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The AOTA Fellowship Program

The AOTA Fellowship Program cultivates, promotes, and recognizes post-professional training programs that advance the knowledge and skills of licensed occupational therapists in various focused areas of practice.

AOTA Fellowship Program criteria

The AOTA Fellowship Program provides sponsoring organizations with a comprehensive framework to develop a fellowship program in a specific focused area of practice. Each fellowship will incorporate both the Fellowship Program criteria and the Fellowship Program Learning Objectives (FPLOs) (based on the AOTA Standards of Continuing Competence developed by the AOTA Commission on Continuing Competence and Professional Development [CCCPD]).

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The FPLOs outline five key areas of knowledge and skills listed below to be acquired by a fellow are:

  • body of knowledge,
  • reasoning and performance skills,
  • ethical practice skills,
  • interpersonal skills, and
  • scholarly and/or professional activities.

The curriculum will incorporate in-depth mentored practice, coupled with clinical caseloads in their focused area of practice that includes

  • direct exposure to targeted evidence-based research and clinical practice,
  • providing occupational therapists the opportunity to improve and advance their clinical skills in a focused area of practice, and also
  • increasing their future marketability as specialized therapists.
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AOTA Fellowship Directory

View the current list of AOTA's Fellowship Programs by focused area of practice and stage in the approval process.

 

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Prospective and current fellowship program

Is your organization interested in seeking AOTA approval for an existing or new fellowship? Learn the steps you need to take to better understand the requirements and approval process.

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Schedule of fees

Learn more about the current AOTA Fellowship Program fee schedule, along with the various types of fees and how to pay.

 

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Prospective and Current Fellowship Programs

Organizations interested in seeking AOTA approval for an existing or new fellowship are encouraged to first review the Fellowship Program brochure along with the Fellowship Program Criteria and Interpretive Guidelines. The initial approval process begins with submitting an Intent to Seek Approval Form at least 120 days prior to the Candidacy Application on one of the review cycle deadlines—March 1, July 1, or November 1.

For all fellowship programs currently affiliated with AOTA, please contact us directly at fellowship@aotar.org or by phone directly to (240) 752-1161, as all of our substantive change and notification forms are now available via online submission. These forms should be submitted within no later than 30 days of any substantial change to the program, curriculum, staffing or acceptance of a fellow.