PP-OTD Doctoral Capstone
Students in the PP-OTD will complete a culminating scholarly project as a condition of graduation. This project is known as the doctoral capstone.
- The PP-OTD doctoral capstone is an individualized project that includes a final version of students’ capstone proposal that is suitable for professional dissemination about the findings from the student's scholarly work, relating theory to practice and demonstrating synthesis of advanced knowledge.
- The doctoral capstone is intended to promote the value of occupational therapy for individuals, communities and society by providing an in-depth exposure to one or more of the following:
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- Clinical practice skills
- Research skills
- Administration
- Leadership
- Program and policy development
- Advocacy
- Education
- Theory development
- The doctoral capstone is an independently mentored project as partial fulfillment of a post-professional clinical doctoral education in which students implement a scholarly process that evaluates or defines professional practice, service delivery and/or professional issues.
The capstone process includes the following steps:
Development and exploration → Planning and creation → Implementation and assessment → Professional dissemination
Get more information about the project
The contains additional, detailed information about the capstone project. Students are strongly encouraged to thoroughly review this information. In addition, PP-OTD students will complete coursework that will prepare them for the capstone project.