Occupational therapy is a client-centered, holistic profession concerned with promoting health and well-being through occupation and the therapeutic use of everyday activities to promote and maintain health, prevent disability, improve function, and enhance development across the lifespan. Occupations include things people need to do, want to do, are expected to do, and are things they enjoy doing, but have been interrupted by injury, insult, disease, or illness. Occupational therapy promotes evidenced-based approaches and interventions to assess and address wellness, rehabilitation, and adaptation throughout all aspects of recovery.

Occupational therapists work in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, long term care facilities, public and private schools, community organizations and programs, outpatient clinics, work settings, day care facilities, patient homes, corporations, and private practice.

The curriculum of the Doctoral Occupational Therapy Program at Presbyterian College replicates the science and theory-base of the profession, enabling student growth and understanding towards skilled intervention and approaches unique to occupational therapy. Progression through the program includes experiential and case-based learning, fieldwork experiences, capstone and programmatic development to develop leadership, creativity further, and critical thinking for future clinical practice, research, administration, leadership, program, and policy development, advocacy, education, and theory development.

View the latest Occupational Therapy Program flyer.

To schedule a visit or learn more, please contact:

Josh Tyson
Director of Graduate Enrollment
jhtyson@presby.edu
864-938-3746

The Admissions Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

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