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  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): OT 3500. Discusses professional behaviors appropriate for placement in fieldwork sites. Explores topics such as successful work skills, advocating for the occupational therapy profession, creative planning, and client-centered practice in the community.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): OT 3500. Discusses the impact of contextual factors (socioeconomic, political, cultural, professional, ecological) on occupational therapy practice. Identifies strategies for conflict resolution regarding ethics in the personal and organizational realms. Explores skills needed for the effective, ethical supervision of nonprofessional staff within the healthcare setting. Includes identifying and documenting quality improvements, understanding of regulatory and legislative systems that impact occupational therapy practice, and current policy issues and professional responsibility. Explores individual and group leadership issues and identifies personal leadership qualities to apply in life and practice.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): OT 3500. Incorporates Level I Fieldwork experiences to develop critical thinking skills by developing a baccalaureate project based on evidence-based practice. Provides an in-depth experience to explore topics in one or more of the following: clinical practice skills, administration, leadership, advocacy, and education. Provides an opportunity to practice research and critical reasoning skills and analyze connections and relationships among the experiential learning of Level I Fieldwork, didactic coursework, and the complexities of clients as occupational beings.
  • 6.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): OT 4100. Provides a full-time supervised fieldwork experience in mental health, adult rehabilitation, geriatrics, pediatrics, or emerging practice settings that promotes clinical reasoning and reflective practice. Provides opportunities to participate in the occupational therapy process and develop a professional identity as occupational therapy practitioners within an interdisciplinary context.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): OT 4400. Incorporates Level II Fieldwork experiences to develop critical thinking skills while developing a baccalaureate project based on evidence-based practice. Provides an in-depth experience to explore topics in one or more of the following areas: clinical practice skills, administration, leadership, advocacy, and education. Provides opportunities to practice research, critical reasoning skills, analyze connections and relationships among the experiential learning of Level II Fieldwork, didactic coursework, and the complexities of clients as occupational beings.
  • 6.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): OT 4100. Provides a full-time supervised fieldwork experience in mental health, adult rehabilitation, geriatrics, pediatrics, or emerging practice settings that promotes clinical reasoning and reflective practice. Provides opportunities to participate in the occupational therapy process and develop a professional identity as occupational therapy practitioners within an interdisciplinary context.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program and University Advanced Standing. Provides opportunities to explore special topics and/or emerging practice trends in occupational therapy practice. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission into any graduate program at Utah Valley University. Explores senior-level administrative functions within a public services organization. Analyzes and assesses positive and negative practices within public service organizations, including managerial actions and bureaucracy.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission into any graduate program at Utah Valley University. Analyzes financial and budgeting operations occurring in the public sector. Assesses funding streams, budget development, financial management concerns, and fiduciary responsibilities of public service leaders.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission into any graduate program at Utah Valley University. Provides the investigative, ethical, and development tools needed to form public policy and evaluate program success. Develops analysis skills to examine new ideas, test their viability, determine program needs, and organize to meet these needs. Addresses how to make policy, how to assess if policy is working, and how to fix the flaws in existing policy.