Faculty & Staff

C. Thomas North
MBA, PH.D., OTR/L

C. Thomas North, MBA, Ph.D., OTR/L, earned his B.A. in psychology from the Pennsylvania State University, his certification in Occupational Therapy from the University of Pennsylvania, his MBA in Health Administration from Temple University, and his Ph.D. in Health Studies from Temple University. He has over thirty years of clinical experience and is still practicing in addition to his responsibilities at Temple. His research/ clinical interests include: reimbursement and its impact upon treatment, the psycho-social aspects of disease/ disability management, and clinical education. He teaches gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, clinical conditions, assessment and intervention in the adult and older adult, and advanced concepts in healthcare management. He is a recipient of the Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. He was also named 2002 Fieldwork Educator of the Year, by the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association. He is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association, and the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association.

Publications

North, C.T. and Beck, N.L. (2004). Schizophrenia and related disorders.
In M. K. Kinnealey, D. Weiss, & M. J. Morgan Eds.), A Practitioner’s Guide
to Clinical Occupational Therapy (pp. 255-264). San Antonio, TX:
Psychcorp.

North, C.T. and Beck, N.L. (2004). Depressive disorders. In M. K.
Kinnealey, D. Weiss, & M. J. Morgan (Eds.), A Practitioner’s Guide to
Clinical Occupational Therapy (pp. 265-276). San Antonio, TX: Psychcorp.

Beck, N.L. and North, C.T. (2004). Substance abuse. In M. K. Kinnealey, D.
Weiss, & M. J. Morgan (Eds.), A Practitioner’s Guide to Clinical
Occupational Therapy (pp. 243-254). San Antonio, TX: Psychorp.

North, C.T.  2001. Exploring a Treatment Concept, Compass, April 2001. Invited.

North, C.T. 2000 (Dissertation). The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Depression in Clinical and Non-Clinical Poplulations. UMI #9969927. Ann Arbor, MI:Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company.

Beck, N.L., North, C.T, and Schnell, K. 1999. OTR/ COTA role delineation in the fieldwork experience. OT Practice. May, v. 4, #4, pp. 34-39.

Penny, N.H., Meuser, K.T., & North, C.T. 1995. The Allen Cognitive Level Test and social competence in adult psychiatric patients. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. May, v.49, #5, pp.420-427.

North, C.T. 1995. Personal energy and its use in treatment. The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy. May, v.4, #2, pp. E46-E61.

Presentations

North, C.T. "Invisible Barriers-Mental Illness, Mental Retardation", Jewish Employment and Vocational Services Conference, March 28, 2001.  Invited.

North, C.T. Student supervision in the managed care environment. 1997 Clinical Council Day of the Philadelphia Region Fieldwork Consortium, March 14, 1997.

North, C.T., and Penny, N.H. Social skills and cognitive skills: Making the link. Medical College of Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute Therapeutic Activities Conference, March 1995.

North, C.T. Social interaction and cognitive disability related to psychiatric disorders. Annual Conference of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Denver, Colorado, April 1995.