Program Description
The Post-Professional Doctorate in Occupational Therapy program prepares students to innovate and lead in traditional and emerging areas of occupational therapy and beyond through a customized plan of study. Students gain advanced knowledge and skills to enhance their current or anticipated professional roles in an evidence-based manner. They also develop scholarship and program development skills with clinical, leadership, entrepreneurship, and academic applications. Students advance occupational therapy theory and practice by integrating knowledge from various fields, such as occupational science, business, management, leadership, epidemiology, rehabilitation, public health, and neuroscience, to respond to the current and future needs of individuals, organizations, and populations. With the support of their faculty mentor, students develop, implement, analyze, and disseminate a substantive and impactful doctoral project over a series of courses.
Curriculum:
Students Entering with a Bachelor's Degree (8 Credits + 30 Credits Master to PPOTD)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| OT 797 | Cultural Humility for Practice | 3 |
| HPS 601 | Appl Hlth Rsrch Design&Methods | 3 |
| OT 692 | Staying Current 21st Century | 2 |
| Total Credits | 8 | |
Students Entering with an Earned Master's Degree (30 Credits)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| OT 778 | Advanced Evidence-Based Pract (Fall) | 3 |
| OT 782 | Leadership: Moving Beyond Trad (Spring) | 3 |
| OT 727 | Visionary Practice (Fall & Spring) 1 | 3 |
| OT 798 | Foundations for Doctoral Work (All) | 1 |
| OT 799A | Exploratory Seminar | 3 |
| OT 809 | Planning the Doctoral Project | 3 |
| OT 810 | Post Prof Doctoral Capstone | 5 |
| Elective Courses | 9 | |
| Neuroscience Found for Pract | ||
| Autism: State of the Field | ||
| Autism: Assess’t Intervention | ||
| Knowledge Translation | ||
| Introduction and Development | ||
| Skills for Evid-Based Coaching | ||
| Assess&Fidel of Coaching Implm | ||
| Coaching Evolution | ||
| Advance Concept Neuroscience | ||
| Knowledge Translation | ||
| Mentored Seminar | ||
| Cultural Humility for Practice | ||
| LDSP 510 | Team Dynamics and Collaboratio | 3 |
| LDSP 520 | Strat. Ldrshp in a VUCA World | 3 |
| LDSP 515 | Org. Innovation, Creat & Chnge | 3 |
| HPS 620 | Interprof Edu Collab Prac Hlth | 3 |
| GC 751 | Instructional Tech & Learning | 2 |
| GC 752 | Curriculum & Instructional Des | 2 |
| Total Credits | 46 | |
1. Students have the option of completing OT 727 Visionary Practice or OT 770 Knowledge Translation for Best Practice