October 2008 - Posts

Is Case Management merely a logical "role" for OTs, or a specialty OT practice?
October 27, 2008 3:45 PM by OTCM

I have been practicing as a case manager since 1984; yet it was only in the past few years that AOTA began to move away from the position that, although a logical and good-fit "role" for OTs to fill, working as a case manager meant leaving OT practice. Read More...

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How do salaries for OTs and Case Managers compare?
October 20, 2008 3:32 PM by OTCM

Commenting on my blog entry of September 16, 2008, Patricia in Massachusetts mentioned her perception that an experienced OT clinician would have to accept a pay cut in order to work as a case manager. Unfortunately, there is no definitive response to Read More...

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Case Management is not a "step-sibling" of OT practice
October 15, 2008 11:05 AM by OTCM

Whenever I meet OTs, either online or in person, I am often struck by the differences in reactions among those trained in the U.S. and those trained in other countries to my statement that I practice as a case manager. The OTs with a U.S. frame of reference Read More...

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The OT Underground
October 2, 2008 10:10 AM by OTCM

I realize the title of this entry mixes metaphors with the blog title, but I couldn't title my blog "Notes from the Underground" without running afoul of copyright. A wilderness can describe "underground" movements, although wildernesses aren't known Read More...

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