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TOTA’s 2013 Fieldwork Educators Forum

TOTA’s 2013 Fieldwork Educators Forum. This year’s presenters: Matt Geddie, OTR, PhD Sher Harnish, MA, OTR Autumn Clegg, OTR, MSOT Sophie Rydin, OTR, PhD. Course Objectives. Understand factors that currently impact fieldwork education.

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TOTA’s 2013 Fieldwork Educators Forum

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  1. TOTA’s 2013FieldworkEducators Forum This year’s presenters: Matt Geddie, OTR, PhD Sher Harnish, MA, OTR Autumn Clegg, OTR, MSOT Sophie Rydin, OTR, PhD

  2. Course Objectives • Understand factors that currently impact fieldwork education. • Recognize the main components of a collaborative learning model. • Implement supervision strategies with multiple fieldwork students. • Define entry-level competencies for fieldwork students in their practice setting. • Create learning experiences that address a variety of learning styles and developmental needs across a range of entry-level capabilities. • Update on development of the Texas OT Consortium Website

  3. Outside Influences: State Authorization and Growth of Programs

  4. State Authorization of Distance Learning Programs • October 2010 – U.S. Dept. of Education releases ‘state authorization’ regulation • Institutions offering distance ed. courses must have approval from each state where they serve students • Later vacated by the courts, • No enforcement until July 2014…but… • Highlighted existing state policy and regulations, that had been mostly ignored

  5. 2011 – schools send requests for approval….then wait, and wait • 49 states and District of Columbia • Some states begin to modify their policies based on ↑ number of requests from outside their borders

  6. Fieldwork and Practicum requirements trigger ’physical presence’ rulings in some states • Bureaucratic nightmare • Financial Burden on programs • i.e. $4000 per student, $150,000 per year • May ultimately restrict enrollment

  7. TWU’s response • Seek approval in border states • Join the Electronic Campus of the Southern Education Regional Board • Strategically seek approval elsewhere pending staff & fiscal resources • Do not permit enrollments from certain states in some programs • AL, MD, DC, MN, UT

  8. Effects of State Authorization • Short-term • Restricts some FW placements • Limits admissions • Long-term • Unknown • Projected ↑ in local placements

  9. Growth of Programs

  10. Do the math. • 6 new programs • X 12 students in each cohort • X 5 (3 FW1 + 2 FW2) • 360 additional placements/cohort of 12 • 600 placements for classes of 20

  11. Anticipated Issues • Increased need for FW 1 and FW2 sites • Increased need for faculty • Concurrent shifts in definition of FTE status • Increased number OTRs working less hours/ shorter work weeks • More job sharing • Paying for FW placements

  12. Solutions ? • New models of supervision • Collaborative learning (1 FWE: 2-3 interns) • Shared supervision • OTR-OTA models • Emerging practice areas • Length of placements • Mixed-site placements • Are we adequately preparing students to assume a future FWE role?

  13. Suggestions/Discussion • Sher Harnish, MA, OTR, AFWC Texas Woman’s University sharnish@twu.edu

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