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The Boston School of Occupational Therapy is an American college offering degree programs in occupational therapy. It is part of the Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences. It was founded in 1918 at the request of the surgeon general of the United States Army, and became affiliated to Tufts University in 1945. [1]
To practice as an occupational therapist, the individual trained in the United States: [1] Has graduated from an occupational therapy program (currently at the master's or doctoral levels) accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) [2] or predecessor organizations;
Occupational therapy (OT), also known as ergotherapy, is a healthcare profession. Ergotherapy is derived from the Greek ergon which is allied to work, to act and to be active. Occupational therapy is based on the assumption that being active is a basic human need and that purposeful activity has a health-promoting and therapeutic effect.
In Nigeria, Physiotherapy training is a 5-year Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPhysio) or Bachelor of Medical Rehabilitation (BMR) degree programme. [1] A 1-year clinical internship program under the supervision of senior and experienced clinician physiotherapists is required upon graduation from an accredited University before the new graduate can be licensed to practice as a physiotherapist.
The Boston MCPHS campus is based at 179 Longwood Avenue, in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area.It is next to the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Harvard Medical School, and near health care institutions such as Boston Children's Hospital, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
In 2013, West Coast University launched Global Public Health programs. Today, students have traveled to Panama, Costa Rica, Belize, Moldova, and Argentina. West Coast University's Los Angeles campus received approval by WASC for a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Doctor of Pharmacy programs.
There are 11 master's degree programs [20] and three doctoral programs: physical therapy, [21] occupational therapy [22] and business administration. [23] There are Study Abroad Programs for Fall and spring semesters, winter and May interim, and summer programs offered in more than 40 countries.
During that same year the college added an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) A.S. degree followed by the school's first bachelor's program, a B.S. degree in nursing. AHU later added two more associate degrees, one in pre-professional studies (2000) and the other in nuclear medicine (2002). [12] [14] [11]