{"id":13431,"date":"2022-12-20T08:16:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T13:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=13431"},"modified":"2022-12-20T15:30:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T20:30:30","slug":"elizabethtown-colleges-inaugural-class-of-post-professional-occupational-therapy-doctorate-students-complete-requirements-for-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/elizabethtown-colleges-inaugural-class-of-post-professional-occupational-therapy-doctorate-students-complete-requirements-for-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College\u2019s Inaugural Class of Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate Students Complete Requirements for Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, the inaugural class of Elizabethtown College\u2019s Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) students presented their capstone projects over Zoom, completing the requirements for graduation through the School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI am very proud of the work of the students and faculty in the culmination of the new Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate program,\u201d Tamera Humbert, Dean of the School of Human and Health Professions stated. \u201cThe work of these candidates brings expanded knowledge and application to the communities in which they serve as occupational therapists.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Post-Professional Capstone Experience allows students to apply advanced knowledge by developing, implementing, and disseminating an in-depth, evidence-based project of choice. The OTD students presented on the following topics:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cImpact of an Interoception-Based Intervention on Self-Regulation in Adults with Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries: A Pilot Study\u201d by Meghan Chemidlin \u201919, M \u201920, OTD \u201922<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTrauma, Interoception, and Executive Functioning: A Project Development\u201d by Kelly (Kleindienst) Epps \u201917, M \u201918, OTD \u201922<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAdapting the Zones of Regulation Curriculum to Facilitate Self-Regulation and Co-Regulation in the Special Education Setting\u201d by Maddy (Jackson) Moore \u201913, M \u201914, OTD \u201922<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDiscovering Techniques to Promote Self-Regulation in Preschool Staff\u201d by Holly Naradko \u201912, M \u201913, OTD \u201922<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Post-Professional OTD program was approved in 2020 by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) and is Elizabethtown College\u2019s first doctorate program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am truly honored and proud to be one of the graduates of Elizabethtown College&#8217;s first OTD class,\u201d Maddy (Jackson) Moore \u201913, M \u201914, OTD \u201922 said. \u201cI originally returned to Etown to pursue a second Master\u2019s, however, my advisor helped me navigate my education to complete the OTD instead, meeting my long-term learning goals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These students are Etown\u2019s first graduates from the OTD program and all have previously earned their Bachelor of Science in Health Occupations and Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Elizabethtown College.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was thrilled that my alma mater was offering a post-professional doctorate so that I would be able to rejoin the Occupational Therapy department once again,\u201d Kelly (Kleindienst) Epps \u201917,\u00a0 M \u201918, OTD \u201922 said. \u201cThe OT department at Etown is like a big family and being a part of it on any level is a joy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Etown Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elizabethtown College\u2019s Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate is designed for licensed occupational therapists with a master\u2019s degree in occupational therapy and is directed by Dr. Kerri Hample. The interdisciplinary curriculum prepares students to explore new areas of interest and further develop advanced practitioner roles. The OTD program is offered through Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) and is entirely online with a flexible schedule to fit into the lives of working occupational therapists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the inaugural class of Elizabethtown College\u2019s Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) students presented their capstone projects over Zoom, completing the requirements for graduation through the School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS).\u00a0 \u201cI am very proud of the work of the students and faculty in the culmination of the new Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":13433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,1339],"tags":[237,197,1350,294,1419],"class_list":["post-13431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-alumni","tag-alumni","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-occupational-therapy","tag-sgps","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13431"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13512,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13431\/revisions\/13512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}