Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences—Department of Occupational Therapy 385 data during analysis and/or interpretation and reporting and presentation of results and conclusions. Prerequisites: OCT 7300 and OCT 7310 (3 credits) OCT 7767—Community Program Development Evaluation and application of community organization and development theories to create occupational therapy interventions with underserved and/or nontraditional populations. Emphasizes outcome evaluation of both theory and practice. (3 credits) OCT 7792—Wellness and Health Promotion This course examines occupational therapy’s role in wellness and health promotion, disability postponement, and prevention in general. Students critically examine various practice models with a view toward developing and refining their own roles in these practice areas. (3 credits) Elective OCT 7820—Applying Measurement Theory to Evaluation Provides students with a general background in measurement theory and assists students to actively apply this information to the evaluation process in occupational therapy. The application component of the course addresses evaluation at both the individual and program levels. At the completion of this course, students can critically examine and select the most appropriate evaluation tools for various practice situations using the theory and principles of measurements. (3 credits) OCT 7850—Scholarly Writing for Publication and Grants This postprofessional, graduate occupational therapy course will enhance students’ ability to communicate in academic, professional, and research environments by developing the scholarly writing skills necessary to submit manuscripts for publication and to successfully seek and acquire funding sources for new and innovative research and practice programs in occupational therapy. This experience in scholarly writing will begin with learners acquiring skills essential for successfully creating and submitting a manuscript for publication. The second portion of the course will focus on the grant writing process, from proposal to funding to management. Using a hands-on approach, students write grants and business plans to create a finished, usable product to complement a creative and innovative occupational therapy research or practice idea. Postprofessional students will demonstrate an ability to plan and think strategically to present ideas concisely and persuasively to occupational therapy or related health professions agencies or organizations. (3 credits) OCT 7860—Leadership Development in Multiple Contexts Course examines leadership as a critical component to one’s future as an occupational therapy practitioner in a global, everchanging environment. Students look at areas of need in the profession as well as leadership opportunities in their own careers. (3 credits) OCT 7870—Dissertation Seminar This core course for Ph.D. doctoral students provides an overview of the dissertation process and reviews strategies to successfully complete a dissertation study. Students are first introduced to effective scholarly writing techniques, followed by a project to critically review their own writing style to produce a scholarly writing sample. Understanding of the overall dissertation process, an acceptable dissertation topic, selecting dissertation committee, proposal writing, dissertation defense, and dissemination of dissertation results are all reviewed during the semester. (3 credits) OCT 7890—Independent Study Individualized study under the supervision of assigned instructor. Requires permission of a doctoral program director. (1–3 credits) Elective OCT 7908—Practice Scholarship to Advance Occupational Therapy Practice This course explores the concept of practice scholarship operationalized through student-driven application, evaluation, and creation. Practice scholarship encompasses the methodologies utilized to advance practice in occupational therapy and includes approaches such as program development and implementation science, among others. Additionally, practice scholarship includes a needs assessment as one of the preliminary tools to identify practice gaps and the methodologies ensure the advanced practitioner is then able to create meaningful scholarship to influence change in practice. Students will utilize their own projects of interest to transition through the needs assessment stages and appraise various practitioner scholarship methodologies based upon needs assessment results. Through evidence-based approaches, they will provide rationales to compare methodologies to ensure best practice application. Dissemination considerations will be examined, including utilization of IRB to address ethics in research, knowledge translation for various projects, and change leadership to implement projects successfully. (3 credits) OCT 7909—Program Evaluation and Outcome Measurement In this course, students will learn the process for evaluating the effectiveness of an intervention or a program. Students will develop an evaluation plan for an intervention or program of interest including identification of relevant outcomes and methods for systematically collecting, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and/or qualitative information to inform decision-making about the program or intervention. (3 credits)
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