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Shape the future of the profession through advocacy, education, and leadership
The online Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate (Post-Professional OTD) at American International College (AIC) is designed for engaged occupational therapists (OTs) like you with a master's degree who want to continue to work while earning a doctorate. (There is a 3-course bridge program available if you have a bachelor's degree.) This program is designed to increase your influence as a leader in the field, increase your expertise, and educate and inspire the next generation of occupational therapists.
AIC’s Post-Professional OTD is a trusted program recognized for quality, innovation, and scholarship. The degree interweaves four curriculum threads — clinical practice, education, research, and advocacy — for a comprehensive learning experience. Courses include field-based projects that challenge you to reframe your thinking and teach creatively.
- Graduate in less than two years while studying full-time
- Exchange ideas with your cohort and study 100% online
- Connect and build professional relationships with faculty and peers
- Become a leader and mentor to future OT practitioners
- Learn from an engaged faculty of prolific scholars, practitioners, and leaders
- Employ translational research in real-time to your practice
AIC has a long-standing history of making education more accessible for people of all backgrounds, with a legacy centered around diversity, access, and inclusion. With this degree, you can contribute to the growth and advancement of the profession by increasing your ability to implement evidence-based practice and research in clinical, community, and academic settings. You will maximize your opportunities to take on leadership roles in occupational therapy practice, education, and research for individuals, organizations, and communities needing OT services.
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Shape the future of the profession through advocacy, education, and leadership
The online Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate (Post-Professional OTD) at American International College (AIC) is designed for engaged occupational therapists (OTs) like you with a master's degree who want to continue to work while earning a doctorate. (There is a 3-course bridge program available if you have a bachelor's degree.) This program is designed to increase your influence as a leader in the field, increase your expertise, and educate and inspire the next generation of occupational therapists.
AIC’s Post-Professional OTD is a trusted program recognized for quality, innovation, and scholarship. The degree interweaves four curriculum threads — clinical practice, education, research, and advocacy — for a comprehensive learning experience. Courses include field-based projects that challenge you to reframe your thinking and teach creatively.
- Graduate in less than two years while studying full-time
- Exchange ideas with your cohort and study 100% online
- Connect and build professional relationships with faculty and peers
- Become a leader and mentor to future OT practitioners
- Learn from an engaged faculty of prolific scholars, practitioners, and leaders
- Employ translational research in real-time to your practice
AIC has a long-standing history of making education more accessible for people of all backgrounds, with a legacy centered around diversity, access, and inclusion. With this degree, you can contribute to the growth and advancement of the profession by increasing your ability to implement evidence-based practice and research in clinical, community, and academic settings. You will maximize your opportunities to take on leadership roles in occupational therapy practice, education, and research for individuals, organizations, and communities needing OT services.
Students explore learning theories and how theories of human learning and motivation can be applied to the instructional process. Model learning theories associated with behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism are reviewed and applied to creative learning and teaching experiences in the occupational therapy context. (3 credits)
This course covers the analysis of occupational therapy theory and its application to and influence on occupational therapy practice, education, and research. (3 credits)
This course is designed to advance occupational therapists’ knowledge regarding the important role law, ethics, and policy play in determining occupational therapy practice. Students develop/enhance skills to analyze political, legislative, legal, and ethical aspects of practice and broader public health issues. Examples of issues discussed include reimbursement, workers’ compensation, the Americans with Disabilities Act, IDEA, privacy and confidentiality, guardianship, and malpractice issues. (3 credits)
The capstone course focuses on knowledge synthesis and application and not on instruction. In this course, students synthesize what they have learned throughout the program, reflect on that knowledge, and apply it to a scholarly project. Students will complete their capstone project under the supervision of their capstone committee.
Residency: Students will have the opportunity to share the outcomes of their capstone projects, lessons learned, and directions for future clinical research and scholarship to advance the profession. A key component of this residency is the opportunity for students to discuss and reflect on their experiences in the program, the new insights and perspectives they have gained, and provide input for program evaluation and improvement. (3 credits)
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Open Up Your Possibilities as an OT
AIC’s online Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate is designed to increase your influence as a leader in the field, build a career in academia, and educate and inspire the next generation of occupational therapists.
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Flexibly Designed for the Established OT
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Graduate in as Few as 5 Semesters
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Comprehensive Learning Experience
Curriculum focus on clinical practice, education, research and advocacy
American International College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).
You can complete this program on a full-time basis in just under two years (five semesters).
The online Post-Professional OTD program costs $1,175 per credit hour + fees* for a total investment of $35,250. Financial aid may be available to our online students.
*Please speak with your enrollment advisor about additional program fees.
You will learn from an engaged faculty of prolific scholars, practitioners, and leaders who are committed to your success.
FAST FACTS
2 intakes per year
Full-time
Classes are 100% online
Online Post-Professional OTD
American International College’s Post-Professional OTD was approved by the New England Commission of Higher Education and developed in response to the projected workforce demand for occupational therapists, the current and projected shortage of doctoral-prepared faculty in occupational therapy programs, and the desire for the profession to advance the educational preparation of occupational therapists.
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