Doctor of Occupational Therapy

Goal 1: Graduates of the DrOT Program will be informed practitioners in current healthcare systems.

Objective 1: Graduates will use advocacy and leadership principles and practices to advance the profession of occupational therapy.

Objective 2: Graduates will be able to describe and integrate relevant occupational therapy historical concepts to inform current clinical practice. 

Goal 2: Graduates of the DrOT Program will have the foundational knowledge of human systems, environmental contexts, and systems integration to establish good clinical reasoning and therapeutic practice for those they serve.   

Objective 1: Graduates will develop literacy in the language of health professions and be facile users of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework.

Objective 2: Graduates be able to evaluate diverse individuals, groups, and populations for the provision of client-centered and evidence-based practice.  

Objective 3: Graduates will know and understand the application of therapeutic intervention for the practice of occupational therapy. 

Goal 3:  Graduates of the DrOT Program will follow and promote ethical conduct reflecting Jesuit values, specifically the values of honesty, respect for persons, and justice.

Objective 1: Graduates will be able to know, understand, and apply to client care and professional practice the moral and ethical principles outlined in the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics.

Objective 2: Graduates will be able to learn, grow, and develop their roles as a leaders, competent professionals, and service providers through opportunities present in the DrOT Program.  

Goal 4: Graduates of the DrOT Program will be innovators and leaders within the field of occupational therapy

Objective 1: Graduates will develop competency in the dissemination of scholarship for continued contribution toward evidence-based occupational therapy practice and professional longevity.