom and clinic)
- Health and Community Participation (includes healthy aging, public health, community mental health, community participation with chronic conditions).
- Rehabilitation and Disability Studies (includes neuroscience, hand therapy*).
The four core courses in the OTD Program are:
- Visionary Practice Development and Evaluation, which enables you to create and evaluate innovative programs designed to meet identified needs of patients/clients.
- Advanced Level Evidence Based Practice (EBP) focuses on skills to conduct EBP research and program evaluation within clinic and community settings.
- Leadership: Moving Beyond Traditional Roles designed to advance your skills in leadership, entrepreneurship, teaching, health policy, and public health.
- OTD Seminar, (offered sequentially throughout the program) provides opportunities to develop skills needed for advanced practice, including forecasting current trends, clinical research, and teaching.
Progression through the Curriculum
| BS to OTD or post-baccalaureate certificate in OT to OTD Courses | 13 credits |
| UNC Evidence Based Practice Tutorial (offered each semester) | 0 |
| Research Methods and Mentorship (offered each semester except Summer 2) | 4 |
| Leading Edge Occupational Therapy Practice (Spring and Fall semester) | 3 |
| Advanced Occupational Therapy Practicum** (offered each semester except Summer 2) |
6 |
| * A total of 6 credits can be earned for documented clinical practice experience since graduation. Waiver is contingent on completion of appropriate clinical practice forms and requires that students register for the Advanced Occupational Therapy Practicum course. Students also must be members of AOTA. | |
| Core Courses students entering with MS begin with these courses. BS and http://aota.org/who complete requirements above may take these courses |
15 credits minimum |
| Visionary Practice Development and Evaluation (Fall semester, must take Adv. EBP first) |
3 |
| Advanced Level Evidence-Based Practice (Fall semester) | 3 |
| Moving Beyond Traditional Roles (Spring semester) | 3 |
| OTD Seminar (taken each semester) | 1 |
| Seminar in Clinical Research (offered each semester) | 3 |
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Advanced Practice Courses* 2 are offered each semester |
9 credits minimum |
| Children and Their Families in Context (includes early intervention and school age practice, consultation and collaboration, and sensory integration treatment and clinical research). |
OT797, Seminar in Advanced Practice Course topics include: Autism, Health and Wellness, College Teaching in the Digital Age, Research and Practice in Gerontology, Disability Studies, and Cultural Competence |
| Health and Community Participation (includes healthy aging, public health, community mental health, community participation with chronic conditions). |
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| Rehabilitation and Disability Studies (includes neuroscience, hand therapy*). |
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| Teaching for the OTD Educator (includes college teaching, clinical teaching, bringing evidence based practice into classroom and clinic) |
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| * Students can choose from more than 1 advanced practice cluster to meet the 9-12 credit requirement. In addition to the OT797, Seminar in Advanced Practice courses, students may take other Jefferson graduate electives or courses transferred in from other accredited schools. **Students specializing in hand therapy may transfer in credits from the Drexel Hand/Upper Quarter certificate. |
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| Clinical Fellowship and Capstone (offered each semester) |
9-12 credits |
| Clinical Fellowship (offered each semester) | 3 credits if >3 yrs experience; 6 credits if < 3 years experience |
| Capstone Project (offered each semester) | 3 credits |
| Total Minimum Credits | |
| Bachelor's or post-baccalaureate certificate in OT to OTD | 46 |
| Masters to OTD | 33 |
