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你喜欢帮助不同年龄的人吗? Are you looking for a profession that will make a difference? The Occupational Therapy Assistant program prepares students to assist clients recovering from injury or disability in regaining life skills for independent living. An OTA is an educated and licensed clinician who works under the direction of a licensed occupational therapist.

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卡耐基-梅隆的这个 baccalaureate-degree-level occupational therapy assistant program is accredited by the 认证 Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), 位于行政大道6116号, 200套房, 北贝塞斯达, MD 20852-4929. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is (301) 652-AOTA and its web address is www.acoteonline.org. Graduates of the program will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapy assistant administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). 在顺利完成这次考试之后, the individual will be a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA). 除了, all states require licensure in order to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT Certification Examination. Note that a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure.  

Upon completion of the general education requirements and OTA specific coursework, students must also complete 16 weeks of Level II fieldwork, 以及, 12个月内完成学士学位项目. 一旦完成, students will graduate with a Bachelor’s in OTA and will be eligible to sit for the NBCOT licensing exam.  

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The CMU OTA program provides a unique opportunity for students to gain all the benefits of campus life on a four-year liberal arts campus while completing their OTA degree. 校园宿舍, 学生组织, 领导和服务的机会, a career development office and much more can be a part of your CMU experience. CMU provides students with the opportunity to choose a specialty track that compliments the OTA program curriculum; setting them apart in the job market.

OTA students at Central receive a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, 包括关注与多样性有关的问题. You’ll be educated as a generalist with broad exposure to the delivery models and systems used in settings where OT is currently practiced and where it is emerging as a service. Students learn to apply evidence-based occupational therapy interventions to address the physical, 认知, 社会心理, 感觉, and other aspects of performance to support engagement in everyday life activities that affect health, 幸福, 和生活质量.

The technical courses within the OTA program allow for hands-on learning in the classroom and laboratory. Students also participate in simulation activities and clinical experiences, which give them a real-world view of the OTA profession. OTA students participate in four full-time clinical education affiliations with a total of 640 hours of both observation and hands-on experience. 除了, CMU OTA students have the unique opportunity to use their classroom knowledge and skills with people in the community where they learn.

作为CMU OTA专业的学生，您将有机会:

• learn during lecture, laboratory, collaborative, community and fieldwork experiences
• become eligible to sit for a national licensure exam to become licensed in the state where you practice
• receive a degree in one of the most rapidly growing professions in the U.S. 与国际
• 在各种环境下工作, 包括医院, 学校, 养老院, 精神病院, 康复中心, 门诊诊所
• improve the lives of  people, from children to the very old
• learn how to make a living and live a meaningful life

度可用

• OTA理学学士学位 菲也特校区

其他CMU项目:

• Post-Professional Bachelor's of Science in OTA (completion degree) - Online

入学要求

CMU的录取是有选择性的. Our admission staff carefully reviews and evaluates each application on an individual basis. Please review all requirements prior to applying for admission.

CMU入学要求

在被CMU录取后, students wishing to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree as an OTA must meet the additional requirements for acceptance into the OTA program.

OTA入学要求

OTA学士学位课程成果

OTA助理级项目成果

**** The OTAAS program was place on inactive status and No students admitted or graduated in 2022. The last AAS OTA cohort graduated in May 2021; the first BS OTA cohort entered in Fall 2021.

*** As of spring 2023, the 2021 graduating cohort has not taken the NBCOT exam.

** One student changed majors and chose to complete a BSN degree. 

* Students accepted into the 2019 OTA Program Cohort transferred to other Universities; one student changed majors and the other was accepted into an MSOT program after her third semester in the OTA program.

Program results from the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) can be found on the NBCOT网站

Central Methodist University’s BS OTA and OTAAS programs are Accredited by:

The 认证 Council for Occupational Therapy Education

马里兰州贝塞斯达蒙哥马利巷720号200室. 20814-3449

301 - 652 aota

认证状态a可在以下网址查看; http://acoteonline.org/