Office: Room 2226 CPHS: 313-577-5884
Program Director: Doreen Head
Admissions Coordinator: Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller
Fieldwork Education Level I and II: Kim Banfill
Administrative Support Associate: Genevieve Zidzik
Administrative Assistant: Raquel Burchett
http://cphs.wayne.edu/ot/

The goal of the Occupational Therapy Doctorate (O.T.D.) program is to educate individuals to become occupational therapy health care professionals. It is designed as a 3-year program. Students must complete the required prerequisites prior to admission. Upon completion of the O.T.D. degree, students are eligible to sit for the national certification and examination procedures of the National Board of Certification in Occupational Therapy.  A state License to practice is required after successful completion of the NBCOT certification examination.

Admission: Applicants must meet the admission standards of the Graduate School. Please contact the Occupational Therapy Program for further information.

Students admitted without a bachelor’s degree are encouraged to apply for the Bachelor of Health Science (B.H.S.) from Wayne State University after completing semester 6 of the OTD program.

Professional Program Admission: Applicants must apply for admission to the professional program, using the Occupational Therapy Centralized Application Service (OTCAS) Application, and be formally admitted at the graduate level. All applicants must hold a minimum grade point average of 3.0 or above for the professional program.

Accreditation: The M.O.T. program at Wayne State University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE), the accrediting body of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The address for ACOTE is:
ACOTE, C/O Accreditation Department
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
7501 Wisconsin Avenue,
Suite 510E Bethesda, MD 20814

The courses prepare students to take the National Certification Examination (National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy).

One Bank Street Suite 300.
Gaithersburg MD 20878.
Phone: 301-990-7979.
Info@nbcot.org.
American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
telephone: 301-652-6611; Fax: 301-652-7711

The O.T.D. program requires 103 credits, all of which are taken within the O.T.D. program. The credits are divided as follows: 83 credits comprise the core courses on foundational knowledge and hands-on preparation for clinical practice. Twelve credit hours is for Level II (6 months) where students hone their therapeutic skills in clinical settings. Eight hours is for the Capstone Experiential, the final component of the program (14 weeks) when students design and implement a doctoral level project in the community or clinic.