Dr. Lisa Bagby, Assistant Professor of Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences, together with the Occupational Therapy Team, launched the Entry-Level Occupational Therapy Doctorate (eOTD) program in Fall 2022.
As the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator for the program, Dr. Bagby focuses on empowering people and diverse communities. The program’s courses, service learning initiatives, and fieldwork experiences apply a social model of disability, in which students are taught to consider the intersection of health and social conditions.
Over the course of five semesters, students also complete monthly service learning experiences in a diverse community setting in the DC area, prior to beginning their clinical rotations. Given the persistent and systemic inequities faced by marginalized and minoritized groups in the United States, Dr. Bagby seeks to develop future occupational therapists with skills to not only improve individual functioning within a given setting, but also to be catalysts for change in the hearts and minds of our society at large.
Please visit the Entry-Level Occupational Therapy Doctorate program website for more information.