Professional Development 1: Occupational Therapy Student Academic Experience

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This course focuses on foundation skills to support professional education and personal development as an occupational therapy student. Course content will include student work with self- management and health promotion, learning styles and learning skills, learning contracts, study skills, test-taking skills, use of support groups and refinement of active listening, and goal setting. Students develop e-portfolios and begin to recognize themselves in their new professional roles. Students develop and expand skills in computer literacy, improve utilization of library and data bases for review of professional literature, and start to develop experience with scientific and professional writing and speaking. Students will participate in writing groups with tutors from the Writing Center to identify areas for skill development in writing and refine written communication skills, critical thinking and problem solving.This course is part of our enrichment program.