OTA 1170 Phys Dysfunction Fieldwork

OTA 1170: Physical Dysfunction Fieldwork 1 is a one-hour/week lecture and thirty-hour clinical site experience. Lecture prepares for the off-site experience and future fieldwork IIs by requiring academic & practical competency-based assignments. The externship will be arranged and take place at clinical facility sites within the community under the direction of an academic fieldwork coordinator. Emphasis is to expose students to a variety of diagnoses and to develop professional behaviors and clinical observation skills.

Reflection: This was a cool experience having the opportunity to shadow a COTA for 8 hours for 4 rotations in my first semester. I had a lot of fun getting used to interacting with patients in this setting. I got to help in leading some inventions which helped build my confidence and instruction skills.