Professional Development 6: Student Clinical Experience

Catalog description

This course prepares for the transition from academic to clinical student roles and from student to practitioner. Ethics, supervision, conflict resolution, documentation, evolution of clinical reasoning skills, scientific inquiry, teamwork, and collaboration with certified occupational therapy assistants will be covered. Students will have a better understanding of national and state regulatory bodies and their effects on practice. The course gives students knowledge related to national and state requirements for credentialing and licensing. Tools and information are also given to the students to prepare them for becoming fieldwork educators.