Clinical Reasoning II: Adulthood/Geriatrics Level I Fieldwork

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This seminar emphasizes the application of occupational therapy skills pertinent to use with adults and aging adults. Students gain an enhanced appreciation of the physical, psychological, cognitive, cultural, and social factors that influence engagement in occupation. This one hour seminar provides a problem based learning context for the development of clinical reasoning skills in occupational therapy, translating lessons from the classroom to clinical examples to enhance observation skills and intervention planning processes. This course requires a fieldwork level 1 placement, one day/week for 7 weeks or a minimum of 35 hours.