OTH 1800 - Level I Fieldwork

160 hours Practicum, 2 credits
Lower-Division College Credit
Prerequisite(s): OTH 1001, OTH 2300C, OTH 1520C, and BSC 2086C
AA Elective: No
This fieldwork experience consists of four consecutive weeks (160 contact hours) in a site providing services to clients (ranging from infancy to older adults) in a community-based, outpatient, in-patient, or home-based setting. The student explores assessment and treatment interventions currently used by clinicians to address impaired psychological and social factors affecting occupational performance. Opportunities are provided to practice communication skills and therapeutic use of self with patients, as well as interact professionally with staff members. Aspects of basic patient care may also be incorporated (e.g., patient transfer, patient positioning, bed mobility techniques, infection-control processes, data gathering, and assistance with therapeutic activities). The student may be supervised by a qualified occupational therapy practitioner or a qualified professional from another discipline (as pertinent to the clinical setting, and as relevant to the specific learning objectives).

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