Students examine their capacity for leadership and advocacy for the role of occupation in achieving health and wellbeing of individuals, groups, and populations. Students reflect on their own plans for leadership and advocacy in their upcoming capstone project.
Students will examine approaches to professional development and strategic planning and examine their leadership competencies. They will discuss roles and responsibilities and develop a professional leadership and business plan. Prerequisites: OCCT 751, OCCT 752, OCCT 754, and OCCT 756.
Students examine the historical and philosophical foundations that have shaped the profession of occupational therapy, its domain, values, and theories, and the foundations of practice with individuals, groups, and populations. Students explore the value of occupation and the role of occupational therapy in promoting health and wellness.
In this twelve-week full time course students are provided supervised field experiences applying the occupational therapy process with individuals, groups and/or populations with occupational performance and participation needs.
In this twelve-week full time course students are provided supervised field experiences applying the occupational therapy process with individuals, groups and/or populations with occupational performance and participation needs.
Students examine the role of occupation in health promotion, health education, and prevention of illness. Key concepts of population health, social determinates of health, health promotion, and health behavior will be applied to develop community and population-based approaches.
Students examine the elements of developing and maintaining relationships, communicating with clients and members of the team, and resolving interpersonal challenges in the roles of practitioner, practice scholar, and leader/advocate. Prerequisites: OCCT 751, OCCT 752, OCCT 754, and OCCT 756.
Students apply knowledge of practice and research to design effective intervention to meet clients? needs. Students design clinical questions related to diagnosis, prognosis, and intervention, and critically appraise the research literature on a topic of interest to the practice community. Prerequisite: OCCT 821.