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Curriculum

Pitt’s online post-professional CScD in Occupational Therapy degree program is designed to prepare advanced practitioners to lead the field in evidence-based occupational therapy practice, education, advocacy and system change.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Engage Partners: Engage partners at the level of the client, program, population and system
  • Proactively Identify Needs: Identify a need for change and opportunities for improvement in areas of specialization
  • Use Evidence and Data: Appraise, interpret, synthesize and apply evidence and data-driven strategies
  • Influence Change: Understand trends, identify barriers to and facilitators of change and influence change
  • Communicate Effectively: Apply effective negotiation, communication, advocacy and conflict management strategies
  • Lead and Educate: Implement, evaluate and disseminate evidence-based practice

Students enrolled in the CScD in Occupational Therapy degree program will also receive an Advanced Practice Certificate in Implementation of Evidence in Clinical Practice. 

Courses:

Through the first phase of the program, you will complete the following 34 credits of coursework.

  • OT 3000 - ADVANCED ASSESSMENT
  • OT 3010 - EVIDENCE INTERPRETATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION *
  • OT 3020 - FOUNDATIONS IN IMPLEMENTATION *
  • OT 3030 - THE BUSINESS OF IMPLEMENTATION *
  • OT 3040 - ADVOCACY FOR IMPLEMENTATION *
  • OT 3100 - EVIDENCE ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS
  • OT 3200 - EVIDENCE-BASED PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICE GUIDELINES
  • OT 3300 - CONCEPTUALIZING AND ASSESSING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
  • OT 3400 - THEORIES OF CHANGE
  • OT 3500 - IMPLEMENTATION EVIDENCE

​​​* Required courses for the Advanced Practice Certificate in Implementation of Evidence in Clinical Practice

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Learn more about the focus of the curriculum:

 

 

Doctoral Program - Capstone Project 

Following completion of the 34 credits of online courses, CScD in Occupational Therapy students will culminate their matriculation through the program with an eight-credit capstone project. With the support of a faculty mentor, students will individually design and complete a capstone project that demonstrates their advanced knowledge for implementing evidence into practice. 

  • OT 3600 - CAPSTONE PHASE 1
  • OT 3700 - CAPSTONE PHASE 2

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Want to see the capstone in action? This alumna made a difference at a local school in New Jersey as part of her doctoral program's capstone project.