Occupational Therapy Fellowship In Assistive Technology | VA Cincinnati Health Care
The Occupational Therapy Service at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center offers licensed occupational therapists a year-long advanced practice fellowship in Assistive Technology nested within American Occupational Therapy Association’s Board Certification in Physical Rehabilitation (BCPR) in partnership with the University of Cincinnati. Our fellowship was accredited in 2018 through the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and is funded by the Office of Academic Affiliations.
Fellows are employed full-time and complete over 350 of their required minimum 1,400 total program hours in 1:1 mentored practice across a variety of settings: acute/ICU, home-based primary care and outpatient. Collaborative, interprofessional practice opportunities occur in the Advanced Seating and Mobility Clinic, Amputee Clinic, PAVE Clinic that addresses preventative strategies for Veterans with high risk for amputation, Amputee Clinic, TBI/Polytrauma and the Home-Based Primary Care Team. Fellows will manage a 32-hour patient-caseload and have 8 hours to dedicate to self-study and a robust didactic curriculum that will be supplemented with a subscription to MedBridge during their time in the fellowship. Our Program currently supports 2 fellows annually. Fellows who successfully complete the program are eligible to sit for their assistive technology professional (ATP) exam and for the accelerated track for AOTA’s Advanced Board Certification in Physical Rehabilitation. This is a funded position with benefits.
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