What are the evaluation measures used by the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program faculty?
There are numerous measures that the program uses. On this site you will find: Attrition Data: this tells you how many students enrolled in the program that did not complete the program. This can be for various reasons (i.e.: poor grades, change of major, etc.). NBCOT Examination results: The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy is charged with developing national examinations for students to take following their graduation from either OTA or OTR programs. This examination is a bar that indicates that students who pass have the skills and abilities to be hired as entry-level practitioners. These results are correlated to the quality of education that students receive. A high passage rate is one sign of a good program! Like anything, pass rates fluctuate for a variety of reasons such as test anxiety and learning disabilities. Examining the number of students who retook the exam and passed is a good statistic to note! Graduate job placement: Following graduation, the
