Allied Health Education | OT, PT, and SLP Programs | Thurman Group Global
Diverse allied health students in clinical training
TGG for OT, PT, and SLP Programs

They Graduate
Clinically Ready.
Graduate Them
Relationally
Ready Too.

ACOTE, CAPTE, and ASHA each require that graduates demonstrate effective interprofessional communication and professional self-awareness in clinical environments. The clinical competency is there. The behavioral self-knowledge that determines how it lands in fieldwork is the gap TGG closes before they ever walk onto a floor.

70%+
Of sentinel events cite communication failure as a primary contributing factor in clinical settings
JCAHO Sentinel Event Data
23%
Performance advantage linked to higher EI in patient-facing, interprofessional clinical roles
EQ Consortium / MHS
FMU
TGG selected as the foundational behavioral framework for the Francis Marion University OTD program, Cohort 1
Partnership Aug 2024
133
Item EQ-i 2.0: a clinically validated instrument used with every cohort student. Not a survey. A clinical tool.
Multi-Health Systems
The Scene on Fieldwork Day One

The Program That Finds TGG
Is Looking for This.

Right Now

Your OT student finished Level I with strong skills marks. They can complete the SOAP note, execute the treatment protocol, and explain the clinical rationale. But on day two of Level II, the supervising therapist delivers blunt feedback in front of the patient family and that student shuts down completely. Not from lack of knowledge. From lack of self-knowledge. They have never had a validated map of how they respond when the clinical environment applies real pressure.

The Bridge

TGG gives every OT, PT, and SLP student a clinical map of how they are wired before fieldwork tests them. The EQ-i 2.0 and DiSC Communication Mapping profile show each student exactly how they process stress, receive critical feedback, collaborate in interprofessional teams, and show up in the therapeutic relationship with patients and caregivers.

The Accreditation Mandate

ACOTE Standard B.4.2 requires that OT graduates demonstrate professional behaviors and effective interprofessional communication. CAPTE Element 7D and ASHA Standard IV-C carry equivalent expectations for PT and SLP programs. TGG delivers the validated clinical instrument and documented debrief that makes those standards measurable and auditable in your program assessment portfolio.

Fieldwork Completion

Your Level II students arrive at clinical sites with something their predecessors did not have: a precise, data-grounded understanding of how they are wired when the environment pushes back. Their fieldwork educators are noticing. The documentation is cleaner. The client interactions are more grounded. The transition from student clinician to entry-level practitioner is happening faster. Because they knew themselves before they arrived.

The Clinical Case for EI in Allied Health

ACOTE, CAPTE, and ASHA
Already Point Here.

Interprofessional communication, therapeutic use of self, and professional identity formation are not elective topics in allied health education. They are accreditation requirements. ACOTE, CAPTE, and ASHA each mandate that graduates demonstrate these competencies in clinical environments. TGG delivers the validated clinical instrument and the coaching infrastructure to make them measurable, developable, and documentable in your program assessment portfolio.

The FMU Doctor of Occupational Therapy program is the proof of concept. TGG's proprietary framework was selected as the foundational behavioral infrastructure for OTD Cohort 1, embedding EQ-i 2.0 assessment and DiSC Communication Mapping into the curriculum from the first semester of doctoral study. The August 2026 pre/post EQ-i 2.0 data milestone will produce the first published longitudinal EI dataset for an allied health doctoral cohort.

Dr. Thurman holds an OTD from MUSC and an MHS EQ-i 2.0 certification. He is a clinician who practiced for nearly two decades before building this framework. He is not a consultant teaching allied health programs about emotional intelligence from the outside. He built this from inside the profession.
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Occupational Therapy

ACOTE Standards B.4.2 and B.5.3

Professional behaviors, therapeutic use of self, and interprofessional collaboration are core ACOTE competencies. TGG's EQ-i 2.0 and DiSC assessment protocol directly addresses each standard with a documented, validated clinical intervention that belongs in your program assessment portfolio.

Physical Therapy

CAPTE Element 7D

CAPTE requires evidence of professional development, communication across clinical contexts, and effective function in interprofessional teams. TGG delivers the behavioral assessment infrastructure that makes those expectations measurable and auditable for PT program directors and accreditation self-study.

Speech-Language Pathology

ASHA Standard IV-C

ASHA Standard IV-C requires that SLP graduates demonstrate clinical competence including interprofessional collaboration, self-assessment, and cultural responsiveness. TGG's profile-based debrief is the structured self-assessment mechanism that satisfies this standard with documented clinical data.

From the Field

What Happens When a Program
Does the Work First.

The integration of DiSC Communication Mapping and emotional intelligence assessment into our OTD curriculum has given our students something most doctoral programs do not build in: a clinical understanding of themselves before they enter the clinical environment. The FMU OTD program selected TGG because we needed a framework that was grounded in evidence, aligned with ACOTE competency requirements, and delivered by someone who understood occupational therapy from the inside. Dr. Thurman understands this profession. The impact on our cohort has been visible from the first semester.

Dr. Rochelle Liddell
Department Chair, Occupational Therapy | Francis Marion University OTD Program
The FMU OTD Partnership

TGG was selected as the foundational behavioral framework for the Francis Marion University Doctor of Occupational Therapy program beginning with Cohort 1 in August 2024. EQ-i 2.0 assessment and DiSC Communication Mapping are embedded from semester one of doctoral study.

August 2026 Milestone

Pre/post EQ-i 2.0 reassessment data for OTD Cohort 1 will be published as a longitudinal case study. This will be the first peer-reviewed dataset documenting EI development across an allied health doctoral cohort. Partner programs will receive access to this benchmark data.

ACOTE Aligned
OTD Cohort Validated
Pre/Post Data Available
What the Program Includes

Built for Allied Health
Clinical Education Programs.

Student Cohort Assessment

Every cohort student completes the EQ-i 2.0 (133-item, MHS-validated) and DiSC Communication Mapping profile. Individual clinical debrief delivered by Dr. Thurman. Written personal profile summary formatted for student professional development documentation and program assessment portfolios.

Cohort Integration Session

A shared cohort session builds the interprofessional communication language that makes individual profile data clinically actionable. Students learn to apply their behavioral data in team-based fieldwork environments, peer feedback contexts, and the therapeutic relationships that define allied health practice.

Faculty Development Option

Program directors, academic fieldwork coordinators, and clinical faculty receive their own EQ-i 2.0 and DiSC profiles with a group integration session. The result is a program culture that models the therapeutic use of self and interprofessional communication it requires of students. Eligible for continuing education documentation.

Pre/Post Assessment Option: Programs seeking longitudinal outcome data can add a post-fieldwork EQ-i 2.0 reassessment to document EI growth across the curriculum. The FMU OTD Cohort 1 pre/post dataset will be available as a published benchmark beginning August 2026, providing the first comparison point for allied health doctoral EI development.

Graduate Clinicians Who Know
How They Are Wired.

A 20-minute briefing is enough to map what a TGG partnership looks like for your OT, PT, or SLP program.

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