All fieldwork is graded on a pass/fail system. Students are evaluated by the fieldwork educator at their fieldwork site and the AFWC/instructor based on the following criteria:
Students are responsible for uploading and maintaining personal and medical information in the fieldwork management system to be shared with selected clinical sites when placed for fieldwork experiences.
Students have access to the OTA Student Fieldwork Manual which contains descriptions, policies and procedures, general program information and instructions for all Level I and Level II fieldwork assignments.
The program is responsible for ensuring that all fieldwork educators are qualified to supervise level I & II fieldwork students. Fieldwork educators must meet the following criteria:
The purpose of the fieldwork experience is to provide occupational therapy students with the opportunity to integrate academic knowledge with application skills at progressively higher levels of performance and responsibility. The unique contributions of fieldwork experience include the opportunity to test first-hand the theories and facts learned in academic study and to refine skills through client interaction under the supervision of qualified personnel.
Unlike a lot of college students who spend spring break on sunny beaches distracted from thinking about their studies, a small group of animation and game design students from the Tuscarawas Campus spent their break fully immersed in activities that kept their attention focused on their degree and potential career options.They, along with Associate Professor Chris Totten, traveled to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco over spring break. The contingent included current students Mario Peterson and Jai Amos, along with Grace McCormack (a Fall 2025 gr...
The Occupational Therapy Assistant program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E Bethesda, MD 20814. ACOTE’S telephone number, c/o AOTA, is (301) 652-6611, and its web address is https://acoteonline.org).
In the 56 years since that fateful day on the campus of Kent State University, there have been many firsthand accounts of the events of May 4, 1970. However, there are noticeably fewer voices from one segment of those involved. In 13 seconds, a hail of 67 rounds of bullets fired by members of the Ohio National Guard killed four students and wounded nine others during a protest over the nation’s advancement of the Vietnam War into Cambodia and the presence of the Guardsmen on the campus. David Strittmatter, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Ohio Northern University, has been selecte...
Join us for an interactive session to learn more about the rewarding and in-demand field of respiratory therapy and Kent State's convenient options for our Associate of Applied Science degree in Respiratory Therapy. This event is virtual via Microsoft Teams.
Join us for an interactive session to learn more about the rewarding and in-demand field of respiratory therapy and Kent State's convenient options for our Associate of Applied Science degree in Respiratory Therapy. This event is virtual via Microsoft Teams.
Join us for an interactive session to learn more about the rewarding and in-demand field of respiratory therapy and Kent State's convenient options for our Associate of Applied Science degree in Respiratory Therapy. This event is virtual via Microsoft Teams.
