In the entry-level Doctor of Occupational Therapy program, you can become a practitioner scholar and a transformative leader. Occupational therapy is a growing and evolving healthcare profession whose practitioners assist individuals and communities to perform everyday activities (occupations), adapt environments to improve function in home, work or leisure settings, and provide client-centered support for participation in life. As a professional leader equipped with research evidence and global health policy perspectives, you will be broadly positioned to: impact populations with or without disabilities; advance community health outcomes; and influence the development of future occupational therapists as members of collaborative interprofessional practice teams in current healthcare settings and emerging practice areas such as telehealth remote therapy, assistive technologies, or research-based innovations develop by collaborative interprofessional practice teams.
Rapidly changing healthcare systems are demanding more of entry-level occupational therapy practitioners. The OTD curriculum is meeting this call by providing academic preparation beyond the generalist level, including advanced graduate knowledge, skills and fieldwork/experiential opportunities. The 109 credit, OTD curriculum is delivered in a three-year program that is completed over 9 consecutive semesters.
PROGRAM EMPHASIS
The OTD program at Western New England University is responding鈥� to the national and international call for changing the way healthcare is delivered, and the way healthcare professionals鈥� are educated by emphasizing:
population health perspectives that focus on community鈥� health, wellness and prevention, and health literacy;
innovative interprofessional practice models in traditional鈥� and community-based health settings that focus on鈥� collaborative teams;
interprofessional education/practice research applications鈥� that permit faculty and students to develop as鈥� applied scholars of teaching and practice; and
practitioner, leader, and scholar roles and competencies鈥� to revolutionize the delivery of inclusive, equitable, client-centered, evidence-based, culturally-competent, and鈥� distinctive occupational therapy.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Rapidly changing healthcare systems are demanding more of鈥� entry-level practitioners. The OTD curriculum is meeting this call鈥� by providing academic preparation beyond a generalist level鈥� including advanced graduate knowledge, skills and fieldwork/鈥� experiential opportunities. The OTD program is a three-year program completed over 9 consecutive semesters, including summers. The 109 credit curriculum will include:
Level I Fieldwork (70-140 hours)
Level II Fieldwork (960 hours)
Doctoral Experiential Residency (640 hours)
September 2025
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
1215 Wilbraham Road,
SPRINGFIELD,
Massachusetts,
01119, United States
September 2025
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
1215 Wilbraham Road,
SPRINGFIELD,
Massachusetts,
01119, United States
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher education must be completed prior to matriculation into the OTD program.
An undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (4.0 scale) is required for admission. Candidates with a lower GPA will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Graduate students can use any of the following standardized tests to meet our English language requirement:
TOEFL - 80 IBT
IELTS - 6.5
PTE Academic - 56
STEP Eiken - 1
iTEP - 4.5
Duolingo - 105 DET
Mungkin ada beberapa persyaratan IELTS yang berbeda, tergantung jurusan yang kamu ambil
