Doctoral Capstone Experience

Catalog description

Students pursuing a doctoral degree (OTD) are required to complete a fourteen- week Doctoral Experiential Component. The goal of this experiential component is to develop occupational therapists with advanced skills (those beyond a generalist level), and it is integral to acquiring deeper practice-scholar competencies as reflected in the program's curriculum design. In addition to patient care, opportunities to develop leadership skills include public speaking, participating in an interdisciplinary team, and program development. This 8-credit course provides an in-depth, customized capstone experience specific to the doctoral pursuit of the occupational therapy student, and the opportunity to extend and refine knowledge & skills acquired in the curriculum. Students may participate in learning experiences that include a focus on theory development, research, policy, advanced clinical practice, advocacy, teaching, administration, leadership, etc. This is a pass/fail course.