Spring & Summer 2020 Placement Recruitment

Happy New Year to the UofA OT community!

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:

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 occupational therapy for clients
9. Develops teaching skills
10. 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!

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!