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Application & Admissions:
Certificate Programs
Advanced Professional Study in Occupational Therapy
Many occupational therapists are quickly confronted in their careers with consultative, administrative, and supervisory
responsibilities and the need for increased specialization. The certificate in advanced professional study offers a way for
occupational therapists to prepare to meet some of these growing demands in the field. The certificate program also provides
occupational therapists with a valuable means of pursuing their professional education in the rapidly expanding specialty
areas of community-based and school-based programs.
The certificate requires four course credits as follows.
One core course:
OTS 209 Clinical Research (prerequisite: statistics)
Three specialty courses:
OTS 105 Assistive Technology
OTS 220 Methods of Education for Occupational Therapists
OTS 229 Occupational Therapy Practice with Older Adults
OTS 233 Occupational Therapy Management and Administration
OTS 273 Theory and Management of Pain
OTS 280 Early Intervention: Assessment and Programming
OTS 281 Early Intervention: An Ecological Approach
OTS 284 School-Based Practice: Programmatic Issues
OTS 285 School-Based Practice: Assessment to Intervention
OTS 291 Physiology of Exercise and Physical Performance
OTS 293 Special Topics
OTS 294 Special Topics
These courses and other electives are offered on the basis of interest and enrollment. Elective graduate-level courses at
Tufts may be substituted based on a student's needs. An individual course of study is arranged with the program adviser.
For more information and on-line application assistance, please visit the
application page on the
graduate web site or call the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies at (617) 627-3395.
Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation
This certificate program is intended for practicing occupational therapists who would like to use coursework to gain
knowledge in the occupational therapy specialty of hand and upper extremity therapy. Therapists who complete this course
series are eligible to apply for a hand therapy clinical fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Students who do not
elect to pursue the fellowship will still receive the certificate of advanced professional study upon completion of the four
courses.
The certificate requires four course credits as follows:
OTS 274 Topics in Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation I: Fall
OTS 275 Topics in Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation II: Spring
OTS 276 Topics in Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation III: Summer
OTS 209 Clinical Research
or
OTS 210 Thesis Research
For more information and on-line application assistance, please visit the
application page on the
graduate web site or call the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies at (617) 627-3395.
School-Based Practice Specialization
The school-based practice specialization will prepare occupational therapists to be advanced practitioners in the area of school-based practice. Graduates of the program will be able to influence services within their local schools to provide educationally-relevant services consistent with special education law and the direction from the American Occupational Therapy Association. The certificate program also provides occupational therapists with a valuable means of pursuing their professional education in the rapidly expanding specialty areas of community-based and school-based programs.
The certificate requires four course credits as follows.
- Two core courses required (School Setting specific – 2 course credits):
OTS 284 School-based Practice: Programmatic Issues
OTS 285 School-based Practice: Assessment to Intervention
- Select one of the following in Research of related coursework (1 credit):
OTS 208 Clinical Reasoning IV: Evidence Based Practice
OTS 209 Clinical Research
OTS 288 Outcomes Measurement and Monitoring
- Content Course (1 credit) to be approved by your adviser
For more information and on-line application assistance, please visit the
application page on the
graduate web site or call the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies at (617) 627-3395.
Certificate of Advanced Study in Pain Topics
Read more about this certificate program.
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