This timely book presents the most effective, innovative approaches to teaching the next generation of occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. Examining both fieldwork and classroom programs, Occupational Therapy in Health Care presents tested, state-of-the-art programs from leaders in the field. Its practical approaches focus on vital issues of teaching, including professional collaboration, measuring learning outcomes, emerging trends in the field, and student development.

Its practical approaches focus on vital issues of teaching and fieldwork education:

• interactive reasoning
• collaborative learning
• the influence of learning styles
• student group leadership in fieldwork
• developing research competencies
• understanding disability in context
• establishing community partnerships
• academic leadership
• environmental scanning regarding emerging issues

Reviews:

“INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE. . . . After I had completed reading this book, I sat back and reflected on the wide range of theory, knowledge, information, and ideas to which I had been introduced to within its pages. . . . A RICH PANORAMA OF DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVES.”

Occupational Therapy Now / Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

“PROVIDES TRULY IMAGINATIVE IDEAS for preparing the practitioners of the near future-and not a moment too soon! . . . OF ENORMOUS VALUE TO MANY, MANY EDUCATORS . . . and particularly to those fieldwork educators we normally have trouble reaching. It is easy to see that these authors have been outstanding clinicians . . . they put their OT skills to work in creating these unique learning-by-doing educational packages. Especially exciting are the clever ways in which alternative sites and programs are used to provide fieldwork experiences.”

Nedra P. Gillete, MEd, OTR, ScD (Hon), Director, Institute for the Study of Occupation and Health, American Occupational Therapy Foundation

“AN OUTSTANDING COMPILATION of articles on academic and fieldwork education. This book has something for everyone who works with OT/OTA students. Incorporating the 1998 Standards, it includes theories and ideas, as well as specific examples of programs and strategies to enhance teaching, research, and service. A MUST for program directors, faculty, and fieldwork coordinators/supervisors.”

Cel Hamant, MS, OTR, FAOTA, Director, Occupational Therapy Program, Indiana University

Contents:

• A Message from the Editors
• Instructional Methodology
• Disability in Context: A Community-Based Learning Experience
• Using Instructional Games: A Teaching Strategy for Increasing Student Participation and Retention
• The Fieldwork Profile: A Statistics Assignment Linked to the Real World of Occupational Therapy Students
• Understanding Others: A Course to Learn Interactive Clinical Reasoning
• Parameters for Adapting Journal Writing Activities
• Field Work Education
• The Reindeer of Hope: An Occupational Therapy Program in a Homeless Shelter
• Collaborative Learning Applied to Fieldwork Education
• Group Co-Leadership by Occupational Therapy Students in Community Centers: Learning Transitional Roles
• Occupational Therapy Assistant Education
• The Betty Project: Jump-Starting Clinical Observation Skills in an OTA Curriculum
• Academic Leadership
• A Teacher’s Guide to The Cheater’s Handbook
• Developing and Maintaining Community Partnerships Within “A Scholarship of Practice”
• Combining Roles as an Academic Instructor and a Clinical Practitioner in Occupational Therapy: Benefits, Challenges, and
• Strategies for Success
• Student Development
• Occupational Therapy Students’ Learning Style and Application to Professional Academic Training
• Educating Scholars of Practice: An Approach to Preparing Tomorrow’s Researchers
• Qualitative Evaluation of a Management Course Project: Creating New Job Possibilities for Occupational Therapy
• The Partnering Model: Occupational Therapy Assistant and Occupational Therapy Students Working Together
• Commentary on Education
• Reflections on Education and Learning in Occupational Therapy for the 21st Century
• A Review of AOTF Programs Directed Toward Education: 1965-2000
• Creating Education to Meet Health Care Predictions
• Index
• Reference Notes Included