The Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) program is housed in the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science (RMS) in the School of Health Professions (SHP) on the Newark campus, in the division of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS).
Program Information
The program will admit 26 each year, and offer continuous enrollment for 8 consecutive semesters, where summers are included as a separate semester (approximately 32 courses including 6 months of fieldwork). Fieldwork will be integrated throughout the curriculum (for a total of 28 weeks plus the doctoral experiential internship). Students must complete 24 weeks of Level II fieldwork as well as the individual 14-week capstone experience within 12 months following the completion of the didactic portion of the program. The doctoral capstone experience is started after completion of all coursework and Level II fieldwork as well as completion of preparatory activities defined in 2018 ACOTE OTD Standard D.1.3.
This is not a Ph.D. program; so, no dissertation is required, however students will engage in scholarship as part of their doctoral experiential internship. The purpose of a clinical doctorate program, and the 14-week doctoral experiential internship, is to focus on preparing practitioners with advanced clinical and leadership skills.
Students can be involved in our community clinics.
The Rehabilitation and Movement Science Department serves the community through its faculty practice which provides occupational and physical therapy to the school children in Newark and Patterson. The faculty practice mission is to provide the highest quality physical and occupational therapy services to students with special needs to achieve maximum function and participation in educational environments, and to improve each client’s quality-of-life with a goal of community integration. We currently have contracts with school districts in the northern New Jersey area.
Please check out the Rutgers University OTD Program Website for more information about admission requirements, tuition, curriculum, etc.
shp.rutgers.edu/rehabilitation-movement-sciences/occupational-therapy-doctorate/#program
This is not a Ph.D. program; so, no dissertation is required, however students will engage in scholarship as part of their doctoral experiential internship. The purpose of a clinical doctorate program, and the 14-week doctoral experiential internship, is to focus on preparing practitioners with advanced clinical and leadership skills.
Students can be involved in our community clinics.
The Rehabilitation and Movement Science Department serves the community through its faculty practice which provides occupational and physical therapy to the school children in Newark and Patterson. The faculty practice mission is to provide the highest quality physical and occupational therapy services to students with special needs to achieve maximum function and participation in educational environments, and to improve each client’s quality-of-life with a goal of community integration. We currently have contracts with school districts in the northern New Jersey area.
Please check out the Rutgers University OTD Program Website for more information about admission requirements, tuition, curriculum, etc.
shp.rutgers.edu/rehabilitation-movement-sciences/occupational-therapy-doctorate/#program