Curriculum

Overview of the ASU OT Program Curriculum:

    The developmental model serves as the theoretical foundation for the ASU OT Program. This model is rooted in developmental psychology and learning theory. It promotes the cognitive and affective growth of the student at each level of the learning continuum and serves as the basis for the program’s curriculum design.

    Each semester is designed to introduce material from simple to complex through successive stages and is situated within the curriculum to serve as the foundation for future courses.

    Building upon the developmental theoretical foundation, recurring themes of person, environment, occupation and performance were derived from the Person, Environment, Occupational, and Performance (PEOP) Model.  

    The PEOP Model is a good fit at ASU because it works well with the developmental curriculum design. Because of the uniqueness of the University’s mission, this framework allows faculty and student learners to recognize and appreciate differences in individuals in the context in which they exist.

The four guiding threads of the curriculum are clinical reasoning, occupation, research, and professional behavors.


Statement on Interprofessional Education

    Healthcare providers are expected to work collaboratively with the common goal of building an optimal healthcare system.  Health professions education programs are expected prepare graduates for collaborative practice to ensure that consumers needs are maximally met.  It is incumbent upon Health professions education programs to ensure that its graduates are ready to take on this collaborative practice role.

    In 2010, the faculty members of the College of Health Sciences at Alabama State University began discussions about the value of implementing interprofessional education (IPE).  The goal of implementing IPE was to prepare students to work in collaborative environments and to appreciate the role that different providers play.  The College used the document titled Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (Interprofessional Education Collaborative, 2011) to help guide is planning.

    In the Fall of 2012, four professional programs within the College (OT, PT, P&O, RC) participated in shared course programming.  A total of 9 Occupational Therapy courses  (designated as HSC) were identified and set up to be interprofessional courses. The instructors for these courses are also interprofessional and breakout sessions are utilized as appropriate for each discipline. We believe this arrangement allows students firsthand experience in collaborative practice.


Curriculum

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CURRICULUM SEQUENCE

 

SEMESTER 1 – FALL

CR

 

SEMESTER 2 – SPRING

CR

 

SEMESTER 3 – SUMMER

CR

HSC 5000 Introduction to Interprofessional Education

HSC 5001 Advanced Gross Human Anatomy  w/Lab

HSC 5003 Patient Care Concepts I (Lab)

OTH 5110 Fundamentals of Occupational Therapy

OTH 5120 Ethics & Professional Development

OTH 5130 Theory of Occupational Therapy

 

1

 

6

 

1

2

 

2

 

2

HSC 5005  Neuroscience w/Lab

HSC 5006  Intro to Research & Evidenced Based Practice

OTH 5210 Occupation Through Life Span

OTH 5211 Analysis of Occupation

OTH 5212 Therapeutic Measurement

 

4

2    

 

3

 

3

3

 

HSC 5007 Research in the  Health Professions

HSC 5008 Pharmacology         

OTH 5301 Administration & Management

OTH 5302 Disease and Occupation

OTH 5304 Fieldwork Level I (1 of 2)

 

2

 

2

2

 

3

1

  TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS

14

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS

15

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS

10

 

  SEMESTER 4 – FALL

CR

 

SEMESTER 5 – SPRING

CR

 

SEMESTER 6 – SUMMER

CR

HSC  5009 Assistive Technology in Rehabilitation

OTH 6404 Fieldwork Level I (2 of 2)                                   OTH 6408 Research Topics

OTH 6410 Community Based Intervention

OTH 6412 Therapeutic Intervention & Special Topics

OTH 6434 Physical Dysfunction I

OTH 6435 Psychosocial Dysfunction I

 

2    

 

1   

1

2

 

3

 

4

4

 

 

HSC 5099 Capstone

OTH 6506 Clinical Intervention Practicum

OTH 6509 Professional Seminar

OTH 6520 Documentation & Prof Writing

OTH 6534 Physical Dysfunction II

OTH 6535 Psychosocial Dysfunction II 

 

3

1

 

2

3

 

4

4

 

 

 

OTH 6604 Fieldwork Level II (A)

9

 

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS

9

 

SEMESTER 7 – FALL

CR

OTH 7704 Fieldwork Level II (B)

9

  TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS

17

 

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS

17

 

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS

9

 

TOTAL CURRICULUM HOURS  91   

 

 

Note: The HSC prefix indicates interprofessional courses.  These may contain Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics and/or Rehabilitation Counseling students. The OTH prefix indicates courses for Occupational Therapy students only.