Training Opportunities

Career Advancement and Development in Rehabilitation Research (K12)

The Career Advancement and Development in Rehabilitation Research, or “CADRRE,” program is a partnership between the University of Florida and the University of Southern California funded by an NIH Institutional Career Development K12 training grant. Its purpose is to build a national training network for early career faculty who are occupational and physical therapists. As K12 Scholars, participants receive advanced training, mentored research experience, and protected time to prepare them to become independent investigators, as well as future leaders and mentors in the field of rehabilitation. Learn more about CADRRE on our website or visit the project website at cadrre.phhp.ufl.edu.

Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI)

KL2 Post-doctoral Mentored Career Research Development Award

The three-year KL2 Mentored Career Development Program supports the research career development of promising individuals who have recently completed professional training and who are commencing basic, translational, and/or clinical research. KL2 Scholars must have a research or professional doctoral degree in a clinical discipline. Applicants should be junior faculty members or anticipate promotion to faculty status. Applicants must be seeking a career in clinical and/or translational research. PhD faculty in the health professions seeking a transition into a clinical research career also qualify for this program. Their departments are expected to support their development as researchers on completion of the program. Individuals will work with their mentors and ECDE advisors to choose appropriate graduate-level clinical research coursework to achieve core competencies in clinical and translational research. In the process of acquiring these competencies, scholars are encouraged to obtain a Master of Science in Clinical and Biomedical Investigations from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) 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 master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is in Accreditation–Inactive 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.

Professional program graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the 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.