Curriculum
The WesternU’s Entry-level Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program is eight trimesters. The curriculum includes over 90 credit hours, fieldwork and an advanced practice clinical capstone experience & project dissemination leading towards an advanced practice certificate (Pelvic Health, Mental Health, Oncology/Lymphedema, Autism & Neurodivergence, Health Coaching, Neurorehabilitation, and Hand Therapy). The program offers a flexible, hybrid, multimodal learning model. Students complete at least 51% of the program on-site. Community health partnerships will provide students with real-life experiences gaining valuable knowledge and skills.
- OT Foundations & Theoretical Framework
- OT Tenets & Practical Skills
- Foundation of Function: Anatomy & Kinesiology
- Lifestyle Medicine & Social Determinants of Health
- Screening, Assessment & Clinical Reasoning
- Lifespan Development & Developmental Psychology Practice
- Foundation of Function: Neuroscience
- Fieldwork I-A
- IPE: Team Training in Healthcare I
- Occupational Therapy Scholarship
- Supporting Occupation: Biomechanical Approach, Therapeutic Modalities & Orthotics
- Assessment and Intervention: Pediatrics & Adolescence in the Continuum of Care
- Capstone Experience and Project Proposal
- Fieldwork I-B
- Assessment and Interventions: Early and Middle Adult in the Continuum of Care
- Professional Identity Development & Leadership
- Occupational Science and Assistive Technology
- Fieldwork I-C
- Assessment and Intervention: Late Adulthood, Death and Dying in the Continuum of Care
- OT Service Delivery and Management in Varied Health Settings
- Capstone Experience and Project Preparation
- Preparation for Practice in an Evolving World: Fieldwork Readiness
- IPE: Team Training in Healthcare II
- Fieldwork II-A
- Fieldwork II-B
- Advanced Practice Clinical Capstone Experience & Project Dissemination