The comprehensive online training program assists healthcare educators and those interested in transitioning into academia in the development of essential knowledge and skills within the academic setting. The 26-week program features 13 faculty-led modules that promote excellence in professional healthcare education. Learners will increase knowledge, skills, and confidence to promote academic excellence, create opportunities for significant learning, and enhance professional growth for success within healthcare education.

Program Objectives

Upon completion of the program faculty will:

1. Discuss shared governance, healthcare accreditation, and the laws and policies that influence the academic environment and faculty roles.
2. Develop a network of mentors and colleagues to support professional growth, leadership development, and excellence within the academic setting.
3. Develop high-impact course offerings and instructional strategies based on learning science theory and universal design concepts that support students’ motivation, competence, self-efficacy, and self-directed learning.
4. Design high-quality student assessment tools that objectively measure learning, skill development, and readiness for clinical education.
5. Create resources, strategies, and interventions that build a culture of resilience and support student success through the academic rigors of graduate healthcare education.
6. Create professional resources to guide development and integration of leadership skills, teaching excellence, and scholarship achievement to facilitate promotion within the academic environment.
7. Enhance knowledge and skills that promote a professional scholarship agenda.
8. Promote cultures of empowerment, innovation, and quality improvement through effective program assessment and strategic planning initiatives.

Program Research

View the research poster on this program presented at the 2023 Combined Sections Meeting here.

Summary of Research

View a summary of the program research here.

Contact Hours

PTs: 93 Hours | OTs: 95 Hours
 
If your goal is to earn your Post-professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD), we have partnered with Southern California University (SCU) to help you. The first two terms are core content, and the final two terms include a specialty certification. The Faculty Certification in Academic Excellence is part is one of the six elective tracks offered!
 

Evidence In Motion is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 8052. This Distance learning-interactive activity is offered at 95.08 CEUs Advanced, Professional Issues, Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.