{"id":52,"date":"2024-11-07T19:06:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T19:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2025-01-02T15:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:21:29","slug":"fieldwork-educator-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/fieldwork-educator-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Fieldwork Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fieldwork Educators Expectations of Level II Occupational Therapy Students\u2019 Professional and Technical Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fieldwork Educators Expectations of Level II Occupational Therapy Students\u2019 Professional and Technical Skills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jessica Mason, OTD, OTR\/L; Cynthia L. Hayden, DHEd., OTR\/L, CHT; Renee Causey-Upton, PhD., OTD, OTR\/L<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Article Link<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an <em>open access<\/em> article. Full article can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.wmich.edu\/ojot\/vol8\/iss3\/10\/\">Fieldwork Educators Expectations of Level II Occupational Therapy Students\u2019 Professional and Technical Skills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore Level II fieldwork educators\u2019 perceptions of occupational therapy students\u2019 professional and technical skills at the beginning of Level II fieldwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Determine if fieldwork educators perceive students as being adequately prepared for Level II fieldwork experiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify the technical and professional skills fieldwork educators expect of occupational therapy students at the beginning of Level II fieldwork experiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify technical and professional skills that fieldwork educators indicate students might be lacking at the beginning of Level II fieldwork experiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Figure 1<\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Professional and Technical Skills Needed for Fieldwork Success and Professional and Technical Skills Lacking at the Beginning of Fieldwork<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Fieldwork-Professional-and-technical-skills-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Professional and Technical Skills Needed for Fieldwork Success\" class=\"wp-image-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Fieldwork-Professional-and-technical-skills-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Fieldwork-Professional-and-technical-skills-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Fieldwork-Professional-and-technical-skills-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Fieldwork-Professional-and-technical-skills-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Fieldwork-Professional-and-technical-skills-624x624.png 624w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Fieldwork-Professional-and-technical-skills.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Figure 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Specific Clinical Skills Clinicians Believe are Needed to be Successful in a Clinical Setting<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Clinical-Skills-Needed-Final-1.png\" alt=\"Specific Clinical Skills Needed for Student Success in Clinical Setting.\" class=\"wp-image-96\" style=\"width:486px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Clinical-Skills-Needed-Final-1.png 418w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Clinical-Skills-Needed-Final-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/01\/Clinical-Skills-Needed-Final-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Takeaways for Clinicians<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results of this study indicates that the professional and technical skills that clinicians believe are needed at the start of fieldwork are lacking, indicating a performance gap for many students at the start of fieldwork. Understanding this performance gap provides fieldwork supervisors with an opportunity to identify disparities in student performance early in a placement to develop a timely plan to support students throughout their fieldwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reviewing the list of professional and technical skills that are lacking at the start of fieldwork, is a good starting point for fieldwork coordinators and supervisors to:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Communicate to the academic fieldwork coordinator the skills required of fieldwork students when assigning a student to the clinical site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop methods of communicating to students the site expectations in the areas listed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assemble a list of resources for students to review prior to and during fieldwork to develop the professional and technical skills expected at the site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assess student performance in the areas listed during the early weeks of fieldwork to determine what level of support needs to be provided to a student.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implement scheduled meetings to provide a concrete list of areas that needs to be addressed. This template can be used and modified as needed. [add template]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Determine when to collaborate with the academic fieldwork coordinator if skill development is not progressing adequately.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The following questions can be asked as appropriate:<ul><li>What instructional methods worked best for this student? Where they a hands-on learner, auditory learner?<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>What strategies can be used to increase the student\u2019s level of comfort with providing occupational therapy services? A student may want to practice with the supervisor to increase self-confidence with performance prior to working with a client.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>What approach can be used to clearly communicate expectations of this placement? Weekly meetings? Daily huddles?<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What resources have been used in the classroom to teach evaluation and intervention concepts, including textbooks and evidence-based research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Online Resources to Develop Professional and Technical Skills of Fieldwork Students:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aota.org\/education\/fieldwork\/fieldwork-educators\">AOTA Fieldwork Educator Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.otfieldwork.net\/supervision-101.html\">WNY FW Consortium Supervision 101<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citation: Mason, J., Hayden, C. L., &amp; Causey-Upton, R. (2020). Fieldwork Educators\u2019 Expectations of Level II Occupational Therapy Students\u2019 Professional and Technical Skills. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 8(3), 1-16.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15453\/2168-6408.1649\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15453\/2168-6408.1649<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fieldwork Educators Expectations of Level II Occupational Therapy Students\u2019 Professional and Technical Skills Article Fieldwork Educators Expectations of Level II Occupational Therapy Students\u2019 Professional and Technical Skills Authors Jessica Mason, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ubotfieldwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}