Academic Fieldwork Coordinator OT, Hybrid Immersion

The mission of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is the development of professional health care practitioners through innovation, individualized, and quality classroom, clinical, and distance education.

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Academic Fieldwork Instructor (AFWC) is primarily responsible for coordinating the clinical education portion of the OTD curriculum. This is a faculty position with teaching, scholarship, advisement, and service responsibilities in addition to the administration of clinical education. This position requires significant contact with students, outside constituents, professional consortiums, and AFWC faculty at the other USA campuses so teaching responsibilities have been significantly reduced in order to ensure that the needs of the fieldwork program are being met.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES SUPERVISED BY THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Course management

• Prepares and delivers course instruction as assigned
• Maintains environment conducive to learning and facilitates student participation
• Assesses student performance, monitors student progress, and provides timely feedback
• Interacts with program faculty at all campuses regarding clinical education and doctoral experiential component/residency curriculum

Advisement

• Advises entry-level students with academic and/or personal issues

Scholarship

• Sets scholarship plan, implements plan as prescribed by accreditation standards

Service

• Serves on programmatic and university committees as assigned
• Serves as university liaison in community and/or professional activities

Clinical Education Program Planning, Implementation, and Assessment

• Development of students as clinicians in all domains of professional clinical practice; appropriately assesses student learning and performance
• Coordinates or participates in the development of clinical education faculty
• Analyzes the clinical education and doctoral experiential component/residency program academic outcomes for compliance to accreditation standards
• Advances the vision of the profession and delivers new ideas with a forward-looking perspective of clinical education
• Appropriately communicates to faculty and program directors on student and curriculum information

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CLINICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

• Communicates between the Academic Institution and Affiliated Clinical Education Sites
• Communicates with all concerned stakeholders (e.g., clinical education sites, , clinical faculty, and students to maintain current knowledge of the educational program, the clinical education sites, and health care changes affecting clinical practice and education
• Communicates and oversees communication with fieldwork educators (FWE), and students to assess student performance. Provides guidance and support as required to problem solve and discuss pertinent issues with students.
• Places, supervises, and communicates with students while on clinical experiences.
• Evaluates each clinical education site through student feedback, on-site visits, and ongoingcommunications, and routinely shares this information with academic faculties
• Coordinates and plans clinical education with other campuses/programs and clinical education staff
• Attends AFWC meetings and local consortium meetings
• Clinical Site Development
• Maintains the procedures for clinical site selection, utilization, and assessment
• Maintains an adequate number of clinical education sites relative to quality, quantity and diversity of learning experiences to meet the educational needs of students, the philosophy and outcomes of the program, and ACOTE evaluative criteria
• Provides clinical education site development through ongoing evaluation and assessment of strengths and areas for development (e.g., in service training, discontinue student placements) as approved by the Program Directors
• Fieldwork Educator Development
• Collaborates with FWEs to promote, coordinate, plan, and provide FWE development opportunities using effective instructional methodologies and technologies with approval of the Program Directors
• Encourages clinical faculty to participate in local, statewide, and national forums
• Maintains knowledge of current trends in health care and its effect on clinical education and apprises clinical educators and faculty of any changing trends
• Mentors other academic faculty about their role and responsibilities related to clinical education (e.g., clinical site visits, determining readiness for the clinic)
• Works with the Clinical Education Department Head to support a collaborative environment in the clinical education office with behaviors such as:
• Demonstrating mutual respect for each member of the team and the policies of the university; displays positive interpersonal relationships
• Being attentive to staff job responsibilities and chain of command
• Participating in the planning and coordination of clinical education functions
• Communicating regularly and clearly with all members of the team
• Demonstrating a productive attitude toward improvement…