I know I talk a lot about good mental health and stress relief during (and after!) OT school, but I of course also believe staying healthy physically is also just as important. This can of course be more challenging due to the extreme time constraints that we have as students, new grads and new practitioners. […]
https://www.myotspot.com/pursue-mot-vs-otd/Curious about becoming an OT? Maybe you are interested in the profession and are contemplating going into the wonderful field of occupational therapy. First off, you may be wondering what exactly is Occupational Therapy, or “OT” for short? Occupational Therapy, as defined by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), is a “client-centered health profession concerned […]
Thinking about quitting occupational therapy school was a huge issue for me throughout my Master’s program. I feel like I have to give it a little bit more attention than just one post about not failing fieldwork. This post is more general about how I felt during my first semester of grad school. My hope is that […]
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!). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]