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General Fieldwork Information and Requirements

Attendance

Attendance is mandatory for all scheduled fieldwork education days. The fieldwork educator and academic fieldwork coordinator at 91���� must be contacted personally by phone notifying them of an absence before the start time for that day for an absence to be excused. All absences must be excused by your fieldwork educator and academic fieldwork coordinator and arrangements made to make up all time missed as appropriate.

Fieldwork Experience Evaluation

Level I Fieldwork Experience

All fieldwork is graded on a pass/fail system. Students are evaluated by the fieldwork educator at their fieldwork site and the AFWC/instructor based on the following criteria:

Student Requirements

Personal Documentation Information

Students are responsible for uploading and maintaining personal and medical information in the fieldwork management system to be shared with selected clinical sites when placed for fieldwork experiences.

Students have access to the OTA Student Fieldwork Manual which contains descriptions, policies and procedures, general program information and instructions for all Level I and Level II fieldwork assignments.

Fieldwork Educator Qualifications

The program is responsible for ensuring that all fieldwork educators are qualified to supervise level I & II fieldwork students. Fieldwork educators must meet the following criteria:

Purpose

The purpose of the fieldwork experience is to provide occupational therapy students with the opportunity to integrate academic knowledge with application skills at progressively higher levels of performance and responsibility. The unique contributions of fieldwork experience include the opportunity to test first-hand the theories and facts learned in academic study and to refine skills through client interaction under the supervision of qualified personnel.

The Occupational Therapy Assistant program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E Bethesda, MD 20814. ACOTE’S telephone number, c/o AOTA, is (301) 652-6611, and its web address is ).