The other day at a staff meeting, the one where I was the only OT among 9 PT's, one of the PT's commented it was "OK", because *I* wanted to be a PT anyway.
The comment really insulted me and made me mad. I left the PT a note requesting that she never say that again. But, I'm still left with this bewildering sense of WHY would she say that. Why does and OT addressing UE physical dysfunction seem "normal", but an OT addressing mobility-related occupational dysfunction seem like a PT? To me, it's the OT who is FOCUSING treatment on a patient's anatomical body part that is the PT. After all, by definition that is what PT does. Sorry, just one more confusing post from a confused OT... <smile> Ron ~~~ Ron Carson MHS, OT www.OTnow.com -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
