He has served as chair for multiple college and university committees and serves nationally on the steering committees for the Team-Based Learning Collaborative and Academy of Process Educators. His primary research focus is in teaching and learning including team-based learning, team building, simulation, and interprofessional education.
Among his goals as department chair is to promote a student-centered, collaborative, creative culture to advance the program through collective excellence in teaching, service and scholarship. He values working as one cohesive team, unlocking growth in everyone, cascading communication, essential integrity, and the transformation of education. Ofstad is a father of two boys, Apollo and Orion, and husband to Amy, who is also a pharmacist.
He has an open door open Zoom, open Teams policy, so please feel free to connect anytime. Heather Thomas, Professor of the Occupational Therapy in the Doctorate and Masters in OT program has a long history of working in occupational therapy education. Prior to becoming a full time faculty member and curriculum coordinator during the inception of the program in , she taught at Lom Prior to becoming a full time faculty member and curriculum coordinator during the inception of the program in , she taught at Loma Linda University for 10 years.
Thomas has presented at international, national and state conferences, and has been involved in providing OT services in Haiti since the devastating earthquake in She is the author of the top selling activity analysis text book "Occupation-Based Activity Analysis" which is used across the world, and has authored chapters in multiple textbooks. Having spent the entirety of his occupational therapy career working with children and adolescents, he is Board C Having spent the entirety of his occupational therapy career working with children and adolescents, he is Board Certified in Pediatrics through the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Edwards is currently the Occupational Therapy Manager at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, overseeing a staff of over 50 occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and therapy aides. In addition, he has served as a consultant for school districts and therapy agencies.
His volunteer leadership has included serving as the Secretary for the Occupational Therapy Association of California for 4 years, and he is currently the Vice President of the Association. He has served as adjunct faculty at West Coast University since Thank you. A representative will contact you shortly to continue the process. At West Coast University, we embrace a student-centric learning partnership that leads to professional success. We deliver transformational education within a culture of integrity and personal accountability.
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