Missouri Health Professions Consortium

MISSION & VISION

The mission of the Missouri Health Professions Consortium (MHPC) Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Program is to educate and prepare occupational therapy assistants to provide occupational therapy interventions to the citizens of Missouri and neighboring states, especially those in rural and underserved areas. We educate and prepare OTA generalists, to have the knowledge, skills and professional behaviors that are necessary to work in both traditional and emerging areas of practice.

The OTA Program’s vision is to be recognized as a leader in innovative strategies for occupational therapy assistant education. Through a combination of distance and on-site education opportunities and experiences, we envision a cadre of highly skilled and educated occupational therapy assistants who will serve the citizens of Missouri and neighboring states.

Our Purpose

There are four (4) main goals for the Consortium-based cooperative degree completion programs:

To expand the supply of healthcare professionals who will choose to live and work near their current homes

To establish mutually accepted baseline enrollment, retention, graduation and alumni/employer satisfaction rates

To expand the cooperative relationships between the clinical health employers and professionals and local community colleges

To enhance public/private partnerships that contribute to increased accessibility to higher education between the Missouri community colleges