Occupational therapy education: How to navigate in a Perfect Storm
Please click on and read all of the links - they include critical information that is required for this analysis. A little over four years ago I stated that there are too many occupational therapy educational programs in New York State . At the NYSOTA conference legislative information session in 2023 I stood up and suggested that we should all stop taking jobs at these institutions that were seeking to develop new programs. I thought that if we did not take those jobs that the problem would be solved. That was not realistic or correct, even if the intention was good. Well karma tends to strike when you make public pronouncements, so I thought I should expand on my perspectives on this topic. At current count there are still ~22 occupational therapy programs and ~11 occupational therapy assistant programs in NY. Most of the programs are delivered at the master's level. There are a very small number of entry level doctoral programs, but some of the current master's progra