Professional Development Seminar 3

Catalog description

This course is the final course in the professional development series for OTO students. While students examined ways in which they can be reflective practitioners, and engaged in self-reflection, self-assessment, goal setting and various activities that promote professional growth in previous courses, in this course, students begin to actively engage in comprehensive and in-depth scholarly activities by developing an initial idea regarding the capstone project. The project allows the students to synthesize and apply the knowledge gained in previous courses and throughout the curriculum. Students will work in-depth on developing initial components for a scholarly capstone project that involves one or more of the following areas in relevance to the anticipated doctoral experience later in the curriculum: Clinical practice skills, research skills, administration, leadership, program and policy development, advocacy, education, or theory development. Those components include learning and applying the professions ethical standards, application of theory that informs the project, learning professional communications, including the importance of a professional social media presence, and initial work on developing learning objectives needed for the capstone project experience. Students will also gain insight into their own health, well-being and quality of life and recognize its importance for participating in the role of occupational therapy doctoral student. Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisites: OCTH 606, OCTH 618 Corequisites: OCTH 645, OCTH 619