Occupational Therapy Assistant
Program Information
- Download the OTA Core Performance Standards profile
- Download the Letter to Prospective OTA Students
- Download the OTA Pre-Program Clinical Observation Contact List
The occupational therapy assistant works under the direction of an occupational therapist. Occupational therapy provides rehabilitation for people with mental, physical, emotional, or developmental impairments. As an occupational therapy assistant, you'll be a member of a health care team whose goal is to help people improve the quality of their lives by overcoming or compensating for limitations they may have.
Below you will find the most recent data on the passing rate for our OTA graduates for the National Board Certification Occupational Therapy Exam:
*National Board Certification Occupational Therapy exam results three year aggregate data for first time test takers (FTT): 2007-2009 were:
- Graduates = 44
- FTT = 43
- Passing number of FTT Graduates during this period = 41
- Percentage of FTT passing = 95.3%*
* NOTE: When repeat test takers included total passing rate = 100%
For more information, please contact:
| Health Careers Department | (309) 999-4600 | [email] |