Learning and Service Opportunities

Service Opportunities

The UIW OTD program is vested in creating learning opportunities for building social justice through
advocacy project(s) by embracing diversity, equity and inclusion. The advocacy project is designed to
engage in sociocultural, socioeconomic, diversity factors and lifestyle choices of populations locally
or internationally to address occupational justice. Student groups design and carry out an
occupation-based program to address the needs of the population. A formal evaluation of outcomes
and processes are measured.

Interprofessional Education

The OTD program at UIW has many opportunities to learn and develop through interprofessional
education. The School of Rehabilitation Sciences houses the Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Doctor
of Physical Therapy and the Master of Science in Athletic Training degrees. Across UIW, there is a
School of Osteopathic Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Optometry and School of Pharmacy,
all of which create additional interprofessional classroom and lab experiences. Fieldwork and
capstone experiences develop exposure to other areas of clinical work and research through
interdisciplinary practices.