by hellokaren | Nov 9, 2015 | Current OT Students, Educators, Occupational Therapy, Therapists
A wonderful occupational therapist/educator wrote the following forum post on our OTD forum (we are getting our post-professional clinical doctorates in OT). I asked her permission to post it because it resonated. What we learn in OT school and what we discover in the...
by hellokaren | Apr 4, 2015 | Educators, Occupational Therapy
I created this scenario to explain how, for example, assessing “Mary’s” ability to get ready in the morning (her “occupational performance”) can tell me a lot about her likely performance in making a simple meal. (A modification of this would be great to use...
by hellokaren | Feb 14, 2015 | Current OT Students, Educators, Occupational Therapy, Therapists
Just thinking out loud/reflecting here. 🙂 I really enjoyed reading the following Facebook post by F.C. on the group page, “Pediatric Occupational Therapists”. (I recommend joining this group, a lot of high-quality information and resources.) I enjoy...
by hellokaren | Feb 8, 2015 | Current OT Students, Educators, Occupational Therapy, Therapists
Patient, Client, or Consumer? In occupational therapy and other healthcare fields, there is a semantic controversy over what us therapists/the public should be calling those who utilize occupational therapy services. Depending on the label used, we get a different...
by hellokaren | Jan 11, 2015 | Current OT Students, Educators, Occupational Therapy, Prospective Students, Therapists
In an Utopian OT world, there would be a weekly 3-hour course that spanned the duration of an occupational therapy student’s career in their master or doctorate OT program. It would primarily consist of guest speakers from other disciplines or expert OTs. Many...
by hellokaren | Nov 18, 2014 | Current OT Students, Educators, Occupational Therapy, Parents, Prospective Students, Therapists
As occupational therapists, we often work with those who feel broken. Sometimes I think applying or receiving the lacquer of repair – and seeing the beauty in it – helps us restore our souls.
