Doctor of Occupational Therapy - Program Details

Students will learn occupational therapy's history, philosophy, and paradigm, and the occupational science foundations that support occupational therapy service delivery. The influence of related ethical and socio-political factors on the profession will be discussed. Occupation-based models of OT practice will be compared and contrasted. Students will learn and integrate the OTPF4 areas of habits, routines, and contexts across the lifespan to analyze the role of the social determinants of health and apply this knowledge to holistically meet current and future health and occupation-based participation needs of all persons, groups, and populations. Students will explore the scope of OT practice, settings, and professional roles for service delivery across the lifespan.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Doctorate of Occupational Therapy Program

Students will develop skills in activity analysis to evaluate occupation-based participation as described in the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, 3rd Edition. Students’ therapeutic use of self, spirituality, 在专业团队和社区中有效互动的沟通技巧被应用于促进健康, wellbeing, and quality of life for all persons, groups, and populations. 

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Doctorate of Occupational Therapy Program

Students will translate knowledge of foundational, evidence-based exploratory and analysis skills for conducting research. Students will identify a problem leading to potential research topics that transform health, well-being, and quality of life. Students will locate, select, analyze, and evaluate scholarly literature, 包括一些定量和定性的研究方法，以告知基于证据的决策作为职业治疗师. 学生将学习使用批判性评价论文(CAP)来开发批判性评价主题(CAT)格式来交流研究成果. 学生将制定一个与职业治疗专业相关的小组研究项目提案，旨在改变健康, well-being, and quality of life. Students will complete Human Subject Research training and complete the RWU IRB application for their research project with advisement from their faculty research advisor.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Doctorate of Occupational Therapy Program

Biology, kinesiology, 并探索和分析生物力学，以识别和识别与职业绩效受损相关的客户因素.  Students develop assessment and intervention skills through cadaver exploration, kinesiology practice activities, and lecture to determine client factors influencing occupational performance. 

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Doctorate of Occupational Therapy Program

学生将分析影响人的能力的健康的社会决定因素的作用, groups, and populations to meet occupational participation needs.  Students will integrate the AOTA Code of Ethics, faith and occupational justice into OT practice.  Factors to be explored include epidemiological, sociocultural, socioeconomic, diversity, and lifestyle choices. 开发了社区一级的评估技能，以便通过转介服务过渡来便利获得资源.  

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Doctorate of Occupational Therapy Program

Students will develop a knowledge base to demonstrate competency of adult specific assessments and case study analysis with inter-professional collaboration. Students will demonstrate skills in upper extremity, work rehabilitation, and static splinting skills. 学生将参与职业和疾病状态中正常发展期望领域的知识翻译, to develop skills and apply knowledge of evidence-based assessment, intervention, and documentation strategies for the adult clients in habilitation, rehabilitation, and population health to transform health, well-being, and quality of life. Interventions include the application of preparatory physical agent modalities, ergonomic principles, and assessments in various environments including virtually with telehealth. 

Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

学生将建立研究知识和研究方法技能，以扩大文献综述和巩固方法, and following IRB approval may begin recruitment and study implementation. 这项研究将在职业治疗的范围内，使用伦理和方法上合理的做法. The course activities will directly support team research projects and promote the health, well-being, and quality of life for all persons, groups, and populations.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

学生检查正常的人类发展和病理变化，可能发生在一生中，影响职业参与. Students engage in a systems approach to gain knowledge of the effect of client factors. 探讨职业治疗师在职业需求识别干预计划中的作用.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

学生将观察并参与社会心理实践，以翻译有关限制职业参与的社会心理因素的知识, well-being, and quality of life. Students begin with direct observation of service delivery, progressing to participation in client centered practice through therapeutic use of self and application of evidence-based reasoning with a health care or wellness practitioner to develop professional behaviors and communication skills. 

The fieldwork I seminar is a processing time to analyze professional behaviors, treatment strategies, and integrate and refine skills in service delivery as future occupational practitioners.

 Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

Students will develop greater skills in the therapeutic use of self by including faith-based and occupational justice considerations in interventions for improved occupational performance and engagement with clients who have psychosocial issues and/or behavioral deficits. 学生将探索社会心理健康和包容性职业参与的环境和影响因素.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

Students will develop effective team skills in communicating occupational needs with clients, families, communities, and inter-professional team members. 学生与认证职业治疗助理(COTA)学生和专业人士合作，全面满足职业治疗的需求 all persons, groups, and populations. Students will learn to interpret the health, well-being, and quality of life impact of reimbursement systems, funding mechanisms, and service delivery models in the context of state and federal systems. 学生将通过探索职业治疗师在服务提供模式中的角色来整合课程内容. 

Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

Students will integrate previously acquired skills from DOTD 7702 and DOTD 7712 by completing statistical analyses and generating a written method and research project outcomes papers.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of spring semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

In this course, the student will develop teaching and learning skills that apply across OT practice areas. Students will learn how to disseminate knowledge with clients, family, caregivers, and the community to promote occupational participation. The academic role includes instructional design, grant proposal writing, and education regarding advocating for the OT profession to health care and community stakeholders.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of summer semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

Students explore, in collaboration with a faculty mentor, areas of interest in clinical practice, research, administration, leadership, program design, policy development, advocacy, education, and theory development.  The student will network to connect with community agencies to identify societal needs of health, well-being, and quality of life related to the project and experience.  学生还将创建一份拨款提案，该提案可以在财政上支持与顶点领域相关的学术活动和项目开发. 

Prerequisites: Successful completion of summer semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

Students will analyze theories of aging to gain understanding of older adult occupations for application of evidence-based assessments and interventions to promote inclusive occupational participation, productive aging, and well-being. 学生将参与人体工程学原理的分析，包括技术应用和环境适应.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of summer semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

This course is a culmination of the research thread, with the students creating a final scholarly report and poster presentation, which will be disseminated to the community and relevant stakeholders. Final deliverables will contribute to the evidence base of occupational therapy.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of summer semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

Students explore neurologically related structures and functions of the human body throughout the human lifespan to determine impact on occupational participation.  The influence of neurological conditions on human occupational performance will be examined. Students will interpret and analyze developing theoretical perspectives in understanding the influences of neuroscience on behavior and performance.  

Prerequisites: Successful completion of summer semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

我所经历的成人和老年人的实地工作将使学生参与直接的临床或模拟观察和参与. Students apply classroom learning about psychosocial issues that limit engagement in occupation. Students begin with direct observation of service delivery, progressing to participation in client centered practice through the therapeutic use of self and application of evidence-based clinical reasoning with a health care or wellness practitioner to develop professional behaviors and communication skills. 

The fieldwork I seminar is a processing time to analyze professional behaviors, treatment strategies, and integrate and refine skills in service delivery as future occupational practitioners.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of summer semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

Students will explore and demonstrate knowledge and skill in assessment, intervention planning, and implementation of contextual modifications to support occupational performance across the lifespan. Students will assess the need for adaptation and develop psychomotor skills in the design & fabrication process, application, fit, 以及针对个人/护理人员使用的定制自适应设备和假肢的教育或对多种环境的修改. Home evaluation of safety, universal design, 并将探讨人体工程学原理的应用(包括计算机工作站和工业)，考虑客户因素(物理, emotional, behavioral, psychological). Community mobility assessment and intervention will include driving, mobility aids, and durable medical equipment to support accessibility, reducing functional limitations, and supporting social participation. 将讨论与OT从业者合作的团队成员，以促进所有人在整个生命周期中的参与, including physical and speech therapy, prosthetists, vocational rehab specialists, assistive technology practitioners (ATP), driver rehabilitation specialists (DRS), ergonomists, vendors, architects/builders, and others.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 2 course work of OTD Program

This course includes an exploration of leader, manager, supervisor, consultant/contractor, and entrepreneurial roles and functions performed by occupational therapy practitioners. 学生将学习到多种非传统的角色，这些角色可以用来满足人们的需求, groups, and populations through panel discussions of various professionals, not limited to OT. Roles and responsibilities of OT personnel and intraprofessional partnerships will be explored and implemented in collaboration with an occupational therapy assistant academic program. Personnel management, and administrative tasks, including interviewing/selecting employees, developing, evaluating, and marketing programs, improving the quality of occupational therapy services, and promoting evidence-based practice, are emphasized. Students will discover an entrepreneurial mindset and develop a concept of developing a private practice and/or bringing a product to market by understanding needs assessment, investing consultation and identification & communication with stakeholders, business planning, and marketing.

Students will self-assess their readiness for entering the workforce, develop a resume, prepare for interviews, develop a professional development plan, and examine mentoring, licensing, and specialty micro-credentialing or certification opportunities as part of continuing education and life-long learning as a healthcare professional.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of spring semester year 1 course work of OTD Program

学生通过综合和应用从otd730的重点领域探索中获得的知识，继续开发一个顶点项目, theory, and prior program coursework. Upon completion, the student will present and defend an individual project that relates to the doctoral capstone experience and demonstrates synthesis of in-depth knowledge in the focused area of chosen study within clinical practice skills, research skills, administration, leadership, program and policy development, advocacy, education, or theory development. 

Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 2 course work of OTD Program

Students will examine and translate knowledge of evidence-based assessments, interventions, and theory in hospital, school, and community settings for children and youth having occupational deficits. Occupational profiles and OT assessments will be completed to determine client needs, client factors, performance patterns, and performance skills leading to design and provision of therapeutic use of play, self-care, and school-based interventions for the promotion of occupational participation and performance. 

Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 2 course work of OTD Program

Students will participate in interactive case simulations using skills, therapeutic use of self-including mature spirituality, and knowledge indicative of a competent entry-level occupational therapist. Assessment, treatment planning, interventions, and practice management domains over the lifespan are reviewed and practiced. Students will perform assessments, including those for cognition, balance, and sensory function, as well as intervention skills, including safe administration of preparatory physical agent modalities, transfers, and safe patient handling. Students will reinforce skills in supervision of OTAs, billing, documentation, and contractual obligations for ethical service delivery to persons, groups, and populations.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 2 course work of OTD Program

学生将观察并参与儿童和青少年实践，以翻译有关限制职业参与因素的知识, well-being, and quality of life. Students begin with direct observation of service delivery, progressing to participation in client centered practice through the therapeutic use of self and application of evidence-based clinical reasoning with a health care or wellness practitioner to develop professional behaviors and communication skills.

The fieldwork I seminar is a processing time to analyze professional behaviors, treatment strategies, and integrate and refine skills in service delivery as future occupational practitioners.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of fall semester year 2 course work of OTD Program

OTD 7750是第一个实地工作II 12周的经验，以满足所需的24周全职最低限度. All Fieldwork hours may be completed in one setting if it is reflective of more than one practice area. Each student can participate in up to four different settings (C.1.11.). Full-time application of skills and knowledge translation are to provide service delivery under the supervision of a qualified occupational therapy practitioner serving as a role model. Students analyze and apply occupational therapy theory, research, assessments, treatment interventions, and evidence-based practice in the clinical or community setting for health, well-being, and quality of life of persons, groups, and populations.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of all course work and Fieldwork I.

OTD 7760是第二个实地工作II 12周的经验，以满足所需的24周全职最低限度. All Fieldwork hours may be completed in one setting if it is reflective of more than one practice area. Each student can participate in up to four different settings (C.1.11.). Full-time application of skills and knowledge translation are to provide service delivery under the supervision of a qualified occupational therapy practitioner serving as a role model. Students analyze and apply occupational therapy theory, research, assessments, treatment interventions, and evidence-based practice in the clinical or community setting for health, well-being, and quality of life of persons, groups, and populations.   Students must complete the OTD 760 Fieldwork II experience in a different practice area(s) from OTD 750.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of OTD 7750 Fieldwork II

Capstone experience includes a 14 week, 560-hour experiential component in which the student demonstrates meeting or exceeding written objectives that reflect the implementation of the capstone project in an area of in-depth focus.  由此产生的累积可交付成果将支持所有人的职业参与需求, groups, and populations in alignment with the program mission and be disseminated.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of all OTD course work, Fieldwork I and II.