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 fully 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) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status 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. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.