OTS 846: Community Practice Fieldwork
Catalog Description
(3-5) A. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all didactic coursework or department approval. Twelve weeks of fieldwork in health care practice to promote reasoning, professionalism and competence in providing occupation-based intervention. Includes online reflective seminar.
Student Learning Outcomes / Curriculum Theme1. Articulate the unique nature and value of occupation as viewed by the profession of occupational therapy while providing direct services in healthcare practice settings to support clients’ participation in context. / All Themes
2. Show sound judgment in regard to safety of self and others, and adhere to safety regulations throughout the occupational therapy process in a healthcare practice setting. / Reasoning
Communication
3. Use clinical reasoning to provide rationale for use of compensatory strategies when desired life tasks cannot be performed through modification of context. / Reasoning
Communication
4. Articulate understanding of theories and models that support selection of evaluation methods/tools and intervention for clients in healthcare practice contexts. / Occupation
Reasoning
5. Document occupational therapy services according to healthcare settings standards that effectively communicate the need and rationale for occupational therapy services. / Reasoning
Diversity
Occupation
6. Utilize therapeutic use of self, including one’s personality, insights, perceptions, and judgments as part of the therapeutic process. / Reasoning
Communication
Diversity
Professional
Identity
7. Demonstrate skills of supervision and collaboration with occupational therapy assistants on therapeutic interventions, when indicated. / Professional
Identity
Communication
Reasoning
Diversity
8. Refer to specialists (both internal and external to the profession) for consultation and intervention. / Reasoning
Communication
Professional
Identity
9. In collaboration with the client, caregiver, and family, monitor, reassess, and plan for discontinuation of services when the desired outcome has been achieved or if it has been determined that they cannot be achieved. / Reasoning
Communication
Diversity
Occupation
10. Organize, collect, analyze, and report client data in a systematic manner for evaluation of practice outcomes modification of practice as needed. / Reasoning
Communication
11. Demonstrate knowledge of applicable national requirements for credentialing and requirements for licensure. / Reasoning
Communication
12. Discuss strategies for ongoing professional development, including the responsibility for providing fieldwork education and criteria for becoming a fieldwork educator. / Reasoning
Professional
Identity,
Communication
13. Promote occupational therapy by educating other professionals, service providers, consumers, third-party payers, regulatory bodies, and the public. / Communication
Professional
Identity
Reasoning
Occupation