Fieldwork Program Overview

New Site Information

• After initial contact is made, relevant information is exchanged between the potential site and the OTA program..

• Upon, reviewing the information, a fieldwork agreement is send to the potential site to be signed and returned to the OTA Program or if the site has their own agreement form the process is reversed.

Fieldwork Agreements:

• Level I agreements are automatically renewed and formally reviewed every three years
• Level II agreements or contacts are for a three-year time period and may updated with an addendum (LATI’s agreements can be modified to comply with fieldwork site criteria).

Fieldwork Requests;

• Every year, the OTA program will send out a form that requests each site to list available students placements for specific dates. This form includes a provision allows each fieldwork site to accept or deny a student placement for the listed dates.

Placements:

• Level I Placements:

Level I placements are one week in length and are scheduled for late spring and mid summer. The first placement is termed Level IA and the later one is termed Level IB. The fieldwork coordinator sends out request for placements in late winter or early spring. After placements have been secured, the fieldwork coordinator sends out an student information packet to the site. This packet contains forms that provide proof of professional liability, childhood immunization, a negative TB test and CPR certification within the past 12 months, as well as a student signed confidentiality form. The information packet also includes proof medical insurance and a hepatitis B immunizations or a student signed waiver.

· Level II Placements

Level II placements are two months in length and are scheduled for midwinter (January) through late spring (May). The are termed Level IIA and Level II B. Request for placements are typically sent out to fieldwork site in late summer or early fall. After placements have been secured, the fieldwork coordinator sends out an student information packet to the site. This packet contains forms that provide proof of professional liability, childhood immunization, a negative TB test and CPR certification within the past 12 months, as well as a student signed confidentiality form. The information packet also includes proof medical insurance and a hepatitis B immunizations or a student signed waiver.

Dataforms:

• A fieldwork dataform is an AOTA form that gives the LATI OTA Program pertinent facility information AOTA requires that it be updated annually. The academic fieldwork coordinator generally sends out new data forms to the fieldwork site in the spring or summer of each year. These dataforms may be completed by completing a hardcopy or utilizing a computer disk and/or email.

Student Objectives:

• AOTA requires that each fieldwork site have a documented set of student objectives. Basically, the objectives identify what the fieldwork site expects the student to learn during their placement. Sample objectives that are to be utilized as guides are available from the academic fieldwork coordinator.