Duke Occupational Therapy Doctorate

Duke OTD offers innovative education, research, and collaborative opportunities that affirm the vital role of occupation in human flourishing and health. We empower students to practice with authenticity, compassion, and care by integrating who they are as persons with what they do as professionals; address, through skillful practice and scholarship, the complex transactions that limit and enable peoples access to and participation in meaningful, health-supporting occupations; serve as ethical, visionary leaders who anticipate the evolving occupational needs of diverse populations, communities, and individuals; who proactively and creatively address those needs through innovation and scholarship, and contribute in diverse ways to the growth of occupational therapy locally and globally. Our unique learning community is marked by the following core commitments: enabling occupation as the core competence of occupational therapists; occupation-centered research, education, and practic...