Happy Holidays from the UofA Department of OT!

Bringing occupational therapy to Maskwacis First Nation through fieldwork placements

From July - October 2019, the University of Alberta and the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital partnered to address the significant need for occupational therapy services within Alberta First Nations communities by supporting role-emerging student placements at Maskwacis Health Services.

Read the full article here.

One More Thing (As We Wrap Up OT Month for Another Year) ...

Poster Credit: Dr Cary Brown & SAOT 

Sharon Brintnell Lectureship Award in Advancing Occupational Therapy September 21, 2019

Join us for the inaugural Sharon Brintnell Lectureship Award in Advancing Occupational Therapy!

Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019

Time: 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Location: 2-39 Corbett Hall, University of Alberta, 8205 114 Street, Edmonton

For more information and to register click here.

A Tribute to Dr Liz Taylor

Dr Liz Taylor was celebrated on June 7 for her near 50-year career as an OT.

Liz will officially retire from the UofA OT Department at the end of June.

Click here for the full story of Liz's remarkable and extensive contributions to the UofA OT Department and to the greater OT, health science and military communities in Alberta and Canada.

Bravo, Liz!

Thank you for your tremendous contribution to OT fieldwork education too!

Teaching Resource for OT Preceptors

We are in the early days of OCCTH 525 (Level 1) placements so it is an appropriate time to share this online free access article (from the CAOT OT Now archive) re:

A Teaching Resource for Preceptors of Occupational Therapy Students (D’Cunha Sequeira, 2011)

This article provides ideas for teaching/learning activities associated with each of the fieldwork competencies that are applicable at every level of fieldwork and across practice contexts.

Click here to access the article (starting on page 7).

THANK YOU for mentoring our Level 1 OT students in your practice settings across Alberta and Saskatchewan!

OT Outside the Clinical 'Box': Fieldwork Placements within Alberta Health

On two occasions in recent years, Dr Shannon Berg, an OT who is currently the Executive Director Primary & Community Health for Alberta Health, has hosted and supervised an OT student for a non-traditional final fieldwork placement with an administrative and policy focus.

Read the story of one student's experience published in an online issue of the FRM Rehab News ...

OT Outside the Clinical 'Box'

Many thanks to Dr Berg for contributing to our fieldwork program!

A New Year of Fieldwork Has Begun

Our sincere thanks to all of you who are currently hosting and involved in the supervision of our Year 2 OT students!

These students are completing their Level 2 placement from Jan 7 - Feb 22 within an impressive range of practices, organizations and services across Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

The 'call for offers' for placements that are needed for the spring (Level 1) and summer (Level 3a) sessions is also underway.

10 + 1 Reasons For You To Make Students An Offer they Can't Refuse!
(Drynan, OT Now, CAOT, 2013)

1. Learning from students who bring new ideas and current thinking to your workplace
2. Stimulates your reflective practice and clinical reasoning skills
3. Enhances your professional development opportunities
4. Develops professional skills, such as time management and priority setting
5. Provides an opportunity to share expertise with and recruit future colleagues
6. Creates and improves your links with universities
7. Enhances your reputation within your workplace
8. Increases productivity and access to OT for clients
9. Develops teaching skills
10. Deeply rewarding for all involved
11. Scholarship of practice

Please be in touch with us if you are interested in offering a placement:

otclined@ualberta.ca