Fieldwork Educators Resources

Preceptor Education Program

The Preceptor Education Program is designed to help both clinical educators and students alike to better prepare for clinical placements. The completely free program offers short 30-minute modules that contain both downloadable learning activities and tools as well as quick tips. This is a good introduction to clinical training and fieldwork education.

AOTA's Voluntary Credentialing

AOTA Fieldwork Resources

Click on the following links to access articles and other resources related to fieldwork education.

• Standards of Practice for Occupational Therapy
• COE Guidelines for Level I OT Fieldwork Experience
• COE Guidelines for Level II OT Fieldwork Experience
• Resources for Fieldwork Education
• Resources for New Fieldwork Programs
• Site-Specific Objectives
• Student Supervision
• AOTA Fieldwork Related Products
• http://www.aota.org/Practitioners/Reimb.aspx

Website Links

Click on the following links to access resources about accreditation, certification, Texas licensure and national and state professional organizations.

• Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education
• National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• Advance for OT-Patient Education Handouts
• Advance for OT-Student Resource Center
• Fund to Promote Occupational Therapy
• TBOTE Rules

Fieldwork Articles

Click on the following links to access published articles about fieldwork education.

• Advance for OT
• OT Practice

Evidence-Based Practice Databases

These sites provide avenues for accessing evidenced-based practice information. Your fieldwork interns are familiar with these resources and can assist you with EBP research specific to your practice setting.

• Campbell Collaboration -- A systematic review of social interventions
• Education Resources Information Center -- (ERIC)
• Google Scholar -- A simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature
• National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research -- (NCDDR)
• Open Access Review -- Peer-Reviewed articles and reprints.
• OT Seeker -- OT abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized trials relevant to OT.
• Pub Med Central -- Free, full text journal articles.
• PubMed-- Biomedical literature citations and abstracts.