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Series IV: Education of occupational therapists, 1941 - 1985

 Series

Scope and Contents

This series contains student's and instructor's notes for occupational therapy courses, and other materials related to occupational therapy curriculum. Of particular relevance to the history of the Occupational Therapy Department at TJU are a copy of the Department's Accreditation Application and Self-Study report from 1984, and the 1983 issue of Allied Health Review that contains the article introducing the new Occupational Therapy program. Student notes range from extensive notes taken by a student at Massachusetts General Hospital, cal941-1942, to notes and exams for a course at the University of Pennsylvania in 1976-1977. Other course related materials in this series include patient records used for teaching (1974-1975), instructor's notes from Temple University (1979), course information from College Misericordia in Dallas, PA (1983), and student program proposals written for a course taken in 1985. The collection also contains a detailed syllabus of occupational therapy procedures, published in 1957, a curriculum manual published in 1969, and a report of an AOTA workshop on occupational therapy education, also from 1969.

Dates

  • 1941 - 1985

Extent

From the Collection: 16 Linear Feet (29 boxes)

Language

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

Series I contains a 1988 AOTA publication on the recruitment and retention of non-traditional students.

Series VI contains University of Pennsylvania lecture notes on activities of daily living, ca.1960s.

Series VIII contains a detailed syllabus for a course on the fundamentals of work (1972).

Series VI includes lecture notes ~d mimeographed materials for a course on activities of daily living, ca 1967.

Series IX contains a 1959 student manual on occupational therapy in pediatrics.

Series X contains a bibliography of theses and dissertations written by occupational therapists from 1948-1983 and a lengthy multi-section syllabus (intended both for students and practitioners) on the occupational therapy of physical dysfunction (1972).

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Thomas Jefferson University - Archives and Special Collections Repository

http://library.jefferson.edu/archives/
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Philadelphia PA 19107-5587