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Name	Ms Merrolee Penman
Email	merrolee@tekotago.ac.nz
The research
Summary	This viewpoint article outlines the increasing demand for occupational therapy fieldwork placements and the need to adopt diverse models for fieldwork. Using diverse models has the potential to increase the number of fieldwork placements, thus exposing students to and preparing them for new and alternative roles for occupational therapy.
Objectives	The focus of the article was to inform occupational therapists of various models of supervision they could use with occupational therapy students.
Study design	Literature review to inform the article which was published as a Viewpoint article
Methods	Feasibility
Results	The traditional model is described and compared with three newer models. These include "role-emerging" where students placements occur in settings where there is no occupational therapist, but supervision is provided by the academic faculty; "collaborative" where two students are supervised by one supervisor and "interagency model" which combines the advantages of the traditional one-to-one model of supervision with that or role-emerging.
Conclusions	The authors argue that graduates in the 21st century are emerging into different world from that of the 20th century. Students need to be well equipped, in order to ensure that they are better equipped to consolidate and expand the services occupational therapists can offer.
Key Descriptors	Workforce Development
Disciplines	Occupational Therapy
Settings	Other
Diagnostic Categories	General
Populations	General Population
Other Keywords	Fieldwork
Ethics approval	No
Academic led	Yes
Service led	No
How were service users involved	No involvement
Publication in peer review journal	Yes
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Links	Wiley Interscience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118649062/abstract

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