Applied Medicine and Rehabilitation

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Objectives:

The purpose of the Occupational Therapy Master of Science program is to prepare students for a career as an occupational therapist. The global objectives of the Occupational Therapy program are as follows:

• Utilize critical thinking with the knowledge derived from the biological, behavioral, and clinical sciences for clinical decision-making.
• Demonstrate ethical behavior consistent with professional and legal standards.
• Provide guidance and interventions to enhance or enable participation in roles in home, school, workplace, and community settings and to promote wellness.
• Provide safe and effective standards of care for a diverse client population.
• Communicate effectively with clients, families, colleagues, other health care workers, and the general public orally and in writing.
• Plan and execute research, disseminate research findings, and critically evaluate the professional literature to promote evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrate continuing personal and professional growth to maintain professional competence, advance career development, and contribute to the development of the profession.
• Analyze trends in health care and advocate for community-based initiatives related to health and well-being.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Objectives:

Graduates of the Physician Assistant Program will have the knowledge and skills to:

• Apply the principles of evidence-based medicine and critical thinking in clinical decision making
• Practice compassionate primary care medicine
• Communicate effectively with patients and families
• Partner with supervising physicians and other professional colleagues
• Utilize practice and system-based analysis to ensure patient safety
• Practice in a cost-effective and socially responsible manner
• Commit to high ethical standards responsive to the needs of the profession, the individual, and society.

PHYSICAL THERAPY, DOCTOR OF 

The purpose of the doctor of physical therapy degree is to educate competent health care providers who are skillfully able to effectively examine, evaluate, diagnose, and provide appropriate interventions for clients with primary, secondary, and tertiary physical impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities across the lifespan. The physical therapist has in-depth knowledge of cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal, integumentary and neuromuscular disorders. Physical therapists function as point-of-entry providers of physical rehabilitation and rehabilitation services. Students are accepted into a full-time cohort model once a year starting with the first summer term. Students enroll in courses in a predetermined sequence as outlined in the program of study which can be found on the program website at: http://www.indstate.edu/health/program/dpt. The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program requires 100 post-baccalaureate graduate credit hours. The core of the clinical hours are spent with physical therapy preceptors providing supervised client care for a total of 18 credit hours. The didactic and theory credit includes laboratory time, service learning, practice hours using patient simulation/volunteers and independent research culminating in a scholarly project.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Students must meet the general entrance requirements of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies in addition to a separate program admission application for each individual program below.

Admission requirements for the five graduate programs offered at Indiana State University are listed below:

ATHLETIC TRAINING

Admissions requirements for the Athletic Training Post-Professional (D.A.T.) program are listed on the program’s website: https://www.indstate.edu/health/department/amr/program/dat

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

The Occupational Therapy Program at Indiana State University is accredited at the Masters Entry Level by the Accreditation Council on Occupational Therapy Education.  For more information regarding accreditation and accreditation status you may contact The Accreditation Council on Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE): http://www.aota.org/Education-Careers/Accreditation.aspx

Admissions requirements for the Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy program are listed on the programs website:  http://indstate.edu/amr/occupational-therapy/

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Admissions requirements for the Physician Assistant program are listed on the program’s website: http://www.indstate.edu/amr/physician-assistant/

PHYSICAL THERAPY

Admissions requirements for the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program are listed on the program’s website: http://www.indstate.edu/amr/physical-therapy/