What are the best pre-occupational therapy undergraduate majors to choose from? If you’re seriously considering occupational therapy as a career, there are many undergrad majors to choose from before you start grad school for occupational therapy. Because of this, I wanted to lay out 7 best undergraduate options to choose from prior to getting your Master’s […]
My Story (as told by Katie Tietz, MS, OTR/L) In 2014 I began my career as an occupational therapist; full of newly absorbed knowledge and bursting with excitement to get out there and use it to make a true difference in the world! I set my sights high (as I’m sure many of you can […]
If you’re looking for functional, occupation-based standing tolerance activities to use in your rehab practice, look no further! I’ve compiled a list of my favorite occupation-based ideas for when you’re looking to keep your standing tolerance interventions related to your patients’ daily occupations. These standing tolerance activities are for any patients that have reduced tolerance to standing, […]
Occupation-based interventions: It may seem like common sense to use these as occupational therapists. After all, our title has the word “occupation” in it, for goodness sake! Unfortunately, assembly-line therapy has reduced the use of occupation-based treatments in favor of exercises that make point of service and high productivity the main objective versus providing quality, […]
Is it possible to care for a patient when you know they really do not need occupational therapy services? Unfortunately, this is a common ethical dilemma occupational therapists face on the job. There are times where you will find yourself torn between advocating for a patient but you know they are not appropriate for therapy. Typically […]
PRN occupational therapy: There is a lot to say about it, and because I’m a PRN (or per diem) occupational therapist myself, I really wanted to share my PRN experiences (the good AND the bad). In this article, I lay out the pros and cons of becoming a PRN occupational therapist. This will help you decide […]
While attending AOTA’s Conference last year, I noticed at several adult rehab-based Short Courses that students were asking the presenters if they could give them a Level II fieldwork placement. This was during the Q&A portion of the courses, and maybe not the best place to ask for fieldwork placements. Because of this, I realized […]