So you’re just about done with your program’s curriculum and about to start preparing for your level II fieldwork. Hooray! You’ve made it so far and are so close to the home stretch. As you’ve likely been told, fieldwork will incorporate everything you’ve learned during your coursework in a real-life, hands-on setting. Fieldwork really is […]
So you want to be an occupational therapist, but you still have to jump through the hoops of applying for grad school. And have you yet to write your personal statement? Well, I’m here to help. I spent quite a bit of time crafting the best possible personal statement I could. I needed all the help […]
If I had to pick one and only one textbook or resource to use as both a student and as a new occupational therapy practitioner, I would hands-down 100% pick the Occupational Therapy Toolkit (currently 6th edition, which is the one I have). It is written and illustrated by occupational therapist and real-life wonder-woman Cheryl Hall. I […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]