Check out the upcoming Fieldwork Educator Certificate Training Program, facilitated by our own Christine Achenbach, M.Ed., OTR/L. Online registration is available at the AOTA store.
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Are you a new graduate looking to begin mentoring level I and II students? Are you wondering how to improve your developing fieldwork educator skills? Are you a seasoned occupational therapy fieldwork educator wondering what’s new in the world of …
Awareness of occupational therapy as a profession has improved (haven’t we been asking for this for a long time?), and applications to OT and OTA programs have tripled in the past 5 years. What does that mean? It means the …
Fieldwork Coordinator and alum, Chris Achenbach, and fellow alum, Bronwyn Keller, will present the 2-day AOTA Fieldwork Educator Certificate Program at Mechanicsburg HealthSouth on Sat/Sun Feb 7-8, 2015. If you have been waiting for this course to return to the …
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Spring is a busy fieldwork season at Elizabethtown College! We have 2 cohorts of students, all of whom must complete 10 visits of level I fieldwork during this semester. The juniors are starting their very first level I fieldwork in sensory, …
This week is the beginning of the new academic year! The O.T. department proudly welcomes 52 new freshmen students, along with 51 sophomores, 39 juniors, 48 seniors, and 34 graduate students. Did you add that up? 224 students! We are …
ALL patients involved in healthcare have an emotional response to their diagnosis, treatment and other aspects of their care. If a patient is emotionally labile after a stroke, we address that emotional lability and help them learn to cope with …
Fieldwork Myth #5: We’re not a psychosocial setting. Read more »
The OT educational standards do not require this. However, your employer may have other rules, policies or expectations about supervising students. Some third-party payers also have policies about students’ provision of therapy and needing direct supervision for reimbursement of student …
Fieldwork Myth #4: I must be available 8 hours/day, every day while I have a student. Read more »
New grads can supervise level I students and don’t need to wait – you already know more than a level I student! OT educational standards (section C) state that therapists who have been certified for 1 year can have their …
Fieldwork Myth #3: I don’t have enough experience. Read more »