FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   

Date:  April 5, 2008
Contact:  Diane Buzick, 786.4508 or diane.buzick@llcc.edu

SPRINGFIELD–Lincoln Land Community College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) program announces a 100 percent pass rate for its December 2007 graduates on the national certification examination administered by the National Board of Certification for Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). 

Since the inception of the OTA program in 1998, the program has graduated 80 individuals. All LLCC graduates of the program have passed the examination on their first attempt. The national pass rate for first-time test takers is 87 percent; whereas, the overall national pass rate for all cohorts (first-time and repeat test takers) is 80 percent.

LLCC graduates scored higher than the average scaled scores for all U.S. schools with OTA programs in all sections of the test which covers knowledge in areas of evaluating clients, planning and implementing effective treatment, providing services that address needs in a variety of populations, and the management of occupational therapy services.

Director of LLCC’s OTA program is Ruth Bixby, OTR/L.  Clinical coordinator and associate professor is Eve Fischberg, M.A., OTR/L.