Fieldwork Educator’s Guide to Level I Fieldwork

<p><b>A new resource for occupational therapy academic fieldwork coordinators and fieldwork educators <i>Fieldwork Educator's Guide to Level I Fieldwork</i> is a practical guide for faculty and clinicians to design and implement Level I fieldwork experiences for occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students.</b></p><p><b><i>Fieldwork Educator's Guide to Level I Fieldwork </i></b>was designed to address the challenges of integrating Level I fieldwork with classroom learning experiences. Expansive and versatile the book meets the recently expanded definition of Level I fieldwork according to the 2018 Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education standards including faculty-led experiences standardized patients simulation and supervision by a fieldwork educator in a practice environment.</p><p>Each unit of the text builds upon the previous unit. The first unit provides fundamental knowledge on experiential learning and includes an orientation to the purpose of Level I fieldwork in occupational therapy. Building on this foundation the second unit equips the reader with resources to develop a Level I fieldwork learning plan suitable for their setting. The final units focus on situational scenarios that emerge during Level I fieldwork placements and provides a framework for assessing student learning during Level I fieldwork. While each chapter is designed to build upon one another they also can be used as stand-alone resources depending on the needs of the reader.</p><p>What is included in<b><i> Fieldwork Educator’s Guide to Level I Fieldwork</i>:</b></p><ul> <li>Up-to-date terminology</li> <li>Experiential learning frameworks and models in diverse contexts including role emerging and simulation</li> <li>Strategies for addressing anxiety and student stress management and supporting students with disabilities</li> <li>Models to support clinical reasoning development during Level I fieldwork</li> <li>Mechanisms to foster student professional development and communication skills</li> </ul><p>Be sure to also look into the successive textbook <b><i>Fieldwork Educator’s Guide to Level II Fieldwork</i></b> which was designed in-tandem with this book to be a progressive resource that exclusively focuses on Level II fieldwork.</p>