Hello all,
I am a graduate student finishing my last year to become an OTR. I feel my
experience as a learner has largely included a focus on occupation based and
client centered practice. Myself and other classmates do have some trouble
coming up with goals and relevant treatment strategies though. I think these
areas are difficult for students because they require clinical knowledge and
expertise that come from actual experience with clinical practice. This is
where I agree with the previous post that states that there is a grand
disconnect between school/ theory and practice. As students we are armed with
our OTPF and we can choose an effective treatment strategy that is within our
domain and is focussed on occupation. But when it comes to specifics of making
a treatment plan with goals we dont have anything to draw on because we don't
have the experience. This is where I think mentorship is so important as well.
Does anyone have any suggestions for
how to find more case specific examples for treatments for example energy
conservation for an individual with myesthenia gravis ? I know occupational
therapists are independent learners but it helps to have concrete examples when
you are relying so much on book knowledge and paper patients. So many times we
can research a treatment method or a clinical condition and find articles or
fact sheets that state for example; occupational therapists can work with ...
condition in the area of self care or with energy conservation strategies but
there is no specific example of what is being done. Not that I am looking to be
given answers too easily but it would help to see what an occupational
therapist would specifically do in a given situation.
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