Professional Development 2: Communication Skills

Catalog description

Students will continue to refine professional communication skills in the areas of written, graphic, and oral presentation. Students will identify areas for refining professional behavior, ongoing professional development, and continuing competency in academic and community contexts. Students continue to assemble an ePortfolio reflective of their ongoing professional development. They will formulate a professional development goal and continue to identify their focus for personal wellness, study skills and stress management. Students will also review how to present themselves in professional interviews for employment, scholarship applications, fieldwork experiences and to promote the profession through community and legislative advocacy. Students will expand knowledge of resources to research professional and current literature content, broaden understanding of evidence-based practice and literature reviews, further develop skills in using media, and creative arts for professional, patient, consumer, client and community education, practice and advocacy. Pre-requisites of OT 212, 213, 214, 222, and 230 are required.