A warm thank you to those of you who are involved in the education and support of our UofA MScOT students from session to session and year to year ... we could not run this OT program without your support and investment!
We greatly appreciate the generous number of offers that we received for OCCTH 526 which began this week. Our students are keen and excited to be joining you across a remarkably diverse 'field' of OT practice!
Please consider offering a fieldwork placement for the 2020 Spring and/or Summer sessions:
OCCTH 525, Level 1: May 11 - June 26, 2020 (7 weeks)
OCCTH 527, Level 3a: June 29 - August 14, 2020 (or any 7 weeks between June 15 - September 4)
Please send us your placement offers by February 14, 2020.
You can do this by contacting our Clinical Education Administrator directly or via the typical process used by your site/practice (HSPnet, etc).
otclined@ualberta.ca
10 reasons to consider becoming an OT fieldwork educator:
- Learning from students who bring new ideas and current thinking to your workplace
- Stimulates your reflective practice and clinical reasoning skills
- Enhances your professional development opportunities
- Develops professional skills, such as time management and priority setting
- Provides an opportunity to share expertise with and recruit future colleagues
- Creates and improves your links with universities
- Enhances your reputation within your workplace
- Increases productivity and access to occupational therapy for clients
- Develops teaching skills
- Deeply rewarding for all involved!
(From Drynan et al, OT Now, Jan/Feb 2013)
Thanks for your consideration.
We'd love to hear from you!
