Occupational Therapy

The two-year, entry-level, MSOT program is an 80-credit full time program consisting of daytime, weekday classes with some evening commitments and a fully online first semester. The program begins at the end of May, with the first four courses fully online using a combination of synchronous and asynchronous methods (See Technology and Required Competencies below). Students then arrive to campus in August for a condensed 3-week Anatomy and Physiology Course with full dissection cadaver lab. All courses are sequential. The curriculum is designed to provide an excellent education for students planning for professional roles as occupational therapy practitioners in traditional settings, as well as in areas of newly identified need. All qualified students are awarded a Master of Science degree after successful completion of the coursework. This program includes a majority of didactic classroom courses with some online courses, completion of both level I and level II fieldwork experiences, and a master capstone project.

Curricular Sequence for 2022-2023

Students will have two types of formal fieldwork experiences: Level I and Level II.  

Level I Fieldwork experiences are held in the local area as they are part of the didactic semesters. They provide an exposure to various contexts, familiarize students with a variety of clients and give students the opportunity to demonstrate professional behaviors.  Students build on, and apply core knowledge with each new setting encountered. In line with our curriculum design each student will have a Level I experience with the mental health population, childhood/adolescent population, and with the adult/older adult population. 

Level II Fieldwork experiences are full-time, 12-week supervised clinical experiences in which the emphasis is on the application of the academically acquired body of knowledge. Students are supervised by a licensed or registered occupational therapist. The goal of Level II Fieldwork is to develop competent, entry-level, generalist occupational therapists.  Le Moyne OT students will participate in two Level II Fieldworks. Our Academic Fieldwork Coordinator strives to place students in their areas of interest while balancing the need to provide students with a variety of learning experiences.  

Level II Fieldwork may require relocation. Relocation means that you may be placed at an agency that is more than 100 miles from your residence. Every attempt is made to accommodate student living arrangements; however availability and need may dictate the Level II selections. Currently, Le Moyne OT has arrangements with a total of over 200 sites which represent almost every state for Level II Fieldwork which include hospitals, outpatient clinics, public schools, preschools, and not-for-profit agencies.  

The philosophy of the Department of Occupational Therapy 

• Consistent with the Philosophical Base of the American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], 2017. 
• Idea that humans are self-directed, adaptive, occupational beings and as such, their development occurs in the context of occupation.
• Learning occurs as students are immersed in the educational occupations of innovative classroom activities, extracurricular leadership, collaboration with others both inside and outside the profession, and engagement in the research process. 
• Instructors structure educational occupations in order to help students extend and revise prior knowledge, see new ideas in a coherent relationship to one another, and apply knowledge to concrete problem-solving. 

The goals of the Department of Occupational Therapy 

• Transform students into emerging professionals that are globally thinking leaders, innovative service-oriented practitioners, and evidence-based interdisciplinary team members.

Student Learning Objectives for the Occupational Therapy Program At Le Moyne College

1. Apply OT services to individuals, groups, and organizational systems.
2. Communicate effectively with colleagues and clients to support the outcomes of OT.
3. Advocate for diversity, dignity and justice through the application of the OT framework.
4. Appraise the impact of contexts on one's occupational performance.
5. Apply theory and scholarship to daily practice as an occupational therapist through the selection of relevant evaluation and intervention efforts.
6. Demonstrate empathetic, ethical and lawful behavior consistent with the scope of OT practice.
7. Collaborate with stakeholders to develop emerging areas of OT practice.
8. Reflect on one's own practice and professional growth as an occupational therapist.

 

Occupational Therapy Program Vision Statement 

Within the Jesuit tradition, we envision the Department of Occupational Therapy to be nationally and internationally recognized for scholarship, leadership, teaching, and learning, and the ethical and professional excellence of its graduates and faculty providing evidence-based occupational therapy care and service for individuals and the global society. 

Occupational Therapy Program Mission Statement

The mission of the Le Moyne College Department of Occupational Therapy is to educate national and international professionals who can actively contribute to the profession through service, scholarship and leadership, promoting occupational justice in local and global communities. The Le Moyne occupational therapy graduate will be a reflective, compassionate, creative professional, committed to life-long learning. As such, the department will value and honor diversity, model and foster leadership, and facilitate spiritual, personal, and professional growth.