In regard to the scholarship-related standards for accreditation in OTA educational programs, master's-entry and doctoral-entry educational programs for the OT, which of the following is true?
A) The research-related standards are the same in both types of entry-level programs.
B) A side-by-side comparison of the accreditation standards related to scholarship shows increasingly complex expectations across educational programs as one moves from occupational therapy assistant education to education of occupational therapists at the master's and doctoral levels.
C) Doctoral-entry standards differ only in the addition of expectations to evaluate qualitative research in addition to evaluating quantitative research.
D) Doctoral-entry standards differ only in that they require doctoral students to teach evidence-based practice to others.

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The accreditation standards related to scholarship for occupational therapy educational programs are designed to reflect a progression in complexity and depth as one moves from the education of occupational therapy assistants (OTAs) to the education of occupational therapists at the master's and doctoral levels. This progression ensures that as the level of education and responsibility in the field increases, so too do the expectations for understanding, engaging in, and contributing to scholarship and research.

In Regard to the Scholarship-Related Standards for Accreditation in OTA