OTA 1170 Physical Dysfunction Fieldwork I 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. This is a designated service-learning course.
Recognize and abide by facility and federally mandated requirements for patient confidentiality and patient rights.
Observe and participate in the occupational therapy (OT) process as it relates to adult rehabilitation services and evidence-based practice.
Develop basic clinical observation skills of evidence-based practices and practice outcomes.
Demonstrate competence in service maintenance tasks emphasizing set-up/clean-up/safety for client and clinician.
Provide and accept feedback, modifying behavior as needed.
Communicate and collaborate professionally through verbal, non-verbal, reflection and written responses/documentation with all stakeholders.
Collect, organize, and report on data for evaluation of client outcomes under the direction of an administrator, manager, or occupational therapist.
Identify self as an OTA student 100% of the time.
Consistently use politically correct and people first language in written and oral work.
Report using quantitative measurements in all types of documention.
Accurately calculate various quantitative measures as related to OT practice.
Integrate classroom knowledge by identification of diagnosis, functional deficits, occupational areas, measurability of goals, treatment techniques, and client response to intervention.
Synthesize and analyze information for presentation in oral and/or written formats.
Interact with various stakeholders in a professional and ethical manner while engaged in a community based outpatient clinic to enhance the academic experience.
Complete a service learning project for facility/client use.
Collaborate in the process of discharge planning by reviewing the needs of the client and other stakeholders; available resource; and discharge environment, and identify those needs to the OT, client and other stakeholders involved in discharge planning.
Participate in service delivery of clients in the OTA clinic.
Use technology and information literacy to access course materials and complete assignments.