These experiences provide an opportunity to correlate didactic learning with clinical experience, giving each student the opportunity for personal and professional growth. In addition, fieldwork enables the student to be mentored as a member of the professional community and to apply theory and treatment approaches as well as learn new theories, procedures and philosophies.
Students participate in two levels of fieldwork experience throughout the three-year curriculum.
Level II fieldwork experiences are scheduled after all prerequisite academic courses have been completed. These experiences offer an opportunity to participate in practice across the lifespan in a variety of healthcare arenas with clients of diverse needs and health concerns. Students select their clinical experiences from choices in the Charleston area, throughout the state and across the country in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, outpatient clinics, community outreach programs, private practices, school-based settings and specialty practices. Students graduate from the Occupational Therapy Program at the Medical University of South Carolina with strong clinical skills and experiences across the continuum of care. Contact us .