This article stems from, and builds on, a workshop presented at the College of Occupational Therapists' Annual Conference held in Edinburgh in July 1995. It examines current issues for the profession which impinge on fieldwork education; it challenges some of the myths surrounding fieldwork education and its delivery; and it explores how creative thinking might promote new ventures and enable alternative strategies for fieldwork education to be adopted. Some of the principles believed to be fundamental to the future provision of fieldwork are presented.
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