Exploring the Doctoral Capstone Project and Experience at Kettering College
The doctoral capstone project and experience at Kettering College provide a unique opportunity for students to showcase leadership and scholarship in their chosen area of focus. Under the guidance of faculty mentors, students undertake a rigorous process of needs assessment, literature review, and project development over a period of 19 months. The program emphasizes skills in clinical practice, administration, policy advocacy, and offers specialized project types such as development, leadership, education, and research.
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DOCTORAL CAPSTONE PROJECT AND EXPERIENCE RACHELLE JANNING, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CAPS KETTERING COLLEGE
The doctoral capstone provides an opportunity for students to become innovative leaders and scholars of practice by demonstrating an in-depth synthesis and translation of knowledge within an area of focus in a mentored setting. DOCTORAL CAPSTONE Two parts: Doctoral capstone project Doctoral capstone experience
As students progress through the OTD program in collaboration with their capstone team, they create a doctoral capstone project by completing a needs assessment and literature review on a self-selected topic. They must also develop specific learning objectives and identify an evaluation plan to assess the success of their capstone project. DOCTORAL CAPSTONE PROJECT
THE DOCTORAL CAPSTONE PROJECT AND EXPERIENCE FROM START TO FINISH Starting Line Summer 2021 Finish Line Winter 2023 Winter 2022 OTD 741 OTD 742 OTD 506 OTD 606 OTD 806 OTD 810 Fall 2021 Fall 2022
DOCTORAL CAPSTONE PROJECT Students design a capstone project over 19 months Summer 2021 Explore and identify a capstone project idea and create a proposal Fall 2021 Complete a detailed needs assessment based on your project idea and proposal Faculty mentor facilitates the process Winter 2022 Scholarship, Leadership, and the Doctoral Experience course with Dr. Janning Focus on leadership and creating student learning objectives for the doctoral capstone experience and designing an evaluation plan to measure the effectiveness of your capstone project Lab with your faculty mentor to facilitate the literature review process related to your capstone project Fall 2022 Return from fieldwork and finalize your student learning objectives, and evaluation plan for your project, submit IRB application, and create a timeline for project implementation for your doctoral capstone experience.
Clinical Practice Skills Administration Policy Advocacy ACOTE FOCUS AREAS & APPROVED KC OTD PROJECT TYPES Development Leadership Education Program Development Community Clinical Research
DOCTORAL CAPSTONE TEAM Capstone Student LEADER of TEAM Develop capstone project and implement within chosen setting (doctoral experience) Capstone Coordinator Site mentor Does not need not be an occupational therapist Must demonstrate they have expertise in the student s chosen area of focus for the doctoral experiential component Provide supervision or mentorship throughout the doctoral capstone experience Faculty Mentor Site Mentor Faculty Mentor Full-time or adjunct faculty mentor with expertise in focus area of project Consultant and resource to student Responsible for ensuring project meets college and program standards Capstone Student Capstone Coordinator Oversee each phase of the development of the capstone project process from development to completion Ensure compliance with ACOTE capstone requirements
DOCTORAL CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE The culminating experiential component of the capstone process is when students implement their projects at a site appropriate for the project. January 8-April 19, 2023 Didactic coursework completed Level II fieldwork completed
CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS Students have a site mentor who may or may NOT be an occupational therapist Traditional and nontraditional OT settings Complete 560 hours Students have a midterm and final evaluation completed by their site mentor Implementation of the capstone project and provide a deliverable to site Students complete a final evaluation of their experience (SEDCE)
TIMELINE The doctoral capstone experience occurs during the final semester of the OTD program January to April Requirements prior to doc capstone experience are Completion of didactic coursework Completion of level II clinical placements
