Article: Accommodating Students During Fieldwork
June 23, 2008
There is an interesting article in the June 9, 2008 issue (Vol. 24 No 12) of Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners entitled "Accommodating Students During Fieldwork". It also provides resources that provide suggestions for accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
IOTA Spring Conference offers education for clinical fieldwork educators...
May 11, 2008
USI recently hosted the Indiana Occupational Therapy Association Spring Conference on May10th. In spite of the busy weekend (USI‘s graduation was held on May11th) the conference was a success and offered educational sessions on Specialty Certification, Service learning, First Steps, Professional Portfolio development and information for clinical fieldwork educators.
Two additional conferences are scheduled for the academic year of 2008-2009. In October the 13th Annual Nursing and Health Professions Educator Conference will be held on Oct. 22nd. This conference will bring a keynote speaker of interest to all educators and breakout sessions will include a specific session for clinical fieldwork educators, presented by Janet Kilbane, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator for the OT program and Kathleen French, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator for the OTA program. The second conference will be offered by the Indiana Fieldwork Educators Consortium. This offering, slated for early March, will be hosted by USI and open to all clinical fieldwork educators.
