OTA 228 - Pre-Fieldwork Experience Seminar

1. Demonstrate skills needed to collaborate with occupational therapist and other professionals on therapeutic interventions.
2. Articulate knowledge of the process for certification and licensure under state law.
3. Articulate knowledge of various reimbursement systems and documentation requirements that affect practice of occupational therapy.
4. Identify strategies for development of marketing and management of service delivery options as it relates to fieldwork.
5. Identify at least 2 strategies for effective competency based legal and ethical supervision of non-professional personnel.
6. Describe ongoing responsibility for providing fieldwork education and criteria for becoming a FW Educator.
7. Identify personal and professional abilities competencies in preparation for fieldwork and job experiences.
8. Explain the importance of the supervisory role, responsibilities and collaborative relationships between the OT and OTR.
9. Articulate professional responsibility when providing services on contractual basis.
10. Articulate the roles of the occupational therapist in a variety of settings.
11. Students will be able to demonstrate basic knowledge of searching for a job, resume writing and interview skills.

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

• 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.