Coursework
Semester 1-Summer 2021:
OTD 6120 Human Anatomy for Occupational Therapy
OTD 6125 Human Anatomy for Occupational Therapy Lab
Assignments & Activities: This course pair was the most challenged I have felt in any course in my educational career and it taught me to remain curious when I am overwhelmed. Curiosity has become the most effective learning strategy I use. Curiosity caused me to be motivated by the full process of learning, exploring, and connecting with course content rather than just memorizing. By learning to approach challenging content with curiosity I learned to remain positive and engage with content rather than step back or become discouraged.
One assignment that was meaningful was drawing muscles on bones. I created a full folder of drawings and that process included exploring an interactive site, Visible Body, to look at the orientation, overlap, and insertion/origin sites of each muscle. I look back at that process as a time of connecting with the content and taking ownership of my learning process. I feel proud of that process and the way that it prepared me for further learning in cadaver lab and taking the course exams.
Semester 2- Fall 2021:
OTD 6235 Psychosocial Performance Lab
Assignments & Activities: In this course I became aware of and practiced using therapeutic use of self. I participated in learning many different assessments and throughout those I continually practiced using active listening skills and therapeutic use of self to respond to the scenarios I was given. I gave a portion of the KELS during a practical and the experience boosted my confidence in what I had learned and also in my growing ability to respond to unexpected client responses. Additionally, I planned and lead a group based intervention that was a culmination of content learned and guided by theory. The class as a whole felt left me feeling excited and equipped to talk with clients about their live's, even when conversation takes a challenging turn.
I created a few different Health Education Plans in the course and they were my first attempts at the process of creating individualized plans. They represent a new skill learned as well as my expanding ability to create for an individual need.
Semester 3- Spring 2022:
OTD 6335 Occupational Problem-Based Learning Lab
Assignments & Activities: Throughout this course I learned different types of reasoning and how they can be used to understand and guide action in an individual's therapy case. I learned to find and use the resources needed to find information I am lacking and the confidence to use the knowledge I have gained. As my confidence in my reasoning skills grew throughout the semester classes felt fun and explorational, rather than filled with uncertainty of the process required to understand complex cases. I also grew in my enjoyment of group-based learning and the benefits of collaboration as each class relied on this style of learning.
Another aspect of this course was exploration of interventions used in OT and were taught by each class-member presenting an 'in-service' on an intervention. I chose an intervention that is often not talked about and pushed my self to explore a challenging topic area. I gained valuable information and feel proud of the skills I practiced in discussing a sometimes overlooked intervention area.
Current and Future
Semester 4-Summer 2022-
OTD 7420 Functional Neuroscience
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OTD 7410 Neurorehabilitation Theory and Performance
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OTD 7415 Neurorehabilitation Performance Lab
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Semester 5- Fall 2022
OTD 7510 Musculoskeletal Theory and Performance
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OTD 7515 Musculoskeletal Performance Lab
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OTD 7520 Children & Youth in Health Systems
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OTD 7525 Pediatric Performance in the Clinic Lab
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OTD 7530 Children & Youth in the Community
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OTD 7535 Pediatric Performance in the Community Lab
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OTD 8500 Capstone Seminar I: Exploration
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OTD 7450 Access and Technology
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OTD 7610 Fieldwork and Professional Development III
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OTD 8510 Capstone Seminar II: Preparation
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Semester 6-Spring 2023
OTD 8000 Level IIA Fieldwork
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OTD 8050 Level IIB Fieldwork
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Semester 7-Summer 2023
OTD 8525 Capstone A Experience
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OTD 8540 Capstone Seminar III: Process
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Semester 8- Fall 2023
OTD 8535 Capstone B Experience
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OTD 8550 Capstone Seminar IV: Product and Presentation
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OTD 9000 Special Topics
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