The "Ohhhhs" of OT as a new and ever-learning practitioner!

Job searching, OTD/PhD, blogging, a stint in Bogota...OT blog salad.

I haven't blogged in a long time, so this is just a hodge podge of things I've meant to discuss. Moving, finding a job: I just moved back to San Diego, CA after ten years of living in the South. People would ask me if I had a job lined up and...

Published Thu, Dec 30 2010 3:17 AM by Karen

2 hour pizzas....learning the ropes of vocational rehab and to not be a helicopter OT!

I am learning about patience now that I am starting to work in vocational rehab a few hours a week. I did a kitchen safety assessment today - where the student makes something in the oven or on the stove, as well as peels and cuts a potato [knife safety...

Published Thu, Mar 04 2010 10:40 PM by Karen

Renewing AOTA Membership as a New Practitioner - Not Convenient :(

So, this is going to sound lazy and stupid, but as a younger member growing up online, I have to say I'm pretty annoyed with the fact that renewing my AOTA membership as a new practitioner requires actual real live paperwork and copy of my NBCOT certification...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 6:21 PM by Karen

A snarky NY Times article about using OTs for handwriting in elite NY schools...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/fashion/25Therapy.html I found this article on Fark.com, with a link to NY Times, with the tag "Asinine" and the snarky headline " Spoiled NYC parents hire high-priced occupational therapists to train their...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:11 PM by Karen

Hemiplegic shoulder pain

I have several patients who have had strokes with some hemiplegic shoulder pain and what I hear is shoulder-hand syndrome and/or adhesive capsulitis......I'm talking to several PTs, OTs, I just reviewed some literature for some evidence-based research...

Published Fri, Jan 22 2010 10:06 AM by Karen

Filed under: hemiplegia stroke shoulder pain CRPS hand shoulder

Coming up on 4 month anniversary as practitioner in phys dys

Wow....almost 4 months now. Time flies. Every day I learn new things. Three days a week I'm with just a PT, two days a week I'm also with another OT. I am learning a lot from the PT. I have to say I feel like the PT knows everything I know about...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2009 11:19 PM by Karen

Filed under: occupation, dance, phys dys, physical dysfunction

Opinion: Are all OT schools pretty similar? Cheap or expensive?

I got this e-mail below from an enthusiastic and passionate new blog ( otstudents.blogspot.com ) reader (now Jane Doe to you all). I personally think that most OT programs - cheap or not, private or public - offer MORE OR LESS similar experiences...although...

Published Thu, Aug 06 2009 1:35 PM by Karen

From MOTS to OTR/L

I got my official pretty blue license in the mail today! It felt so thrilling yet weird to see it! In the last few months I've graduated, passed boards, and gotten licensed...and had several job interviews in multiple states. My initial dream job...

Published Fri, Jul 24 2009 2:27 AM by Karen

I PASSED THE NEW BOARDS!!!

I graduated on Friday and found out I passed boards on Sunday! It really wasn't that bad. I know of four other classmates that took the test within the same week and they all also passed. Now I have an interview at a local pediatric cancer hospital...

Published Mon, Jun 01 2009 10:52 PM by Karen

AUGH: Navigating the journey from student to practitioner...

Lately, I've been blogging a lot about the (slow) transition from student to practitioner. (http://otstudents.blogspot.com). This involves a lot of AUGH! AUGH! AUGH! as it is really quite scary. I'm comfortable as a student. I'm 26 and it's...

Published Tue, May 19 2009 11:02 AM by Karen

Filed under: mentor, job, journey, student, blah blah blah

My psychiatric Centennial Vision moment of the day...

I finally figured out how to write a blog entry on this thing. I usually write daily at otstudents.blogspot.com...I went to bed then got back up because I couldn't sleep and I wanted to search for various cognitive assessments...like the SLUMS, MMSE...

Published Fri, Feb 20 2009 7:12 AM by Karen

Filed under: psychiatric, OPPM, Centennial, MDD, depression

The "Ohhhhs" of OT as a new and ever-learning practitioner!

Job searching, OTD/PhD, blogging, a stint in Bogota...OT blog salad.

2 hour pizzas....learning the ropes of vocational rehab and to not be a helicopter OT!

Renewing AOTA Membership as a New Practitioner - Not Convenient :(

A snarky NY Times article about using OTs for handwriting in elite NY schools...

Hemiplegic shoulder pain

Coming up on 4 month anniversary as practitioner in phys dys

Opinion: Are all OT schools pretty similar? Cheap or expensive?

From MOTS to OTR/L

I PASSED THE NEW BOARDS!!!

AUGH: Navigating the journey from student to practitioner...

My psychiatric Centennial Vision moment of the day...

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