Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (PCHCS)—Department of Occupational Therapy 2023–2024 217 − Publishers usually require each author’s institutional affiliation. − Authors should acknowledge the department and institution where the primary work was done, as well the current institutional affiliation of each author. − Department of Occupational Therapy, Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences, Nova Southeastern University is the institutional affiliation. • Authors must obtain approval from the program director prior to submitting an abstract or manuscript to a publisher or a conference committee. Department approval serves to (1) protect the department, college, and university by allowing the program director to review all submissions for appropriateness and acceptable standards; (2) recognize and record all department-related publications and presentations as program outcomes; and (3) assure that submissions provide appropriate credit and recognition. This policy applies to publication submissions; professional presentations; and posters by current students of the Department of Occupational Therapy, Nova Southeastern University, when applicable. References Guidelines for authorship credit and order from APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (1992), Section 6.23, Publication Credit, states Uniform Requirement for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication. Updated November 2003. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. (icmje.org) Doctor of Occupational Therapy (O.T.D.)—Tampa Bay Accreditation, National Examinations, and Licensure The Entry-Level Doctor of Occupational Therapy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200, North Bethesda, MD 20852-4929. ACOTE’s telephone number, care of AOTA, is (301) 652-AOTA. Graduates of the program will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR). In addition, most states require licensure to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT certification examination. Note that a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure. Academic Promotions and Progression The O.T.D. program—Tampa Bay program follows the policies regarding academic standing in the PCHCS section in the handbook. Students must complete all courses according to the lockstep curriculum schedule. This means that students must complete all requirements of the preceding semester before going to the next semester by complying with the following academic policies stated below. The progress of each student throughout the entire curriculum requires continuous satisfactory academic performance from one term to another. No student may advance to the next term without satisfactorily
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