The proposed faculty professional development program is a training program designed specifically for occupational therapy (OT) faculty at Trinity Washington University (Trinity). Trinity has two OT programs: an undergraduate Occupational Therapy Assistant program and a graduate Master of Occupational Therapy program. The proposed program will provide five hybrid evidence-based modules to current Triniry OT faculty. The proposed program intends to help faculty to learn effective and efficient skills in the application of the constructivist andragogy, Community of Inquiry framework, Bloom’s Domains of Learning, the Universal Design for Instruction, and an understanding of the person-environment-occupation model to train OT students to become competent and confident clinicians. Trinity’s OT programs were designed to provide instruction in a hybrid model with online and face-to-face components; however, restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic required changes to the curriculum. Each faculty training module will include information and practice activities to help faculty design courses to meet individual course learning outcomes and accreditation standards using online instructional and assessment strategies.
