As a newly practicing occupational therapist or OT student, documentation can be difficult to get the hang of. It can seem so overwhelming thinking of (and writing down) all the interventions, observations, inferences, and more that occur during each and every minute of a patient session. For this reason, a lot of students (and even […]
We’re really excited to continue our Day in the Life of an Occupational Therapist series, today featuring Renee Leuschke, OTR/L. In this article, Renee shares what a day in the life is like working as an outpatient neuro occupational therapist as well as some insights for anyone interested in working in outpatient neuro. First, A […]
With summer around the corner, have you been strongly considering pursuing travel therapy as a new grad but you aren’t sure if it’s the “right” choice? If so, this post is for you! You may have been told in school that new therapy grads should wait to get a year of experience before becoming a […]
We have published several prior articles about occupational therapy licensing, and I sometimes get asked questions about NBCOT certification renewals as well. I haven’t written about this yet, so I wanted to compile a list of several frequently asked questions with answers that I found through my research while writing this article, and while I […]
If you’re an occupational therapist working in an acute care hospital setting, you already know that this OT setting is quite different from the traditional rehab-based settings. Acute care is fast-paced, intense (at times), and so educational. If you’re brand new to acute care and you are about to start fieldwork or a new job […]
When I first became an OT, I spent the first year and a half of my career working solely in inpatient rehab, and during that experience I wrote my first day in the life article all about what a typical inpatient rehab day looks like for me. After that first year and a half, I […]
As occupational therapists, we are well aware that balance impairments can impact our patients’ level of independence, but we can sometimes feel uncertain about what the formal balance grades actually are in occupational therapy assessments and treatment notes. To help clear things up, we’ll be highlighting the balance grades for static and dynamic sitting and […]