388 Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences—Department of Occupational Therapy OTD 8292—Level I Fieldwork Experience: Occupational Therapy Interventions II—Children and Youth This course comprises fieldwork seminars during on-campus institutes throughout the semester and three weeks of supervised Level I fieldwork experience at an approved setting. This is the clinical education component of OTD 8272: Occupational Therapy Interventions II—Children and Youth, “to introduce students to the fieldwork experience, and develop a basic comfort level with and understanding of the needs of clients.” These experiences are designed to enrich didactic coursework through observation and directed participation in selected aspects of the occupational therapy process. (2 credits) OTD 8273—Occupational Therapy Interventions III: Physical Disabilities This course is the final occupational therapy interventions course. It addresses evaluation and treatment of adult and older adult occupational performance in various environments. (8 credits) OTD 8293—Level I Fieldwork Experiences: Occupational Therapy Interventions III—Physical Disabilities This course comprises fieldwork seminars during on-campus institutes throughout the semester and three weeks of supervised Level I fieldwork experience at an approved setting. This is the clinical education component of OTD 8273: Occupational Therapy Interventions III—Physical Disabilities, “to introduce students to the fieldwork experience, and develop a basic comfort level with and understanding of the needs of clients.” These experiences are designed to enrich didactic coursework through observation and directed participation in selected aspects of the occupational therapy process. (2 credits) OTD 8281—Business of Practice and Management This course allows students to view occupational therapy from a business perspective, preparing them for different roles in the U.S. health care system, including manager/program director, supervisor, and entrepreneur. Students will articulate responses to ethical and legal issues related to the profession using information they learn about delivery systems, regulatory systems, and reimbursement mechanisms that affect service delivery from referral to discharge. (3 credits) OTD 8282—Professional Leadership This course will introduce the student to the leadership responsibilities and opportunities inherent in becoming a member of a profession. Students will explore basic leadership theories and examine their own leadership strengths and opportunities to expand or improve upon, as well as apply applicable leadership theories and leadership self-analysis to the practical, contextual, and ethical dimensions that exist within the occupational therapy profession and contemporary practice. Emphasis will be placed on the occupational therapist’s role in professional advocacy, professional associations, interprofessional collaboration, and role-emerging and nontraditional practice settings. (3 credits) OTD 8263—Research Project I—Implementation This is the third in the series of six didactic courses on evidencebased practice and research methods. In this course, the student implements an approved study or gains research experiences in faculty research projects or simulated research. The course includes practical experiences in preparing reports of presentations for disseminating research information. There is also an option of preparing a manuscript for publication. This course fulfills the requirement for students to implement one or more aspects of research methodology, possibly including designing research instruments, collecting data, and analyzing or synthesizing data. (1 credit) OTD 8263L—Research Project I Lab—Analysis and Interpretation This is the lab course associated with OTD 8263. It includes opportunities for students to have practical experiences in preparing reports of presentations for disseminating research information and manuscripts for publication, designing research instruments, and collecting and analyzing or synthesizing data. (1 credit) OTD 8391—Level II Fieldwork Experience This course is a 12-week, supervised internship in an approved practice setting. Prerequisite: completion of formal predoctoral certification courses (9 credits) OTD 8392—Doctoral Certification and Capstone Upon completion of all formal predoctoral certification and Level II Fieldwork Experiences, the student must pass a competency-based examination. After successfully passing the examination, the student has the opportunity, through this course, to reflect on the academic and clinical components of the curriculum, including planning for the culmination of the capstone project, and receives an introduction to the doctoral experiential component. Prerequisite: successful completion of 12 credits of Level II Fieldwork Experiences (2 credits) OTD 8364—Research Project II—Dissemination This is the final course of the six-course series of research methods and culminates with the opportunity for the student to prepare presentation of a research project to the community. Prerequisite: completion of doctoral residency and research project (2 credits)
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