Located on the beautiful Puget Sound campus, the Occupational Therapy Program is dedicated to preparing graduates to be excellent occupational therapists.
Located in Weyerhaeuser Hall on the beautiful University of Puget Sound campus, the Occupational Therapy Program is dedicated to preparing our graduates to be excellent occupational therapists. The distinguished faculty are committed to student learning by providing authentic, hands-on experiences, starting in the first semester and ultimately culminating with the on-site clinic when students work 1:1 with clients. Students complete their education off-site with fieldwork sites located throughout the United States, and even in Zanzibar!
The mission of the Occupational Therapy Program is to prepare its graduates for the scientific, ethical, client-centered, and evidence-based practice of occupational therapy. This is achieved in a liberal arts context that promotes a community of learning, teaching excellence, scholarly engagement of faculty and students, and close faculty-student interaction. The Occupational Therapy Program is committed to equipping its graduates to promote the occupational participation of clients across practice settings through
• Recognizing the diversity of human situations, values, occupations, and behaviors;
• Exhibiting the expected qualities of a professional health care practitioner; and
• Demonstrating beginning skills in building relationships between practitioners, clients, and the health care system.
The professional master's degree program utilizes enhanced classroom, community and clinical experiences in leadership, advocacy, and research to provide its students with the knowledge, critical thinking, and clinical skills necessary to practice general occupational therapy at the entry-level. Graduates have an excellent foundation for professional lifelong learning, service to the profession, and later specialization.
The post-professional master degree program allows occupational therapists educated at the baccalaureate entry-level, including internationally educated occupational therapists, to upgrade their academic credentials through rigorous interaction with concepts of advanced theory, advocacy, and clinical research and prepares its graduates to provide clinical excellence and leadership in a self-selected area of practice.
