The OTA program includes both theoretical and practical skills, and provides students with a strong base for technical course work. Courses in psychology, anatomy and physiology and medical terminology give students a broad knowledge of health-care challenges they will encounter. Plus course work in natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. In the next decade, the need for OTAs is expected to increase by 57 percent. The growth rate for these jobs is high.
Occupational therapy is one of the nation s fastest-growing careers.