Therapist / Occupational Therapy / Iowa / Capstone Coordinator/Assistant Professor - OTD Job
Company: Des Moines University
Location: Des Moines
Posted on: January 24, 2023
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Job Description:
Collaborating with and reporting to the Director and Chair of
the Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program, the Capstone
Coordinator will create and maintain an exceptional doctoral
capstone curriculum for occupational therapy students. Primary
responsibilities will be to plan, coordinate, facilitate,
administer, and monitor the capstone courses and activities. As a
faculty member the duties of all faculty positions include
teaching, service, and scholarly activities.Maintain current
knowledge of occupational therapy literature, reimbursement, and
ACOTE standards as they relate to the doctoral capstone.Communicate
and disseminate news and current information to all stakeholders
regarding health care changes affecting clinical practice and
education.Assist in development and design of the capstone portions
of the curriculum and individual student doctoral capstone
experiences and projects such that they reflect the curriculum
design and meet ACOTE standards.Create and update capstone forms
and processes to improve quality and efficiency of student capstone
experiences and projects, including management of length,
mentorship, and student evaluation.Collaborate with the Director of
Clinical Education to develop, maintain, and support quality
student fieldwork and doctoral experiential component affiliation
agreements and placements.In collaboration with the Director of
Clinical Education, administer a system to maintain the academic
programs capstone education materials and records, including but
not limited to contracts, memoranda of understanding, student
health records, liability protection, evaluations, and policies and
procedures. Utilize computer applications and software programs to
facilitate workload.Support overall program development and initial
accreditation as well as ongoing accreditation as instructed and
overseen by the Program Director/Chair. Ensure compliance with
capstone education requirements of ACOTE. This includes
participation in the preparation of accreditation documentation and
outcome performance assessments.Provide student clinical plan of
study, capstone, and academic advising.In collaboration with other
occupational therapy faculty, coordinate, plan, prepare, and carry
out capstone courses in a way which strengthens the ties between
didactic, fieldwork, and capstone education.In collaboration with
other occupational therapy faculty, coordinate, plan, prepare, and
carry out classroom and lab instruction of additional courses and
related activities in areas of expertise, as assigned by the
Program Director.Coordinate and communicate with capstone mentors
and students using site visits, emails, telephone calls, virtual
meetings, clinical education software programs, and other mediums
of communication.Ensure that capstone mentors are appropriate to
supervise and advise students depending on their expertise, focus
of the students individual experience and project, and alignment
with ACOTE standards.Provide professional leadership and support
for capstone mentors, including OT program faculty, through
training and professional development opportunities.Mediate
conflicts, establish specific learning objectives, record
attendance, and supervise capstone experiences and projects to
ensure that they are adequate and students achieve a satisfactory
level of performance.
Keywords: Des Moines University, Des Moines , Therapist / Occupational Therapy / Iowa / Capstone Coordinator/Assistant Professor - OTD Job, Education / Teaching , Des Moines, Iowa
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