Site-Specific Objectives Worksheet
(Developed by WNY OT Fieldwork Consortium)
The Site-Specific Objectives Worksheet is intended to help both student and fieldwork educator to identify behavioral and measurable fieldwork objectives that are relevant to both the site as well as the Fieldwork Performance Evaluation. Once completed, the list of objectives may be used by the student and fieldwork educator to guide learning activities, assignments, case assignments, and supervision agenda throughout the fieldwork experience, as well as guide the mid-term and final evaluation process. The worksheet is intended as a “working document” that should be periodically referenced throughout the fieldwork experience and revised based on student’s and fieldwork educator’s collaboration. Ultimately, the document should be used to guide the evaluation of the student’s performance during the final week of fieldwork.
Students are expected to complete the worksheet under the collaboration and guidance of the Fieldwork Educator. They must submit the completed form to their school by the final week of Level II fieldwork. Download the worksheet and save to your computer. Once completed, the form should be shared with subsequent fieldwork students and be revised as needed. Students should be aware of the content on the worksheet to help guide learning, supervision discussions, self-reflection, and performance evaluation.
Students are expected to complete the worksheet under the collaboration and guidance of the Fieldwork Educator. They must submit the completed form to their school by the final week of Level II fieldwork. Download the worksheet and save to your computer. Once completed, the form should be shared with subsequent fieldwork students and be revised as needed. Students should be aware of the content on the worksheet to help guide learning, supervision discussions, self-reflection, and performance evaluation.
Clinical Reasoning Skills and Expectations of OT Students
Clinical reasoning is a common skill that all clinicians are expected to possess and utilize, and all students are expected to develop. Occupational therapy fieldwork educators may be unaware of the expected level of clinical reasoning skills and expectations of students, and the term is not well defined, especially behaviorally, in the context of the Fieldwork Performance Evaluation for the Occupational Therapy Student (FWPE).
As part of her Master’s project Brittany Nye, D’Youville College occupational therapy student, developed a document with information regarding the (FWPE). The purpose of this document is to provide occupational therapy fieldwork educators with a description of behavioral expectations of students at each level on the one to four point rating scale of the FWPE.
Since the information provided is specifically about clinical reasoning skills and expectations of students, Brittany developed behavioral objectives for specifically two of the seven performance areas on the FWPE: "Evaluation and Screening"; and "Intervention". Both sections have been broken down into their respective performance items, which have then been further broken down into the one to four point rating scale. The document can be used as an interpretive guide when completing the FWPE.
As part of her Master’s project Brittany Nye, D’Youville College occupational therapy student, developed a document with information regarding the (FWPE). The purpose of this document is to provide occupational therapy fieldwork educators with a description of behavioral expectations of students at each level on the one to four point rating scale of the FWPE.
Since the information provided is specifically about clinical reasoning skills and expectations of students, Brittany developed behavioral objectives for specifically two of the seven performance areas on the FWPE: "Evaluation and Screening"; and "Intervention". Both sections have been broken down into their respective performance items, which have then been further broken down into the one to four point rating scale. The document can be used as an interpretive guide when completing the FWPE.
Evaluation Tools:
- Fieldwork Experience Assessment Tool (FEAT)
- Self-Assessment Tool for Fieldwork Educator Competency
- Fieldwork Performance Evaluation for the Occupational Therapy Assistant Student (Sample version for learning only)
- Fieldwork Performance Evaluation for the Occupational Therapy Student (Sample version for learning only)
- Student Evaluation of Fieldwork Experience
OTfieldwork is not affiliated with the American Occupational Therapy Association. AOTA links are provided as a convenience for visitors to this site. AOTA membership log-in required for some links.
Website Links:
- Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education
- National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
- NYS Office of the Professions- OT Page
- American Occupational Therapy Association
- New York State Occupational Therapy Association
- Advance for OT- Patient Education Handouts
- Advance for OT- Student Resource Center
- Fund to Promote Occupational Therapy
Evidence-Based Practice Databases:
- Campbell Collaboration systematic review of social interventions
- Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
- Google Scholar a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature
- Open Access Review peer-reviewed articles and reprints
- OT Seeker OT abstracts of systematic reviews and randomized trials relevant to OT
- PubMed Central free, full text journal articles
- PubMed biomedical literature citations and abstracts
Fieldwork Articles:
- Advance for OT magazine- archive of "Issues in Fieldwork" article series.
- OT Practice magazine.
