Year 1: Thriving Not Surviving
How do you know if you have found “The One’?
To clarify, I’m not talking about romance, although I guess it is possible to fall in love with your job. My life as an OT so far has been two six month rotations on medicals and neuro, and I have now entered my third rotation: Burns Therapy.I felt like I knew where I...
From Patient to Practitioner
During my first year of practice I’ve been trying to make the transition from student to practitioner, as well as making the transition from care receiver to care giver. Doing both at once is not easy. Part of the problem I’ve had is that throughout my life, the...
Looking out at a sea of navy.
Have you ever attended training, development or started a preceptorship programme and wondered what colour uniform you were actually wearing? I have, as a Band 6 occupational therapist in an acute physical setting supervising newly qualified staff, with resources that...