The transition from expert occupational therapy clinician to novice educator is a complex and challenging experience. Seminal works by Jantzen, Crist, and Sladyk are among the few publications that directly address the specialty of occupational therapy education and the challenges related to the transition from clinician to academician. Beyond this there is a paucity of resources that specifically aim to acknowledge, address, and assist the occupational therapist through this tremendous cultural, evironmental, role and identity shift, and process. The intent of this capstone is to justify the need for a supportve resource that will guide the novice occupational therapy of occupational therapy assistant educator through this difficult transformative and developmental experience and serve as a foundation for occupational therapy academician success. Achievement and accomplishment in the role of occupational therapy academician success. Achievement and accomplishment in the role of occupational therapy or occupational therapy assistant educator will positively influence the growing body of occupational therapy students and future clinicians and will ultimately, and most importantly, benefit the occupational therapy consumer.
