Occupational Therapy Education at the MGH Institute of Health Professions
At the MGH Institute of Health Professions, occupational therapy education is conducted in an interprofessional graduate academic setting where innovative educational methods and contemporary technology are incorporated within an environment that encourages integrity, creativity, independent thinking, intellectual curiosity, collaboration, respect, and self-reflection.
Occupational therapy education is grounded in the belief that humans are complex beings and that through active engagement with their environments, humans evolve, change and adapt. Occupational therapy education is a dynamic process, within which students and faculty share responsibility for the teaching-learning interaction that fosters a commitment to lifelong learning. This dynamic is facilitated by faculty leaders, master clinicians, scholars, and researchers who are major contributors to the professional and academic communities.
The MGH Institute of Health Professions curriculum provides early and consistent exposure to clients using the large and diverse practice community of metropolitan Boston and on-site clinics. We value interprofessional and collaborative practice as essential to high quality, client centered care. As the first occupational therapy program in Boston to educate students at the doctoral level for entry into practice, we are committed to the growth and development of scholarly clinicians who will lead in today’s ever -changing care delivery system and advance the practice and profession of occupational therapy. We believe that OTD education at the entry- level is in keeping with the future of health professions education and that it aligns with AOTA’s centennial vision which states “by 2017 occupational therapy is a powerful, widely recognized, science driven and evidence-based profession with a globally connected and diverse workforce meeting society’s occupational needs”.