Fieldwork in Schools: A Model for Alternative Settings

Abstract

This process of studying a practice setting in order to develop a model for fieldwork that addresses the uniqueness of the setting may be used to develop fieldwork opportunities in other practice settings as well.

Private Practice: Benefits, Barriers and Strategies of Providing Fieldwork Placements

“…Similar to the literature, four of the six participants in this study discussed how supervising a student allows for the opportunity of sharing new ideas, as well as increasing the level of enthusiasm to the working environment (Derdall & Urbanowski, 1995;Griswold& Strassler, 1995). Two-thirds of the participants in this study went on to specifically describe the benefit of recent theories, literature reviews and other relevant information related to student projects as beneficial to the facility/organization.…”

“…F ieldwork is an essential component in the education of future occupational therapists (Backman, 1994;Griswold & Strassler, 1995). Fieldwork provides occupational therapy students with the opportunity to integrate academic knowledge with practical skills (Meyers, 1995;Tompson & Proctor, 1990).…”

“…The CAOT fieldwork placement service, which matches many Canadian students to fieldwork placements, continues to offer most of the fieldwork experiences in institutions (Kuretzky, 1994, as cited in Potts et al, 1998. If fieldwork opportunities remain primarily in traditional settings, students may find themselves ill prepared to participate in the evolving arena of occupational therapy practice within our changing health care environment (Cohn & Crist, 1995;Griswold & Strassler, 1995;Stanton). If fieldwork opportunities remain primarily in traditional settings, students may find themselves ill prepared to participate in the evolving arena of occupational therapy practice within our changing health care environment (Cohn & Crist, 1995;Griswold & Strassler, 1995;Stanton).…”

“…Stanton (1994) expressed a concern that fieldwork opportunities were not adequately keeping pace with the dramatic changes in working environments. If fieldwork opportunities remain primarily in traditional settings, students may find themselves ill prepared to participate in the evolving arena of occupational therapy practice within our changing health care environment (Cohn & Crist, 1995;Griswold & Strassler, 1995;Stanton).…”

A self‐directed fieldwork program to provide alternative occupational health placements for undergraduate occupational therapy students

“…Previous authors have identified generic skills similar to those identified by the students. These authors have recognised these skills as important for future occupational therapy practice, for example, managing time and resources effectively (Schell & Slater, 1998), interpersonal skills (Griswold & Strassler, 1994) and teamwork (Herzberg, 1993).…”