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Changes and challenges in higher education : what is the impact on fieldwork education?

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posted on 2012-12-01, 00:00 authored by Helen Larkin, Valerie WatchornValerie Watchorn
Although fieldwork practicums have long been mandatory and integral requirements of our professional education, there is now an increasing focus on integrating work experience more broadly into a range of academic programs. These activities are increasingly coming under the spotlight of universities and the Federal government (Patrick et al., 2008). The provision of quality fieldwork education for both occupational therapy students and fieldwork educators remains critical, requiring strong collaboration and partnerships between universities, the profession and representative bodies. However, we argue that as the characteristics of universities and students has changed considerably in recent years, the planning and implementation of fieldwork needs to be informed by an understanding of these ongoing changes.

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Journal

Australian occupational therapy journal

Volume

59

Pagination

463 - 466

Location

Richmond, Vic.

ISSN

0045-0766

eISSN

1440-1630

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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