Class meetings structured to help students choose a research topic and develop a grant proposal. Open only to students in the master's OT program. Health Care Trends and Occupational Therapy Students examine the dynamics of health policy formulation, the political economy of health care, and the roles and potential for occupational therapy within the changing system. Open only to students in the master's OT program. Clinical Reasoning Clinical reasoning in health care and occupational therapy, phenomenology and interpretative sociology, and qualitative research analyzed as applied to the practice of occupational therapy.
Students function as a research team which explicates the clinical reasoning used by team members.
Narratives, journals, and videotaped treatment sessions used as part of this exploration. Open to students in the master's OT program. OT 901 or permission. Occupational Therapy Education Provides structure and theory to students' understanding of OT education. Using active learning strategies, students analyze the role that academic and fieldwork education have on preparing students for the complexity of practice.