One question that students commonly asked is if they can find their own fieldwork opportunities in occupational therapy school. The answer is it depends. There’s is a continuum of possible answer actually and this depends on the school that you attend. On one end of the spectrum, as shown by this response from ACOTE, some … Read more
A list of topics to review before, as you start, and during your fieldwork. You may not able to review some of these topics until you begin, so review what you can beforehand. A very good resource is the Occupational Therapy in Acute Care book (Amazon Affiliate Link). Some topics may not apply depending on … Read more
Where to Schedule an Appointment Check with your school, fieldwork coordinator, or fieldwork site. Check with your hospital (insurance) network. Check your local county health website, which may contain a list of vaccination sites. Sometimes other hospitals provide vaccinations to patients outside of their network, check hospital websites such as Kaiser, Sutter, or whichever is … Read more
Has anyone been able to work while doing fieldwork level II? what did you do? Students are probably wondering is if it is possible to work while doing fieldwork and if it is too demanding. I was in this exact position myself in OT school. We will be talking more specifically about level II fieldwork … Read more