OTA 145: Fieldwork I A

Fieldwork I A is designed to familiarize you with clients/populations, cultures, environments, processes and providers within health care, rehabilitation and human service organizations. It is designed to immerse you in the experience of clients so you can learn to observe and interact with clients to develop confidence, your professional identity, skills and therapeutic use of self. Students are assigned to a variety of clinical sites with opportunities to observe clients and practitioners, practice clinical skills and professional behaviors. Students will interact with clients across the life span and with various diagnoses and disabilities. Students may be assigned to non-traditional fieldwork settings at varied community sites. They will have an on-site supervisor, who is not an occupational therapist, but a leader and role model within their community setting. 1 lecture hour weekly and 40 total clinical hours.