2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

OT 542 Becoming an Occupational Therapy Professional III

Part III of this series continues to scaffold your learning with more advanced topics in leadership, management, and supervision. We are in a changing society, a changing world for occupational therapy in healthcare, education, community, and non-traditional settings. There is no one way to lead. You will explore topics in leadership, management, and supervision to develop a clear understanding of the ambiguity and complexity of roles, and be prepared to ensure high-quality, evidence-based practice is delivered in an effective, seamless, and successful manner, while navigating the challenges of a changing context. You will learn more about health policy and law as it relates to specific populations and settings. This course includes topics such as strategic planning, team communications, quality improvement planning, finance and budgeting, conflict management for teams, change management, and entrepreneurship. You will be introduced to concepts related to business and program planning to prepare you for Part IV of this series. In this third part of the series, you will learn more about policy analysis and ethical leadership.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

Becoming an Occupational Therapy Professional I, II