Cincinnati State Occupational Therapy Assistant Program
Fieldwork Selection Criteria for Level II Clinical Placements
Criteria
Description
Comments
OTRs and COTAs
Utilize COTAs or at the
minimum have an understanding
of the role of COTAs in practice
at their facility.
Use evidence in treatment
decisions.
Must have OTR
supervision of course.
Evidence Based Treatment
Utilize client centered
treatment
Have at least one objective
pertaining to this.
Utilize occupation based
treatment
Combination of other treatment
approaches as well but still tied
to the outcome of the client’s
occupational roles
Caseload that supports
learning
There must be enough clients
that the students will be able to
maintain a caseload of their own.
Supervisor must be given time to
effectively supervise students
Support for supervisors
from their facility
Supervisors onsite
Supervision must be onsite at all
times, when the main supervisor
is not available there is someone
who will be responsible
Would be helpful to
our curriculum design
if there is a project
incorporating this
principle.
Students must be able
to clearly articulate
each of the treatments
they are performing
and it is related to the
client
Students must be
given the opportunity
to incorporate this into
at least 50% of their
treatments.
Supervisors must be
given support from
their agency that does
not require them to
carry an entire
caseload in addition to
the students caseload.
Site must include
psychosocial issues with all
clients
At least one objective for
students learning that describes
how they will address the
psychosocial needs of clients.
Supervisors able to
Developmental model
articulate important aspects Occupation based treatment
of our program and
Evidence based treatment
curriculum design.
Course content and descriptions
Supervisors knowledgeable Supervisors will be invited to our
of adult learning needs of
free continuing education each
community college students year. It is highly recommended
that this be attended.
Supervisors must promote
Supervisors must be willing to
clinical reasoning and
discuss their frame of reference
transmit values and beliefs
and communicate this as well as
that enable ethical practice
their clinical reasoning to
students.
Site has clearly established
Site must be willing to give these
objectives for fieldwork and to the student the first day of
will utilize the AFWC when clinical and share with our
possible
institution as needed.
Students may
incorporate into daily
intervention planning
of clients.
FW educators able to
access FW information
on CState’s FW
webpage