Second year occupational therapy students enrolled in our UofA MScOT Indigenous Focus prepared this short video as well as a link to an editable resource document where you can learn more, take action and add additional resources.
National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (UofA) initiatives, stories and events.
We encouraged our Level 2 students to share some of the experiences they had during their summer fieldwork placements.
We always enjoy seeing their diverse practice areas and locations and also hearing how excited they are to apply their knowledge and skills in the real world!
Here are a few of the 'postcards' we received ...
Most summer fieldwork placements are wrapping up this week.
Our enormous gratitude and awe goes out to all the OTs who've stepped up and supervised students during the 18 months of this pandemic!
I have now returned to my UofA office and this collection on my door ...
Keep Calm and Place [or Supervise!] Students
It's Chaos. Be Kind.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
We thank you.
Welcome to summertime!
Our Year 2 students are currently in the field with many of you across Alberta and Saskatchewan completing their Level 2 placement. Thank you for hosting and mentoring their practical learning!
We are in the final stages of recruiting fall 2021 placements and are so appreciative of all the effort and commitment demonstrated by AB and SK OTs over the lengthy pandemic period to 'pivot' and find a way to continue supervising OT students, in person or virtually!
We hope the summer re-openings give everyone a chance to reconnect with those who matter most!
With gratitude,
Your MScOT Fieldwork Team
https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-summer-summer-solstice#
Thank you to all the OTs in Alberta, Saskatchewan and beyond who have continued to supervise our students amidst ongoing pandemic circumstances!
We greatly appreciate the number of offers that we received for OCCTH 526/Level 2 set to begin in mid-June. Students have now been matched to those offers and are appreciative, keen and very excited to be joining you across a remarkably diverse 'field' of OT practice!
We have necessarily adjusted our UofA MScOT fieldwork schedule for 2021 to cope with ongoing pandemic realities.
Please consider offering fieldwork placements for the 2021 fall placement sessions:
OCCTH 527, Level 3a: September 7 - October 22, 2021 (or alternatively September 13 - October 29)
OCCTH 528, Level 3b/FINAL: November 1 - December 17, 2021 (7 weeks)
Please send us your placement offers by June 1 for either session but especially for the Sept/Oct session.
You can do this by contacting our Clinical Education Administrator directly or via the typical process used by your site/practice (HSPnet, etc).
We really appreciate your contribution to OT student education!
Spring is just starting to show herself and OCCTH 525 has wrapped up for most Year 2/Level 1 students.
Thank you to ALL the OTs in Alberta and Saskatchewan who have continued to supervise students amidst ongoing pandemic circumstances. Every placement counts and you were each a part of the solution as we necessarily juggled placement periods in recent months!
Formal appreciation letters have been sent directly via email to the OTs who supervised students between June-Dec 2020.
By the end of March, appreciation letters will also be sent directly via email to OTs who have supervised students since the beginning of 2021.
Please check your inboxes (including junk mail) and let us know if you should have received an appreciation letter and have not!
Each letter is personalized in PDF format so it can be saved and/or printed for your professional record. These letters can also be submitted as evidence of continuing competency activity should you choose to make student supervision a practice goal from year to year.
We really appreciate your contribution to MScOT fieldwork!
