Program Development & Evaluation for Community Health

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Practice in OT Building on prior courses reflecting evidence -based practice and occupational therapy principles and practice, this course emphasizes principles of program development and evaluation. The course will provide an opportunity for the learner to design and dev elop occupation-based programs for groups, and populations related to primary health care, health promotion or community -based programs. Mechanisms of program development such as feasibility study, proposal preparation, grant writing, and business planning will be reviewed along with topics associated with reimbursement, basic survey design, and program evaluation. Students will choose a program approach and target population; appraise the state of the evidence in the selected realm, and generate an evidence-based executive summary of a program that promotes. Prerequisites: OTD 710, OTD 712, OTD 714, HS 720 (prereq: OTD 710,OTD 714,HS 720,OTD 712)