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Graduates with an Occupational Therapy major will:

OT Program Goal 1: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the profession’s history and distinct value which supports an understanding of occupations across the lifespan, population groups, and cultural contexts.

OT Program Goal 2: Students will apply and integrate occupation-based theories in a variety of practice areas to affect meaningful client outcomes.

OT Program Goal 3: Students will assess the individual's ability to participate in occupations as they are mediated by client factors, performance skills, performance patterns, contexts, and environment.

OT Program Goal 4: Students will use knowledge and evidence to select and implement occupational performance intervention plans considering culture and contexts.

OT Program Goal 5: Students will demonstrate professional reasoning and collaboration with beneficiaries in traditional and emerging practices.

OT Program Goal 6: Students will apply leadership and management skills to individuals, groups, and organizations.

OT Program Goal 7: Students will identify, analyze, and synthesize research evidence for application in occupational therapy practice.

OT Program Goal 8: Students will apply ethical principles to promote inclusion, participation, safety, and wellbeing for all beneficiaries of service.

OT Program Goal 9: Students will engage in a lifelong process of learning, leadership, and service.

 

RU OT students have hands-on opportunities with faculty in these innovative areas:

  • Work with underserved children and families at a local urban-based school and health system
  • Provide preventative health screenings for elementary-aged children in the urban core
  • Carry out activities with students at local elementary schools
  • Participate in infant and early childhood screenings at local daycare and preschool facilities
  • Perform pediatric lab learning opportunities in naturalistic child environments
  • Serve populations in need during international, national, and regional immersion trips
  • Advocate for occupational justice with women post-incarceration
  • Lead occupation-based groups at a mental health clubhouse
  • Design and participate in leisure and socialization groups for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • Engage in interprofessional learning activities within the Saint Luke’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences

 

RU OT students have opportunities to make a big impact with their doctoral projects through RU Learning Themes:

  • Ethics and Social Justice
  • Academic Knowledge
  • Self-Formation
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • International and Cultural Understanding
  • Critical and Creative Thinking

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