Best Practices in Occupational Therapy Education

Abstract

* Message from the Editors * FIELDWORK EDUCATION * Supervisor and Student Expectations of Level II Fieldwork (Kimberly A. Vogel, Kimatha Oxford Grice, Stephanie Hill, and James Moody) * An Exploratory Study of Web-Based Supports for Occupational Therapy Students During Level II Fieldwork (Donna Wooster) * Effects of Level II Fieldwork on Clinical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy (Marjorie E. Scaffa and Theresa M. Smith) * Brief or New: Professional Development of Fieldwork Students: Occupational Adaptation, Clinical Reasoning, and Client-Centeredness (Gina L. Ferraro Coates and Patricia A. Crist) * INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS * Teaching Undergraduate Neuroscience with Brain Teaser Experiments (Daniel Goldreich) * Laugh and Learn: Humor as a Teaching Strategy in Occupational Therapy Education (Marti Southam and Kathleen Barker Schwartz) * FOCUS ON STUDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT * Promoting Professional Reflection Through Problem-Based Learning Evaluation Activities (Martina C. McNulty, Terry K. Crowe, and Betsy VanLeit) * Personality Type in Occupational Therapy Students: Implications for Teaching and Learning Strategies (Paula W. Jamison and Diane Dirette) * Brief or New: Student Learning Portfolios: Balancing Tradition with Innovation (Karen P. Funk) * INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY * Student Development in an Online Post-Professional Master's Program (Pamela Richardson) * Brief or New: The Benefits of On-Line Learning in Occupational Therapy (Heather A. Gallew) * Brief or New: WebQuests: An Instructional Strategy for the Occupational Therapy Classroom (Donna Wooster and Kathy Lemcool) * PREPARATION FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PRACTICE * Constructing a Program Development Proposal for Community-Based Practice: A Valuable Learning Experience for Occupational Therapy Students (Barbara Kopp Miller and David Nelson) * Educating for Community-Based Practice: A Collaborative Strategy (Jaime Phillip Munoz, Ingrid Provident, and Anne Marie Witchger Hansen) * The Aware Communicator: Dialogues on Diversity (Jan Froehlich and Susan G. Nesbit) * EDITORS' INVITED COMMENTARY ON PROFESSIONAL ISSUES * How Does One Develop and Document the Skills Needed to Assume a Deanship in Higher Education? (Charles Christiansen) * Trajectory Towards the Strange Attractor of Academic Administration: Top Ten Vectors for Plotting (Charlotte Brasic Royeen) * Academic Management: A Personal Perspective (Ruth L. Schemm) * The Occupational Therapist as Academic Dean (Charlotte E. Exner) * What Does the Move to Master's Level Education for the Occupational Therapist Mean for Occupational Therapy Assistant Education? (Barbara J. Natell) * OTA-OT Partnerships: Offering Educational Options and Opportunities (Susan G. Ahmad and Aimee J. Luebben) * Implications of the Move to Master's Level Education for the Occupational Therapist for Occupational Therapy Assistant Education (Martha Branson Banks) * Index * Reference Notes Included