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Catalog/Handbook 2016-2017 
    
Catalog/Handbook 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

OTH 1800 - Level I Fieldwork


160 hours Practicum, 2 credits
Lower-Division College Credit
Prerequisite(s): OTH 1001, OTH 2300C, and OTH 1520C
AA Elective: No
This course consists of four consecutive weeks (160 contact hours) of fieldwork in a site providing occupational therapy services to clients (i.e., individuals ranging from infancy to older adulthood) in a community-based, outpatient, inpatient, or home-based setting. Students explore assessment methods and treatment interventions used by clinicians to address impaired psychological and social factors affecting occupational performance. This course enables students to practice communication and therapeutic skills. Basic patient care skills (e.g., transfer, positioning, bed mobility, infection control, data gathering, assistance with therapeutic activities, etc.) may also be part of the experience. In addition to being supervised by qualified occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, students may be supervised by qualified professionals in other disciplines relevant to the clinical setting and learning objectives.



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