While I love being an occupational therapist, the costs of it can certainly add up over time. Once you account for state licensure, NBCOT fees, continuing education, CPR training, TB tests, flu shots, and uniforms, it’s hard to reserve any funds for much else, especially as a new grad. So when AOTA (American Occupational Therapy […]
I’ve been a huge fan of Mandy Chamberlain’s Seniors Flourish, including her podcast and website, since I first started blogging on My OT Spot over three years ago (wow, time flies!) I personally hadn’t gotten the chance to try out the Seniors Flourish Learning Lab membership until I signed up earlier this year, but I’m […]
This post was originally published on Oct. 9, 2016 and updated on Aug. 4, 2019. Adhering to sternal precautions following cardiac surgery can be quite a challenge, just ask any of your patients post-op and they’ll let you know how hard it is! If you think about, how often do you automatically use your arms […]
When the notion of travel therapy first crossed my mind in 2015, I had many competing thoughts that quietly attempted to put it to rest: I will miss my friends and family too badly. I’m afraid of moving to a new place and not liking it. I like the community I’m building here. Travel therapy […]
From per diem to pro-rate to perm, all the new vocabulary you pick up when beginning travel therapy can be enough to make your head spin. Because of this, we’ve created this handy travel therapy glossary to refer to the next time you get an email from a recruiter that you feel like was written […]
I’ve found that there are two types of people in the world: those that when I tell them that I’m an occupational therapist a glossy look comes over their face, and those that nod along like they know exactly what I’m talking about. Okay, maybe there’s a third type who actually does know what occupational […]
Oh burnout. Such a popular topic. Sarah even wrote about burnout back in 2017 (last updated June 2019): Why You Might Be Feeling Burned Out as an OT. So what has changed in the past several years? Definitely not our level of feeling drained by our profession. If anything, this seems to be increasing as […]
If you’ve landed on this article, you may have Googled “Occupational therapist Burnout,” and in that case, you’re probably feeling at least some burnout yourself. Unfortunately, burnout in the therapy world is becoming more and more prevalent with seemingly ever-increasing demands. That’s why we wanted to created this handy guide to managing those burnout symptoms […]
This post was originally published on March 25, 2017 and updated on June 15, 2019. If you’re reading this, you may have landed here after Googling something like “unhappy with my occupational therapy job” or “feeling burned out as an OT” or maybe even “sick of my OT job.” If so, I’m sorry to hear […]
This post was originally published on March 3, 2016 and updated on June 14, 2019. When I originally wrote this post on productivity way back as a new grad in 2016, I thought that being a productive occupational therapist was one of the top things that made me a “good” OT. I now know just […]