Kombucha & OT

Kombucha & OT turns 1 and we travel down memory lane and shout out all our great listeners that have supported, encouraged, and helped us make Kombucha & OT a podcast success.  Come celebrate with Shonda and Wendy and don't forget your favorite Kombucha as you listen in!

We get real on this episode and talk about trusting your skills and knowledge when taking your first job or on your clinical rotation.  We will never know everything there is to know about a person or a diagnosis, but we use what we do know and treat the goal areas.  Hear us discuss how to choose confidence over fear as you learn and grow in the profession - don't look for a recipe or checklist - look instead at each patient interaction as a learning experience.  

This episode discusses how OT treatments can overlap into speech or physical therapy services.  We can't and shouldn't be working on the same exact goal areas and collaborative communication is the key to ensuring we are focused on our goal areas and document accordingly.  Tune in to learn more and hear real life examples of how not to duplicate services.

This episode is all about fun themed treatment activities that we can easily plan and get the whole department, facility, clinic, classroom etc. involved.Get your favorite flavor of Kombucha and join our discussion on amazing treatment themes to engage your clients while they focus on their goal areas.

Explaining Occupational Therapy is difficult because it encompasses so many things. OT also looks different based on the setting and population we are treating.  So, we all need a good elevator speech we can pull from to get the word out on what we do and how we make a difference in the lives of those under our care.  It's important for our own validity and the future of our field.  This episode dives into ways to explain OT to others. Sip on your favorite flavor of Kombucha while you learn how to develop your own elevator OT speech.

Many times as clinicians we are the 'bad' guys or the motivators focused on helping our clients/patients get better.  When someone has been through an illness, trauma, injury we are there to take on the job of motivating them to see past the right now and into their future.  We can see the end result of their hard work and how close they can get back to their prior level of function.  In this episode we discuss ways to motivate the unmotivated and get through the barriers in order to be the best clinician for our patients.

An episode that will take your breath away, or help you breathe a little easier maybe.  Join us as we host a special guest SLP and talk all things Cardiopulmonary.  Great tips and tricks you can use with your clients/patients.  Cardiopulmonary conditions are very common and we have so many interventions to pull from to help make life better for people under our care.  And what better topic to discuss as an interprofessional team!

Pain management is a very common OT intervention.  There are so many ways to treat pain and we will discuss tips and tricks that have helped us decrease pain and improve quality of life in our patients.  Grab your favorite flavor of Kombucha and listen in to this episode on decreasing pain with OT interventions.

Working together as an interprofessional team takes effort. In this episode we discuss collaborating with other disciplines and how we have to be intentional to do our part to bring the team together.  Patient outcomes improve when we coordinate treatment and communicate across disciplines.  

This episode you will learn about a new flavor of home brewed Kombucha as we discuss dealing with the loss of a client/patient.  Saying goodbye is never easy and when you lose someone you have worked with for OT, it can really be difficult to move on.  Join Shonda and Wendy as they share their experience with saying goodbye to patients they have lossed.