Training
Description
Occupational therapists are experts in doing. We prescribe therapeutic occupations, including everyday life activities to support a person's performance and function in the multiple life roles they engage in at home, school, work, and community environments. Occupational therapists are trained to address physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory-perceptual, and other aspects of performance. Occupational therapy interventions can be designed to develop skills, prevent illness and promote health and wellness. Interventions can also rehabilitate when an illness, injury or disease results in impairment, disability, activity limitation, or a restriction in a person's ability to participate in their daily occupations. Occupational therapists work with people of all ages and ability levels in many settings. Occupational therapy services may be provided in individual or group sessions, or on a broader scale at the system or population level. The Department of Occupational Therapy at Duquesne University has a 27-year history of preparing practice scholars. The occupational therapy faculty are excellent teachers and scholars. Collectively, our teaching philosophy emphasizes active and transformative learning experiences. Community engaged learning and a wide array of excellent clinical fieldwork and doctoral experiential placements are standard teaching practices in our program and students know that they will be expected to immediately transform classroom learning into practice competencies. Our programs equip graduates who exhibit competencies as a generalist as well as in depth knowledge and skills to lead in practice and professional settings.
Course Curriculum
Practice Foundations CURRICULUM THREAD/COURSE TITLE COURSE #/CREDITS PHASE Introduction to OT and Information Literacy OCCT 150 (2) Pre-professional Anatomy & Lab HLTS 315/L (5) Pre-professional Foundations and Concepts of Occupational Therapy OCCT 305 (3) Pre-professional Occupational Performance Throughout the Lifespan OCCT 310 (3) Pre-professional Fundamentals of Practice OCCT 416 (3) Pre-professional Neuroscience HLTS 503 (4) Professional Occupational Performance Evaluation OCCT 535 (3) Professional Human Motion and Movement & Lab OCCT 537/L (4) Professional Medical Conditions in OT OCCT 548 (3) Professional Humans, Groups & Occupations OCCT 518 (3) Professional Person-Occupation-Environment Interaction & Performance Across The Life-Span CURRICULUM THREAD/COURSE TITLE COURSE #/CREDITS PHASE Foundations and Concepts of Occupational Therapy OCCT 305 (3) Pre-professional Occupational Performance Throughout the Lifespan OCCT 310 (3) Pre-professional Fundamentals of Practice OCCT 416 (3) Pre-professional Neurosensorimotor & Function & Lab I OCCT 519/L (4) Professional Neurosensorimotor Function & Lab II OCCT 520/L (4) Professional Intervention Seminar & Lab OCCT 522 (3) Professional Psychosocial Function & Lab OCCT 525/L (4) Professional Biomechanical Function & Lab OCCT 530/L(4) Professional Occupational Performance Perspectives & Lab OCCT 545/L (3) Professional Community and Population Health OCCT 560 (2) Professional Instructional Learning Theory and Technology I OCCT 650 (1) Advanced Professional Healthcare Delivery & Equitable Population Focused Services CURRICULUM THREAD/COURSE TITLE COURSE #/CREDITS PHASE Clinical Reasoning & FW I OCCT 511 (3) Professional Clinical Reasoning & FW III OCCT 512 (3) Professional Occupational Performance Perspectives & Lab OCCT 545/L (3) Professional Environmental Adaptations & Rehabilitation Technology & Lab OCCT 550/L (3) Professional Occupational Therapy Leadership and Administration OCCT 561 (3) Professional Community and Population Programming OCCT 565 (3) Professional Designing Effective Programs OCCT 625 (3) Advanced Professional Practice Scholarship CURRICULUM THREAD/COURSE TITLE COURSE #/CREDITS PHASE Evidence Based Practice OCCT 541 (3) Professional Scholarship of Practice I OCCT 533 (3) Professional Scholarship of Practice II OCCT 532 (3) Professional Research Project I,II & III *optional OCCT 610, 611, 612 ( 1 each ) Professional Applying Evidence to Practice I, II OCCT 620/621 ( 3 credits total) Advanced Professional Practice Scholar Capstone I, II, III OCCT 635/645/655 ( 5 total) Advanced Professional Community Engaged Learning, Fieldwork Education and Doctoral Capstone CURRICULUM THREAD/COURSE TITLE COURSE #/CREDITS PHASE Professional Seminar I OCCT 422 (3) Pre-Professional Clinical Reasoning & FW I OCCT 511 (3) Professional Clinical Reasoning & FW III OCCT 512 (3) Professional Psychosocial Function & Lab & FW II OCCT 525/L (4) Professional FW IV and V (Level II FW) OCCT 555-556 (12 credits total) Professional Professional Seminar II OCCT 575 Professional Doctoral Capstone Seminar OCCT 602 (1) Professional Doctoral Capstone Experience OCCT 640, 642, 644 (10 total) Advanced Professional Servant Leadership, Advocacy and Occupational Justice CURRICULUM THREAD/COURSE TITLE COURSE #/CREDITS PHASE Professional Seminar I OCCT 422 (3) Pre-Professional Occupational Therapy Leadership and Administration OCCT 561 (3) Professional Professional Seminar II OCCT 575 (3) Professional Instructional Learning Theory and Technology I/II OCCT 650/651 (3 credits total) Advanced Professional Transformative Leadership OCCT 660 (3) Advanced Professional
Trainer Expertise
Occupational Therapist
