Picture this… You’ve been waiting at the doctor’s office for about 45 minutes, despite arriving on time for your appointment. When you’re finally called back, a nurse takes your vitals and then shows you to an exam room where you wait even longer. When you finally see the doctor, he spends about 5 minutes asking […]
When you’re new to working with patients affected by acquired or traumatic brain injuries, it can be challenging, exciting, and even stressful as an OT student or new occupational therapy practitioner. This is especially true if you have not been exposed to many of these types of patient or any cognitive interventions for traumatic brain […]
Finding free cognitive assessments that are applicable for occupational therapists can be a challenge when you’re in a time crunch or new to the field. As you may have found, rehab settings don’t always have these easily on hand when you’re in need of assessing a patient’s cognition during an evaluation or treatment. Because of […]
In case you aren’t already aware, occupational therapy graduate programs are getting more and more competitive each year. Most OT programs will get hundreds of first-round applicants, with only ~30-50 spots available. And according to Indiana University’s Health Professions and Prelaw Center, most healthcare graduate programs will interview 2-3 times the number of open spaces […]
Documentation can be a pretty intimidating class in OT school. But the reality of writing an occupational therapy SOAP note, and other documentation, in the clinic is actually a lot simpler than it sounds. The main goal of any kind of documentation is to keep a record of the patient’s progress toward their goals and […]
Are you finishing your occupational therapy program and are looking for a solid study plan to help you pass the NBCOT® exam on your first try? If so, this post was created just for you! While I was studying, I personally loved reading other new OTs’ success stories in the AOTA NBCOT® exam prep Facebook […]
If you’re looking for occupational therapy group treatment ideas for your adult rehab patients (for any rehab setting), you’ve come to the right place! With group therapy becoming more commonplace in long term care, subacute and acute rehab settings, we wanted to share our favorite functional group treatment ideas that will benefit each participant. First, […]