Insights Gained from an Online Journal Club for Fieldwork Educators

ABSTRACT

Academic programs are tasked with the responsibility of providing support for fieldwork educators who provide training for their students. This article describes a pilot program wherein nine fieldwork educators participated in a weekly online journal club to gain increased knowledge of evidence-based supervision strategies. Program assessment indicated that an online journal club was feasible and well accepted by the fieldwork educators and that the participants valued the opportunity to connect and discuss the role with other fieldwork educators.

KEYWORDS:

• Occupational therapy
• fieldwork education
• journal clubs
• academic fieldwork coordinator

Declaration of interest

The author reports no conflicts of interest. The author alone is responsible for the content and writing of this article.

About the author

Allison L. Ellington, OTD, MS, OTR/L is Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Program, Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences, Mary Baldwin University.