Fellowship core elements

Minneapolis VA Health Care System offers a full time, 12-month hand therapy fellowship of didactic and clinical education with provisional program status as approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association.

Fellowship core elements include:

• Mentorship from a team of clinical specialists across the spectrum of occupational therapy services
• Experiences in leadership and service
• Advanced clinical practice and excellence across the continuum of care
• High-quality, evidence-based service delivery
• Pursuit of research, education and scholarship
• Serving as a subject matter expert while participating in lab instruction of OTD students with our academic partner
• Interdisciplinary and inter-professional practice and education

Fellowship overview

This fellowship has been designed with curriculum and learning theories consistent with recent advances in recommended medical clinical education. The learning objectives and didactic content was developed with the standards set forth by the Hand Therapy Certification Commission, the American Occupational Therapy Association and the American Society of Hand Therapists.

Our occupational therapy (OT) fellowship program is intended to develop specialty trained occupational therapists who will:

• Promote the optimum health and occupational function of their clients using their clinical reasoning ability, clinical skills, evidence-based practice and highest ethical/professional standards
• Utilize current evidence-based knowledge when applying advanced occupational therapy assessment and interventions during clinical practice for a variety of conditions
• Advocate for and advance the integral role of occupational therapy and rehabilitation in the management and prevention of impairments
• Possess systems skills, such as outcome measurement, quality improvement, project management, leadership, higher level communication and documentation skills
• Contribute to scholarly advancements in the field of occupational hand therapy through research

Application

To apply for the hand and upper extremity occupational therapy fellowship program you must meet the following criteria:

• U.S. Citizen
• Graduate of an ACOTE accredited occupational therapy program.
• Passed the NBCOT Board examination prior to the first day of the program. Anticipated exam dates or scheduled exam date for new graduates.
• State occupational therapy licensure, from any state in the U.S.
• Two letters of recommendations from individuals who can speak to their clinical skills.
• Evidence of hand therapy interest and pursuit of additional training/experiences in this area.
• Not be on a probation or under a learning contract at their current facility or program.

Application process

To submit this application, email Laurie.Humiston@va.gov the following documents by April 30.

Application deadline: April 30