Welcome! The Florida Occupational Therapy
Educational Consortium is thrilled by your dedication and
commitment to student education. We hope you find the
information in this website useful for making your student
experience a positive one. The provision of fieldwork education
is a fundamental component of the occupational therapy education
program. It facilitates the student's successful transition into
the role of a competent health professional. The program is
based on learning experiences in traditional and non-traditional
health care settings that allow the student to develop,
consolidate and integrate the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and
judgment taught in the academic setting. Fieldwork requires a
dynamic interchange between many people, institutions, and
professional organizations.
As Fieldwork educators, you facilitate the learning of students
by creating a climate within your settings to promote the
development of knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes
relevant to occupational therapy. As a fieldwork educator, your
role involves integrating a student program into the fieldwork
setting, modeling professional practice behaviors, guiding
student practice within the setting, and providing formal and
informal feedback and evaluation on performance to the student
and appropriate university personnel.
We thank you for your ongoing support for our future colleagues!
