OT : work, rest and play

So, this weeks placement was ok but not great.

I had a visit to the Mobility Centre, which was ok. I got to play around on wheel chairs and see all the great facilities they had. But my feeling was that it wasn’t really OT or if it was it was so focused on [...]

Life got busy, I’ve forgotten to write about placement, so here goes….

Week 5 This was a much better week than the past couple as  I had a good chance to sit down with my practice educator and discuss what I needed to do and start making plans for achieving them. The planning session [...]

This week I had a visit to the respiratory ward to work  with their OT’s.

It was very different to my usual ward, for some reason patients didn’t seem as ill, probably because they weren’t physically disabled and could hold a conversation. And the OT was very different, while on the stroke unit we [...]

My placement supervisor was back from holiday so this week  felt slightly more purposeful than the last.

I spent  a couple of really interesting sessions with  my supervisor  watching her do initial assessments on patients. It was really fascinating and I really enjoyed  watching her and observing how she interacted with the patients and [...]

So waiting over, here are my results:

Professional Skills:    60%

Sociology and Social Policy:    72%

Occupational Therapy 1:     Essay    75%,  Viva 52%

I’m pleased

So, this week my educational supervisor was on holiday so I was left alone with the other members of staff. Whether I was just a little bit more used to the ward and the routine of the OT environment, or whether it was because my supervisor was away, this week went slowly, and I [...]

Our lecturer has put her back out so didn’t turn up to class today. The head of the school met us and gave us the handouts for the lecture and told us to read them and do our own research. The mood of the class plummeted, they were really angry that they would have [...]

So today I got the marks for my presentation and assessment at the end of last term for the Social Policy and Sociology module. I was reasonably apprehensive after earlier upset over thinking I’d done well and then only just passing, so was nervous when I went to get them. However I got 72%, [...]

Apologies for the dullness of this entry for anyone reading this blog, but if I don’t write this down I’ll forget my ideas/thoughts.

Timing When is the best time to do functional assessments? Today’s lecturer expressed her opinion that if you are assessing or intervening on a selfcare issue then this should be done [...]