Occupational Therapy Lab Education: Supporting Students' Psychomotor Skill Development

Presenter(s): Siarah Jones, OTD

Contributing Author(s): Janet Brooks, Ed.D, OTR/L

Content Areas: Academic Education / Fieldwork; General

Target Audience: Intermediate-level

Course Description: The aim of the project was to develop sustainable learning materials and teaching procedures for physical transfers and post-stroke scapular preparation for Tufts University occupational therapy students. Theories of psychomotor development were used to teach students foundational skills in body mechanics, functional transfers, and scapular preparation. The developed learning materials integrated cueing, clinical reasoning, and problem solving, to build student confidence and embodied knowledge.