At the beginning of your journey into occupational therapy, it can be challenging to quantify the levels of assistance your patient is requiring within their activities of daily living (ADLs). You might be able to provide a wordy explanation about how much assistance your patient needed from you while putting on his pants, but how […]
As occupational therapists, we are instructed to constantly think outside of the box when coordinating and designing our patients’ therapy interventions. We come to better understand our patients/clients if we strongly acknowledge our patient’s goals and lifestyle needs within their own environment. However, we are unable to fully comprehend individuals’ lifestyles and cultural influences by […]
For occupational therapy students who are just barely diving into their OT program’s studies, concrete and unchanging topics such as medical terminology are much more understandable than intangible concepts. At least in some OT graduate programs, we can physically see and touch the terms through cadaver labs and dissection. It is why the medical model […]
We’re so thrilled to feature this article written by school-based occupational therapist Devon Breithart, OTR/L. In the article, Devon shares what a day in the life is like for her working as an occupational therapist in the school system. To learn more about Devon and what it’s like working as a school-based OT, be sure […]
If you’re an occupational therapist about to become a fieldwork clinical instructor for the first time, there’s a lot that you may be wondering about. You may be feeling a bit nervous, especially if you’re remembering how nervous you might have been on YOUR first day as a fieldwork student. Becoming a fieldwork clinical instructor […]
At this point, we’ve all (or at least all of us occupational therapy people) heard of the word ‘dexterity’. When we say ‘dexterity,’ or hand dexterity, we’re talking about the fine motor coordination skills required for functional manipulation of objects in a timely manner. If you have any interest in working in hand therapy, this […]
PRN occupational therapy: There is a lot to say about it, and because I’ve been a PRN (or per diem) occupational therapist for over seven years now, I really wanted to share my personal PRN OT experiences (the good AND the bad). In this article, I cover both the pros and cons of working as […]