Joan Vartanian OTR/L

Academic Fieldwork Contract and Prerequisite Administrator and Instructor of Clinical Occupational Therapy

CHP 115
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Joan Vartanian has extensive clinical experience working with physical disabilities populations and enhances the education-practice intersection of the USC Chan Division’s newly redesigned professional program’s adult rehabilitation curriculum. For more than two decades, Ms. Vartanian has delivered occupational therapy interventions in many practice settings, including acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient and long-term care, as well as having held clinical administrative leadership positions. She has previously served USC as Chief of Occupational Therapy at USC University Hospital (since renamed Keck Hospital of USC), as an intervener on the NIH-funded USC Well Elderly 2 and Pressure Ulcer Prevention Studies, and as Adjunct Faculty instructor for OT452, OT466 and OT468. She earned her B.A. in Occupational Therapy from College of Saint Catherine (since renamed St. Catherine University) in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Education

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.