Occupational Therapists

A day consists of Sanitizing equipment that patients have used Bringing patients to and from their room for therapy Organizing shelves according to the doctor’s orders Communicating with patients

This depends somewhat on the area of the hospital you are in, I was on the inpatient rehab (IPR) unit at McLaren Flint and other students were in acute care. In IPR the therapists worked about 8am-4:30pm Monday-Friday. Here was a day in the life:7:40am -- Park in the lot across the street and wal...

As a volunteer at Theraplay, you have the opportunity to experience therapy sessions conducted by an inter professional team of occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech language pathologists. Each client receives therapeutic services in a play environment and often their services ...

Throughout your time as an IHS major, you develop both a client-centered and population-based perspective on the healthcare system. By experiencing this system in an outpatient therapy center such as Theraplay, you are able to apply what you learn in the classroom in terms of billing and insuranc...

Be sure to have well informed and current knowledge of common rehab therapy interventions. Brush up on all the acronyms used in the medical profession including diagnosis, conditions, and nursing terminology. This will help you "speak the language", demonstrate your knowledge, and prove you can w...

FAST! Time management is key! Patients need to be seen back to back and time needs to be allotted for prompt yet efficient charting. After clocking in, you get started with the first patient. If they are new to you, a quick chart review will be needed. Decide what activity or intervention you wil...

Each day varies! I currently work with individuals with co-occurring substance use disorders and mental illnesses. My primary duties include meeting regularly with my interdisciplinary team, administering initial and standardized assessments, and providing individual and group treatment. Individu...

Be sure to have well informed and current knowledge of common rehab therapy interventions. Brush up on all the acronyms used in the medical profession including diagnosis, conditions, and nursing terminology. This will help you "speak the language", demonstrate your knowledge, and prove you can w...

FAST! Time management is key! Patients need to be seen back to back and time needs to be allotted for prompt yet efficient charting. After clocking in, you get started with the first patient. If they are new to you, a quick chart review will be needed. Decide what activity or intervention you wil...

Totally depends which unit you are on, acute care or IPR. Work-life balance is worse in IPR because the documentation is much heavier and each patient is seen for 90 minutes every day as compared to acute care where they just see who they can and when they run out of daylight they leave regardles...

Definitely ROM, MMT, grip and pinch strength, standing balance and tolerance (how to grade this by standing on various materials), use of a gait belt, wheelchair use, TRANSFERS, FIM, stroke knowledge, common surgery precautions like cardiac and joint replacement

I was overhwhelmed with the medical fragility of the patients and the hospital setting was sensory overload for me. Showering, toileting, and dressing with people with extremely diminished balance, strength, and cognition was difficult and exhausting. My FWE was intense and we clashed which was a...

When I volunteered here, I would help the OT set up for the activity we would be doing for the kids. Once the kids and their parents arrived, I would just help with whatever she needed me to do, whether it was putting out or cleaning up supplies, helping the kids write, or playing with the kids w...

I would recommend:Becoming knowledgeable in the company's community involvement and different divisions.Showing a strong understanding of typical child development (motor, speech, learning). Strong emphasis on sensory processing, ASD, motor delay, and feeding.Knowledge of the Battelle development...

When you are Fee for Service/Per diem, you make your own schedule with families and only get paid for your time with the family. I would try to set up my visits close to each other (time and location wise). You bring your own toys and use what is available in the client's home. The nice thing abo...

The OT major is a generalist study therefore, our pediatric classes and labs were the most supportive for this position. Our professors, who have years of experience in these fields, did a good job preparing us with the most current topics and realistic documentation; however, once you are focusi...

Occupational Therapists have great flexibility in their careers; they can work in hospitals, schools, outpatient clinics, community/mental health clinics or work in home health + more. The population you can work with is also really flexible; you can work with children, adults, teens, the elderly...