Excellent Reputation
Among clinicians, graduates, and prospective students, the School of Occupational Therapy at Puget Sound has established an excellent reputation. Contributions to this reputation include the program’s
- nationally recognized faculty dedicated to teaching excellence
- closely supervised, on-campus clinical experience with real clients (children and adult) and off-campus mental health treatment experience
- strong anatomy, biomechanics, and neuroscience foundations
- principles of analysis: human movement, task performance, environment
- theory and practice of pediatrics, gerontology, physical disabilities, and mental health
- superior clinical writing by graduates is consistently recognized by clinical supervisors.
- clinical readiness among Puget Sound graduates is widely recognized by clinical employers as outstanding.
- 100% success rate for placing students in Fieldwork II
- more than 95% of graduates have an NBCOT certification exam first time pass rate of >95%
- high student satisfaction and retention rates
Puget Sound graduates are recognized by clinical supervisors and employers as possessing outstanding clinical readiness and documentation skills.