OTA 228 - Pre-Fieldwork Experience Seminar

Credits: 2
Prepares student for successful completion of Level 2 fieldwork. Emphasizes further development of documentation skills. Additional topics include self-assessment in preparation for full-time fieldwork, job search skills, service operations, and supervision issues.

Enrollment Requirement: Enrollment in OTA Program.

Course Fee: $55.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Create and implement a plan to address individualized personal and professional responsibilities that are consistent with current accepted standards and long-term professional goals.The plan must address the following: Personal well-being, alignment with current accepted norms in occupational therapy practice, advocacy related to clients, occupational therapy, or the role of the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant and long-term career objectives. A strategy to evaluate, refine, and update the plan over time.
Demonstrate knowledge of effective leadership styles. Identify personal and professional strengths and areas for growth to become an effective leader.
Demonstrate knowledge of applicable national requirements for credentialing and requirements for licensure, certification, or registration consistent with federal and state laws.

Program Outcomes

Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.
Describe the context of occupational therapy services.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.