Find a school that offers the occupational therapy training that is right for you.
Occupational therapists help patients with illness or injury through physical training and rehabilitation. As soon as they are assigned a patient, occupational therapists design custom strategies to improve the patient's quality of life. The job is both emotionally and physically demanding. The right education and training is also important and potential occupational therapists can choose from a number of higher learning institutions across the country.
Boston University
The top-ranked school in occupation therapy by US News and World Report in 2010, Boston University offers students training and education in specialty areas such as anatomy, physiology, and health. Students in the undergraduate occupational therapy training learn both theory and practice through a combination of course work and field work through clinical placements. The master of science program provides students with in-depth, personal interaction through small class sizes. The occupational therapy program takes five years of course work to complete and a semester of full-time field work that will leave students prepared for certification and entry into clinical practice.
Boston University
College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent School
635 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
617-353-3188
bu.edu
Washington University in St. Louis
The occupational therapy program at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, prepares students with the skills and habits they can take with them in the field. Students will receive broad training and education in the field of occupational therapy and will also be able to choose a specialty or area of interest within the field such as geriatrics or working with children. Washington University also offers post-graduate degrees. The master of science degree requires 27 months to complete while the occupational therapy doctorate program is a 39-month degree program with a required choice of concentration in any of four subject areas.
Washington University in St. Louis
School of Medicine
4444 Forest Park Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108
314-286-1600
wustl.edu
University of Southern California
Located in Los Angeles, California, the University of Southern California's occupational science and occupationaltherapy program trains students to practice in the field of occupational therapy. Students will learn help those patients with limitations, either through disease or disability, live a quality life. The USC occupational therapy and science program exposes students to a combination of classroom work, clinical practice and research study. USC offers students a variety of degree options including bachelor's, one-year and two-year master's programs, and doctoral programs in occupational therapy.
USC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133
Los Angeles, CA 90089
323-442-2850
usc.edu
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