OCCTH 525 begins ...

Our Year 1 students began OCCTH 525 this week ... their first full-time placement in their journey to become OTs!

Thank you to all the clinical educators who are supporting these Level 1 placements throughout AB and SK!

Click HERE to access a 6 min video on Reflective Writing, created by University of Hull (UK) that does a really good job at explaining a rationale for and approach to critical reflection.

The students were introduced to this resource during their fieldwork preparation seminars. They have been encouraged to pro-actively use both written and oral reflection as a tool for developing their clinical reasoning and professionalism throughout their placements.

We hope you find this video useful too!

UofA Rehabilitation Medicine Family Fun Day

The Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine is hosting a Family Fun Day alumni and community event on Saturday, June 4 at Corbett Hall in Edmonton.

This is a FREE event for anyone who is interested in celebrating, re-connecting or learning about rehabilitation science, OT, PT or SLP.

Please plan to join us! RSVP here.

OT Professional Practice Lead Awarded CAOT Fieldwork Educator Award of Excellence

Cherie Henderson has been awarded the national CAOT Fieldwork Educator Award of Excellence for the University of Alberta for her significant and extra-ordinary support of clinical education at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) in Edmonton!

Follow the link for the full story:

http://rehabilitation.ualberta.ca/news/2016/april/ualberta-clinical-educator-wins-national-fieldwork-educator-award-of-excellence

Our congratulations and gratitude go out to Cherie and the RAH OT team for their ongoing commitment to supervising and mentoring OT students at this major Alberta Health Services (AHS) site!

2016 CAOT Conference & UofA OT Alumni Event

We are looking forward to seeing many of you at the 2016 CAOT Conference in Banff next week!

A reminder that our department will be hosting a UofA OT Alumni Event on Thursday, April 21 in Banff, in conjunction with the conference proceedings. All UofA OT alumni are encouraged to attend!

Details below. Please RSVP by clicking here.

Seeking Level 3 Student Placements for Summer Session

We now have enough placements for all of our OCCTH 525/Year 1 students for the spring session.

We are very grateful for the support and contribution of all the OTs in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and beyond who supervise our students from session to session, year to year!

We are re-directing our recruitment efforts to the Year 2/Level 3 summer session. Dates for this particular placement are quite flexible to work around your summer holiday schedules:

OCCTH 527 (Year 2/Level 3a)
ANY 7 weeks between June 27 and September 2 

If you are a registered OT working in Alberta and would be interested in supervising a student during this session, please contact Cori Schmitz at the UofA OT Department:

cori.schmitz@ualberta.ca

Thank you for your consideration!

Still Seeking OCCTH 525 (Level 1) Placements

We are still needing to recruit a final few placements for our first year MScOT students for OCCTH 525. This Level 1 placement will occur from May 16 - June 30, 2016 (7 weeks).

If you are a registered OT working in Alberta and would be interested in supervising a student during this session, please contact Cori Schmitz at the UofA OT Department:

cori.schmitz@ualberta.ca

Thank you for your consideration!

We are very grateful for the support and contribution of all the OTs in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and beyond who supervise our students from session to session, year to year!

OT Clinical Educator of the Year recognized at RMSA Gala

The annual Rehabilitation Medicine Students Association (RMSA) Gala was held on March 18 in Edmonton.

Petrina Calder, an occupational therapist at the Edmonton Institution for Women, Correctional Services Canada, was presented with the 2015 OT Clinical Educator of the Year Award:

http://rehabilitation.ualberta.ca/news/2016/march/rehab-meds-brightest-celebrated-at-2016-awards-gala

Each year, after completing their final placements, the graduating cohort of MScOT students are each encouraged to nominate one of their clinical educators who has made an extra-ordinary contribution to their fieldwork experience.

Our congratulations and immense thanks to Petrina Calder for her ongoing investment in our OT students and for so effectively supporting fieldwork placements in a potentially intimidating practice setting!