Course Progression
To complete the curriculum, students must complete all Core Courses and 15 credit hours of required electives in specialty areas. Students may take one course a semester throughout the program or vary the sequence and take two courses in some semesters and one course in others. The sequence should be discussed with the program director upon admission to the program.
Below is a list of core courses and their descriptions.
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Core Courses
OT 701: Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Occupational Therapy Practice (3 credits, core course)
Occupational therapy frameworks, theory, philosophy, conceptual models, and practice models as guides to clinical reasoning; integration into clinical practice.OT 702: Leadership for Advanced Practice Excellence (2 credits, core course)
Leadership competencies for the occupational therapist; leadership and management theories to guide and enhance professional practice.OT 703: Advocacy and Healthcare Policy in Population Health (3 credits, core course)
Broad overview and challenges of the current U.S. healthcare system; impact of regulation on health care access, delivery, cost, and quality; effective patient-professional relationships.OT 704*: Research Design for Advanced Occupational Therapy Practice (3 credits, core course)
Emphasis on study designs, advanced statistical concepts, internal and external validity, confounding variables, extrapolation of findings from sample to population; critique of the professional literature.OT 705: Evidenced-based Practice Design and Application for Advanced Practice (3 credits, core course)
Strategies for evidence-based service delivery; critical analysis of the literature to support clinical practice.OT 706: Management for Occupational Therapy Practice (3 credits)
Managing people and resources in a practice environment changing due to politic, regulatory, economic and social drivers.OT 707: Occupational Therapists as Educators (2 credits)
Role of the occupational therapist as educator; teaching and learning styles; effective organization of educational experiences.OT 798: Final Project Coursework (1-3 credits per semester, minimum total of 6 hours)
Focused investigation of an occupational therapy problem in a professional practice setting; application of concepts and tools presented in the program courses. Written project report required.*Note: OT 704 is a prerequisite for OT 705
Required Electives
You will work with the program director upon admission to the post-professional OTD program to determine the 15 required electives that you will take to fulfill the degree requirements.
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