University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Occupational Therapy Program Goals

The MOT program will improve the quality of health care services through the education of knowledgeable, reflective, creative and service-oriented occupational therapy practitioners.

Students who successfully complete the curriculum will be able to:

1. Design and deliver humanistic, ethical and high-quality occupational therapy services to individual clients and their families and caregivers.
2. Design population-based community occupation-based programs that reflect unmet and emerging community needs.
3. Integrate community, technological and educational resources into interventions, program planning and management of occupational therapy services.
4. Collaborate skillfully with individuals from diverse cultures, other professionals, non-professionals, peers, families and community members.
5. Effectively communicate ideas, concerns, goals and plans to colleagues, supervisors and managers, using written and spoken language.
6. Demonstrate self-knowledge and the ability to adapt to changing social and environmental demands.
7. Demonstrate the ability to give and receive feedback from others and supervise staff.
8. Understand and excel in complex environments that provide occupational therapy services.
9. Advance the knowledge base of occupational therapy through scholarly activities.
10. Provide service to the community, including the college, national, state and local occupational therapy organizations.