The Duke Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) program envisions a world where all people flourish through access to and participation in meaningful, health-supporting occupations and activities of everyday life.
Duke OTD is committed to weaving students’ personal and professional development together to shape leaders, focusing on eliminating human suffering caused by barriers to occupation. To welcome and form a cohort of students from as many walks of life as possible, we have taken the following actions to create a multifaceted learning community.
- Active learning and engagement in the community
- Faculty position focused on recruitment and retention
- Intentional integration between the personal and professional
- Focus on the justice work of eliminating human suffering caused by barriers to occupation
- A holistic admissions process to welcome all students
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Accreditation
The entry-level occupational therapy doctoral degree program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814. 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 therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR). In addition, all states require licensure 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.