Full Description
Learn the best new approaches from the world's leading OT educators!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
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
