Putting it into Practice: OT Student Blog : Physical Rehab

Anxiety Over My Next Placement

Jennifer Preston — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:03:00 GMT

Yesterday I found out where I would be placed for my final level 2. I will be in acute care in a busy inner-city hospital. I am a bit anxious about this placement. Up to this point, I have been in adult day care, pediatric physical disabilities and pediatric...(read more)

The OT/PT Overlay

Jennifer Preston — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:11:00 GMT

Last Friday I did the first half of my second round of student observations. I observed an Occupational Therapist in an outpatient sports medicine and orthopedics clinic (a.k.a. my work). Because the OT is only part time, I had actually never been in...(read more)

Difficult patients

Courtney Crone — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:22:00 GMT

I hope that everyone had a happy and safe 4th of July. With the holiday over my stress level has increased. I picked up some extra hours for the month of July to cover a co-workers vacation and in two weeks I start back to school. With these new hours...(read more)

OT and the full moon

Courtney Crone — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:29:00 GMT

I have been a COTA now for seven years and it still never ceases to amaze me how much the full moon affects patients. On Friday night there was a full moon and the day was crazy. I had one patient not speak to me the entire treatment, all because we told...(read more)

How do you define OT?

Jennifer Preston — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:05:00 GMT

How do you explain what Occupational Therapy is to people who have never heard of it? I have an assignment due next week to create a poster with the purpose of promoting, explaining and defining Occupational Therapy. All on one little poster. This has...(read more)