Hooray! You finally got a hit after blasting out 8,364 resumes and are ready for your first OT job interview! This is great news since the company is definitely interested in you if they’re taking the time to set up an interview. These are the 6 key aspects to preparing for an interview that you […]
You always want to be sure that what you’re working on with your patients requires truly skilled occupational therapy and also provides them with the best possible outcome. We also need to ensure our services are skilled and medically necessary; that they require an OT to complete the intervention (we want to avoid a denial at all costs!). […]
While I was studying for the dreaded NBCOT, I loved reading other new OTs’ success stories on the Facebook group as well as looking up what to do if I failed the first try. Since it seems most of us enjoy seeing success stories, I thought I’d share my unbiased thoughts and opinions of the resources I […]
If you’re looking for advice for achieving occupational therapy productivity targets, you’re in the right place. Having worked as an OT in geriatrics, inpatient rehab, and SNF’s, I wanted to give this topic the attention it deserves. I feel it is SUCH a hard aspect of being an OT (maybe the hardest aspect!) and really seems […]
I don’t know how many times I Googled “I failed my Level II Fieldwork” or “Didn’t pass OT fieldwork” and “Am I going to fail fieldwork?” and any other variation you can think of during the course of both my Level II Fieldwork semesters. And I know I wasn’t alone. Ask any of your classmates and they […]
You Are Not Alone… First things first: you certainly aren’t the only new grad that feels this way. I’ve had this conversation with countless new grads as well as seasoned practitioners and they have all said the same thing. Many of us start our Level II Fieldwork and new jobs wondering if OT school taught […]
Goal writing is tough. Goal writing correctly and effectively can be even tougher. Especially as a student or new grad. These are my simplified way to help you master OT goal writing for adults and older adults. These tips will make writing goals a bit easier for those of you who have to write them […]
I often ask myself this very question when I see a new patient. Every OT has those days where you have a tougher time than usual figuring out what interventions to do with your patient. I use the interventions in this post when I feel like switching things up for my current patients in order […]
While we are in OT school and even while we’re in the process of applying to OT school, we hear so much of how “in demand” occupational therapists are. Which is true. We are in high demand with varying degree depending on the city’s job market. But we never expected it would be so hard to find […]
Okay, so I totally get that we as OT’s have a great average national salary coming in at approximately $78,810 according to U.S. News Careers. But coming out of school with $90,000+ in massive student loan debt plus the fact a lot of that is taken out for taxes means it can still feel like […]