This course provides an opportunity to gain experiential knowledge and apply the theoretical approaches studied in the curriculum. This course provides an opportunity to gain experiential knowledge and apply the theoretical approaches studied in the curriculum. This course reviews entry-level management competencies needed to plan, organize, staff, coordinate, and control an occupational therapy program and other factors influencing the provision of occupational therapy services. In addition, it provides instruction and practice in career development. This course introduces the research process in occupational therapy and helps students to develop skills as consumers of research and as members of a research team.
Students work in teams to develop research proposals.
Detailed dissection and examination of the upper extremity, lower extremity, and back with an emphasis on function. A study of the human nervous system, with emphasis on function and certain neurological considerations. Completion of all academic course work in the occupational therapy curriculum. The Level-II fieldwork courses are the capstone courses of the curriculum. Under the direct supervision of a registered occupational therapist, the student acquires and implements the skills, roles, attitudes, and reasoning of an entry-level generalist therapist.