If you’re new to My OT Spot, I wanted to share with you my experience and thoughts about Medbridge continuing education, which I have personally been using as an OT for my CEUs since 2016. Since I am now an affiliate for Medbridge, I’m able to offer the best Medbridge promo code for your annual […]
Health and wellness among older adults are both very important to maintain during the colder months of the year. As occupational therapists, we have the unique position to help improve our patients’ safety. For regions that experience a freezing and/or snowy winter, here are some tips that could potentially save a life. These tips are […]
Have you decided to take the plunge and give travel therapy a try? Great! Whether you’re an OT, PT or SLP, you first will have to pick what company to work for, and it should be easy when you probably already have recruiters already knocking down your door. But then another company contacts you. And […]
Anyone who is exposed to occupational therapy for any amount of time will become familiar with the similar sounding phrases “ADLs” and “IADLs.” What do these terms mean? Why are they so important to occupational therapy? What is the difference between ADLs and IADLs? To understand the answer to all of these questions, first we […]
If you’re interested in working in pelvic floor occupational therapy, I’m very excited to share this very informative interview with Anjana Aluri Boyanapalli, OTR and her former advisor Tiffany Ellsworth Lee, MA, OTR, BCB-PMD, PRPC. This interview was completed while Anjana was an OT student and offers an amazingly comprehensive deep dive into pelvic floor […]
Occupational therapy has always had its roots in natural, realistic environments that facilitate improvement in functional areas. While we all understand that engagement in meaningful activities helps to facilitate ability, we can very easily fall into a routine of only treating in our usual treatment settings. Clinics, homes, schools, or gyms can all become the […]
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 nine years now, I 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 a […]