Tufts University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

MSc in Occupational Therapy: Post-professional Master’s

The Post-Professional Masters degree is for registered occupational therapists with a bachelor's degree in OT. The program is designed to increase practice and evidence-based research knowledge and skills in areas such as childhood and adolescence, upper extremity rehabilitation, management, aging, education, mental health, and assistive technology. Students may also choose a self-directed concentration focused on their individual interests.

This program can be completed on a full or part-time basis. Students have the option of completing the degree without a thesis.

• Non-thesis: 30 total credits required
• Thesis: 30 total credits required

Eligibility

• Registered occupational therapists or candidates, eligible for registration.
• International applicants, your degree must be from a World Federation of Occupational Therapists approved school/university.
• Applicants who received their undergraduate or graduate degree outside of the United States are required to have their degree transcript evaluated by World Education Services (WES). This credential evaluation must document the minimum equivalency of a U.S. baccalaureate and/or a U.S. master's degree or higher. When requesting a transcript evaluation, please request a "course-by-course" evaluation with grades.

Prerequisites

One course in introductory statistics. The prerequisite course must be passed with a grade of B- or better and taken at an accredited college.

Learning Objectives

• Apply evidence‐based assessment of outcomes in the student’s leadership area.
• Demonstrate leadership knowledge in the student’s area of practice specialization.
• Demonstrate critical thinking to address advanced practice, policy, and professional issues related to an area of leadership.
• Demonstrate growth of leadership abilities in an area of advanced practice as demonstrated by written and orally presented work.
• Be able to communicate the process and outcomes of teaching and learning within each course, within the department, and to external audiences.
• Demonstrate the ability to complete a written leadership project that includes a synthesis of the best available evidence and sound and systematic procedures and methods to examine project aims, processes, and outcomes.
• Demonstrate the ability to implement an independent leadership project using sound and systematic procedures and methods of data collection and analysis.
• Demonstrate the ability to report on, interpret, and disseminate leadership project results to internal and external audiences.