Some ideas for site-specific objectives for your fieldwork students.

How should you develop objectives that reflect entry-level competency in your practice setting? This is an outline of information provided in a powerpoint form from AOTA. Click here for the power point, as well as examples of site-specific objectives:

In order to write site-specific objectives for you site, start with:

1. Identifying entry- level competencies at your site

• What is the domain of OT at your site?
• What is the purpose of the OT evaluation process?
• What intervention approaches are used at your site?

2. When writing objectives, think about:

• What will prove to you that the student is able to practice in a safe and ethical manner, articulate the domain of practice, and effectively carry out the OT process.

Some general ideas for developing student objectives include having the student:  

1. Evaluate the individual to determine needs and priorities for occupation- based interventions.
2. Develop intervention plans that addresses the occupational needs of individuals
3. Implement occupationally meaningful interventions with clients that support participation
4. Promote occupational therapy services

Some Sample objectives for different settings include:

• Mental health setting: Clearly explains the rationale for the intervention activities selected using the Model of Human Occupation
• School setting: Clearly describes why a student requires pull- out OT interventions versus classroom OT interventions
• Rehab setting: discusses rationale of intervention choices using motor learning principles

For more examples click here!