> Hi Cherie
>
> Could you please tell me how you managed to go straight into private
practice after qualifying?
>
> Thanks
Well, I'm not exactly certain why my employer hired me at the time, but I
can answer this from a supervisor's perspective, having hired several new
grads as well as more experienced OTs.
As a clinical supervisor I would often look for new grads who were
confident, mature and self-directed. I found that it was often easier to
teach a new grad the ropes of private practice rather than "unteach" someone
who has been practicing in a hospital based setting for several years. The
mentality and frame of mind in both industries is quite different. Of
course not all new grads are cut out for private practice initially and not
all experienced OTs are difficult to train, but I did notice this trend.
I suppose from an employer's perspective, new grads are cheaper too. In the
clinic that I worked, my employer preferred training a new grad at a lower
rate than training an experienced OT at a higher rate - as more often than
not the experienced OT required a greater deal of supervision. Not so much
in implementing treatment or conducting assessments, rather in writing
reports for medical legal purposes and understanding the responsibilities of
the referral source...and therefore the wording for appropriate
recommendations to the referral source.
Back to my own experience...I knew that I wanted to do private practice and
therefore directed my courses/projects/thesis in this regard. This probably
helped in the interview process as I wasn't coming in to the situation
completely blind.
Cherie
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