Gwynedd Mercy University 2025-2026 University Catalog 256
• Demonstrate movement and mobility skills that are required for safe handling of persons of various sizes in order to perform safe transfers and guarding during functional mobility with and without an assistive device.
• Pushing and pulling in order to provide resistance for the purposes of maneuvering and transitioning persons such during bed mobility, using a wheelchair, and for sitting and standing balance activities.
• Demonstrate eye-hand coordination, postural control, strength, endurance, and integrated function of the senses( vision, hearing, smell, and touch) during the therapeutic process.
Intellectual-conceptual Abilities
• Demonstrate verbal and written insight into one’ s own academic and clinical performance.
• Demonstrate the mental capacity to understand, problem solve, and make judgments in order to promote ethical reasoning.
• Demonstrate ability to collect, document, and analyze evaluation data and implement clientcentered and occupation-based interventions.
Integrative and Quantitative Abilities
• Demonstrate the mental capacity to understand, problem solve, and make judgments in order to promote safety.
• Intellectual capacities to measure, evaluate, calculate, reason, analyze and synthesize information specific to client care.
• Demonstrate ability to apply information learned from the classroom to a therapeutic practice environment.
Behavioral and Social Attributes
• Demonstrate mature and professional behaviors with other students, faculty, colleagues, and clients.
• Be receptive and open to mentor feedback about academic or fieldwork performance and adherence to academic and fieldwork policies and procedures.
• Establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with clients.
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with others.
Students should review the Technical Standards for the MSOT program carefully and identify if additional support is needed for any portion( didactic and clinical) of the MSOT program.
Students are encouraged to contact the Student Accessibility Services Office to arrange an individualized consultation to discuss any support services or accommodations they may need.
Compliance Requirements and Clearances: Occupational therapy students must be compliant with all clearance and health and wellness requirements. At the onset of the program, students will be sent information and instructions for access to the Complio system. Clearance and health and wellness requirements are annual, so they will need to be redone the following year to remain in compliance. Failure to adhere to the required compliance deadlines may result in course grade deductions and disapproval to register for the subsequent Program term. Clearance and health and wellness requirements for the entry-level Master of Science in Occupational Therapy Program include PA State Police background check, PA child abuse clearance, FBI fingerprints, completion of Act 126— Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Training( Please note that this is a 3-hour online training certificate and NOT the PA child abuse clearance), American Heart Association Heart Saver First Aid, CPR, AED Certification( Please note that no exceptions will be made for any other certification), Medical history / physical examination, Vaccinations that include MMR, Varicella, Hepatitis B, Tdap, Tuberculosis, Drug Screening,