CBFE Midterm Tips: Basic Fieldwork (Level 1)

Midterm always seems to come quickly in Basic Fieldwork! Here are some tips to help you prepare for and complete the CBFE at midterm:

GET A HEAD START:

• Take time to review the evaluation and the minimum placement expectations that you have set for each competency to refresh your memory on areas you are evaluating for midterm. This will also help to target your observations and begin to gather examples of how your student is doing that you can use later to discuss.

• In addition to direct observation, consider other evaluation strategies such as:

• Talking through a client session with your student,

• Reviewing written documentation,

• Gathering perspectives of team members and OT colleagues.

EVALUATION OF COMPETENCIES:

• Consider your student's performance in relation to:

• Your minimum placement expectations (where you expect your student to be at the end of Basic fieldwork)

• CBFE competency descriptors  

•  Use the comment section to provide examples of how your student is meeting expectations, strengths, and areas for improvement.

• *Determination of a pass or fail by the university is based on the average of the competency marks and comments at final.

• Please do not struggle with the electronic form! If you are having issues, you can use a paper copy and email us a scan of the document at the end of the placement. You can also email us at OTfieldwork@umanitoba and we will do our best to troubleshoot and assist you.

• Grading/Numerical Rating

• Rate your student on each competency using the drop-down arrow provided

• Please remember that for Basic you are to score a maximum of 3 by final.

• A rating of 3 indicates mastery of Level 1 and ready to transition to Level 2 (Intermediate).  We do not expect all students will meet a 3 in all competencies. There will be some variations across competencies. 

• If your student recieves and/or is anticipated to recieve a rating of 1 or less at midterm on any competency, please immediately contact Teresa Allison at Teresa.Allison@umanitoba.ca.

EVALUATION OF STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Students at basic need to create a minimum of 3 learning objectives by the end of their first week of placement. 

• You can ask your student to copy and paste their learning objectives into your evaluation forms on the student-learning objective page. This will help provide context to your evaluation. 

• The student-learning objective page will primarily contain student information.  Feel free to use the “validation” column to provide feedback about your student’s progress with learning objectives. You may also use the comment section on the corresponding competency page.
  

• What if you need to edit your rating?

• Hover over the line above the dot you selected. Once the hand appears, and it is “sitting” on the line, you can click to delete.

• What if your student has more than one learning objective for the same competency? How do you provide a rating in this situation?

• In this case, you can provide a rating that captures an “overall picture” or an average of your student’s progress in meeting their learning objectives. 

• Your student may carry forward objectives not completed into academics or future placements. 
  

•  Reminder:  Student learning objectives are not included in the overall score of the correspoding compentency and do not determine pass or fail.

BONUS TIP:  Consider emailing the evaluation to your student prior to your evaluation meeting to allow time to “digest” everything.

As always, please reach out if you have any question or concerns!

Teresa