By Erin Jester
Doctor of Occupational Therapy graduates of the University of Florida’s College of Public Health and Health Professions achieved a 100% pass rate on its licensing exam for the second time in three years.
All 58 O.T.D. students who took the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy exam in 2024 passed and became licensed occupational therapists. Individuals receive their results within weeks of taking the exam; overall pass rates for institutions were released earlier this month.
PHHP’s inaugural O.T.D. cohort graduated in December 2021 and achieved a 100% pass rate on the 2022 NBCOT exam. The second cohort saw a 98% pass rate.
Christine Myers, Ph.D., OTR/L, clinical professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy and director of the O.T.D. program, credited the rigorous curriculum and clinical focus with the cohort’s perfect pass rate.
“We spend a lot of time focused on their clinical reasoning, so they’re learning hands-on skills but also having to explain the reasoning behind what they’re doing and choices that they might be making for patients,” she said. “That’s really what the exam is testing.”