An Innovative Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Placement: Using the Occupational Justice Framework to Enhance Refugee Resettlement in U.S. Daily Life

Authors

Stephen Kern, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Christina Kubica, MSW, Nationalities Service Center

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

5-17-2019

Keywords

occupational therapy education, fieldwork, refugee health, refugee resettlement

Abstract

Learning Objectives

1. Describe and discuss the occupational justice framework
2. Describe and discuss the application of the framework to the refugee resettlement process
3. Discuss how this non-traditional fieldwork training setting & model creates a model for development of professional habits

Recommended Citation

Kern, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Stephen and Kubica, MSW, Christina, "An Innovative Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Placement: Using the Occupational Justice Framework to Enhance Refugee Resettlement in U.S. Daily Life" (2019). Department of Occupational Therapy Posters and Presentations. Paper 56.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/otpresentations/56

Language

English