Rehabilitation - Recreation Therapy

• 14 weeks – 40 hours per week
• 2 weeks – orientation
• 12 weeks – clinical experience/practice

Wake Forest Baptist Health Clinical Internship Requirements

• 14 weeks – 40 hours per week
• General knowledge of diagnoses specific to the rehabilitation setting i.e. SCI, CVA, ABI
• Daily schedules
• Weekly productivity sheets
• Written goals and objectives of the internship
• Monthly recreation therapy reports
• Complete assessments, develop treatment goals/care plans, and discharge planning
• Document daily recreation therapy services and weekly progress notes on the care plan
• Active participation in groups and community re-entry outings
• Active participation in treatment team meetings
• Opportunity to view educational videos on Functional Independent Measure (FIM)
• 8 written reports summarizing journal articles that are diagnosis and/or practice specific
• 2 special projects (1 clinical and 1 non-clinical)
• 1 case study
• 3 oral presentation at recreation therapy staff meetings
• 1 activity analysis (relevant to rehabilitation)
• 1 video assessment
• Observations with members of the rehabilitation team
• CPR certification (required)
• First Aid (preferred)
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (preferred)
• Observation in other recreation therapy programs area and aquatics
• Meetings with Clinical Director of Recreation Therapy
• Weekly meetings with the Clinical Internship Supervisor
• Meet all university requirements
• Mid-term evaluation
• Final Evaluation
• Agency evaluation