Wednesday, June 10, 2020

UofA MScOT Fieldwork Update re: COVID-19 Pandemic

The UofA Department of OT respects and greatly appreciates the commitment and effort being demonstrated by individuals and agencies in order to provide healthcare and social services, including occupational therapy, during these unprecedented circumstances.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we were unable to schedule fieldwork placements for first year OT students during spring term (postponed until Jan/Feb 2021) but fieldwork placements for second year OT students are proceeding where possible using a revised schedule:

  • Level 3a - mid-June to end of August 
  • Level 3a/DUPLICATE - September 8 to October 30 (any 7 weeks)
  • Level 3b/FINAL - Nov 2 to Dec 18 (7 weeks) 

Offers are still needed for the Level 3a/DUPLICATE and Level 3b/FINAL placements this fall.

If your OT practice is ready, and you are willing, to support fieldwork placements during the pandemic, please contact the Department of OT:

otclined@ualberta.ca

Our department and fieldwork team would like to offer their sincere gratitude to the OT communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan for the many placements that have already been offered for Level 3a this summer. Your response has been tremendous!