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During this culminating clinical experience students will apply knowledge and skills learned through didactic interactions in the clinical setting. Supervision from a licensed therapist gradually decreases as students gain independence in working with clients through the processes of assessment, intervention, and discharge in the therapeutic setting. Students are challenged to take lead roles in advocacy, program development, interprofessional collaboration, and supervision of OTA and support staff. At the end of the FW II experience, students are responsible for a full caseload independently as entry-level therapists.

In a setting different from that in Level II Fieldwork I, students will apply knowledge and skills learned through didactic interactions in the clinical setting. Supervision from a licensed therapist gradually decreases as students gain independence in working with clients through the processes of assessment, intervention, and discharge in the therapeutic setting. Students are challenged to take lead roles in advocacy, program development, interprofessional collaboration, and supervision of OTA and support staff. At the end of the FW II experience, students are responsible for a full caseload independently as entry-level therapists.

This course will develop occupational therapists with advanced skills (those that are beyond a generalist level). The doctoral experiential component is an integral part of the program's curriculum design and, as such, includes an in-depth experience in one or more of the following: clinical practice skills, research skills, administration, servant leadership, program and policy development, advocacy, education, or theory development.

In this course students will explore definitions and perspectives of health, wellness, disability, and suffering inside and outside of the context of a Christian worldview. Exploration will include health and wellness implications for occupational participation and performance, as well as an exploration of evidence for the impact of occupational participation on health promotion and prevention of disease. Worldview and the philosophy of Occupational Therapy will be explored and applied to care planning and clinical reasoning for Occupational Therapy practice.

This summation of the program will include rich discussion of overarching program themes: faith-based practice, servant leadership in healthcare, community practice, holistic program development, and others. Discussion will consider the foundations and practice of occupational therapy as well as the social, cultural, and political influences on the profession. Students will share with each other, the faculty, and the community the outcomes of their individual residency programs.