PPOTD Curriculum at a Glance

Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate Curriculum

PPOTD Professional Year 1
Fall Spring Summer
OTH 700 Doctoral capstone experience I (1 credits) OTH 715 Intensive in community-based environmental assessment (3 credits) OTH 730 Research design and methods intensive (3 credits)
OTH 705 Developing, applying, and testing theory (3 credits) OTH 720 Occupation-based health promotion (3 credits) OTH 735 Evaluation and outcomes (3 credits)
OTH 710 Instructional design and academic preparedness (3 credits) OTH 725 Doctoral capstone experience II (1 credit)  
Total = 7 Total = 7 Total = 6
PPOTD Professional Year 2
Fall Spring  
OTH 740 Doctoral capstone experience III (6 weeks) (1 credits) OTH 755 Mentored studies in doctoral experiential component (3 credits)  
OTH 745 Leadership seminar (3 credits) OTH 760 Mentored doctoral experiential dissemination (3 credits)  
OTH 750 Social policy and rural health (3 credits)    
Total = 7 Total = 6  

Total = 33

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Heather Fritz, PhD, OTR/L CHC
Associate Professor and Founding Dean
School of Occupational Therapy
MultiCare Learning Center, Room 107
hfritz@pnwu.edu
509-249-7956


Jami Flick, PhD, MS, OTR/L
Director of Clinical Education
School of Occupational Therapy
MultiCare Learning Center, Room 123
jflick@pnwu.edu
509-249-7956


Kathleen Carrillo, BSHM
Executive Assistant to the Dean
School of Occupational Therapy
MultiCare Learning Center, Room 105
kcarrillo@pnwu.edu
509-249-7839