The Curriculum: Learning by Doing
Core curriculum threads:
- Leadership and Communication Skills
- Professional Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes
- Analysis and Synthesis of Information, Ideas and Decisions
- Appreciation of roles of values and ethical principles
The faculty in the occupational therapy program at Spalding University is dedicated to providing a high quality educational experience that will lead to each student's success as an occupational therapy practitioner and community citizen. The philosophy of occupational therapy is that we can create healing by doing. The educational philosophy for the curriculum in the occupational therapy program is based around the ideas of learning by doing.
Learning by doing is embodied in all of the educational experiences that the occupational therapy student participates in during his or her professional education. Examples of this type of learning include:
- Community educational programs
- Fieldwork experiences
- Lab experiences in the community
- Program development in community sites
- Use of multi-media technology to enhance instruction
- Service learning opportunities
- Study abroad programs
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