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USC Chan Magazine
Fall 2024

Cover article

Summertime and the Livin’ is OT ⟩

by Jamie Wetherbe

During the past decade, USC’s Summer Occupational Therapy Immersion program has graduated more than 500 students, changing their lives and careers while building an internationally-connected Trojan family.

Featured article

Golden Goals ⟩

by Michelle McCarthy

After receiving a heart transplant at Keck Hospital of USC, former NCAA soccer player Courtney Shoda is relearning how to play the game of life.

Featured article

Join the Club: Faculty Member Joy Agner Mobilizing Knowledge about the Clubhouse Model to Support People with Mental Health Conditions ⟩

by Katharine Gammon

By partnering with a community organization, one USC Chan faculty member demonstrates how to engage a user base, develop a collaborative research agenda and put knowledge to work for the people who can most use it.

Other article

Can Sensory Adaptations Ease Children’s Dental Fears and Anxieties? ⟩

by Mike McNulty

New $5.5 million NIH-funded study led by Leah Stein Duker extends research line begun in 2011.

Other article

Professor Sharon Cermak’s Retirement Caps Illustrious Career Spanning More than Five Decades ⟩

Celebrating the 55-year career of one of occupational therapy’s most prolific researchers studying developmental disorders in children.

Research Buzz

On Board with Offloading ⟩

by Stacey Schepens Niemiec

Can Lifestyle Redesign® occupational therapy improve care practices and outcomes for diabetic foot ulcers?

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ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) is accredited by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org.

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for the national certification examination administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. All states require licensure to practice; a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT® OTR certification examination or attain state licensure. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.