HPU Doctor of Occupational Therapy - Honolulu Program

HPU OTD Honolulu will provide outcomes as this information becomes available.

Faculty Scholarship Highlights:  

• Upcoming or Recent Presentations/Posters: 
  • Dr. Lydia Kite  
    • Introducing Virtual Reality Interventions and Outcomes. The Arc National Convention. November 2023. 

• Dr. Lydia Kite & Dr. Sharniece Pierce 
  • From Structure to Function: Building Strong Foundations with Scaffolding Anatomy in Occupational Therapy Curriculum. Kansas Occupational Therapy Association (KOTA) Annual Conference. September 2023. 
  • Building Strong Foundations: Revealing the Crucial Role of Scaffolding Anatomy in Occupational Therapy Curriculum. Florida Occupational Therapy Association (FLOTA) Annual Conference. November 2023. 

• Dr. Patty Coker-Bolt 
  • Expanding the delivery of pediatric constraint-induced movement therapy: A mentorship approach to train therapists in Trinidad and Tobago. Workshop at The American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) annual conference, Chicago, IL. September 2023.  
  • Expanding Pediatric Constraint Induced Movement Therapy in Trinidad and Tobago. Association of Caribbean Occupational Therapists (ACOT) virtual conference https://youtu.be/w0QB2sFeGFY  

• Dr. Tracey Recigno 
  • Exploration of student reflections using the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) as an intervention planning framework. American Congress for Rehabilitation (ACRM) Annual Conference. November 2023. 

• Recent Publications:  
  • Dr. Jana Cason 
    • Cason, J. (2024). Providing occupational therapy services through telehealth. In C. Brown & G. Gillen (Eds.), Willard & Spackman’s occupational therapy (14th ed.). Wolters Kluwer 
    • Promoting compassionate care: Occupational therapy personal frame of reference assignment. In J. Branche, P. Davis & E.R. Cohn (Eds.), Diversity in higher education remote learning: A practical guide. Springer   

• Dr. Patty Coker-Bolt  
  • Expanding practice in Trinidad and Tobago: Training therapists to implement pediatric constraint-induced movement therapy. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 7(2), https://encompass.eku.edu/jote/vol7/iss2/18/ 

• Dr. Emerson Hart 
  • Grattan, E.S., Hart, E., Woodbury, M., & Nichols, M. (2023). Impact of spatial neglect on activity and participation: A mixed-methods study. OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492231188314  

• Dr. Tracey Recigno 
  • Walsh, W. & Recigno, T. (2023). A picture is worth a thousand words: Using photovoice methodology to explore servant-leadership behaviors during international service-learning.  International Journal of Servant Leadership, 17(1). 

The entry-level occupational therapy doctoral degree program has applied for accreditation and has been granted Candidacy Status by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200, North Bethesda, MD 20852-4929. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is (301) 652-AOTA and its web address is www.acoteonline.org. The program must have a preaccreditation review, complete an on-site evaluation, and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR). In addition, all states require licensure in order to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT Certification Examination. Note that a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure.