In this episode, I am joined by Mandy who is an occupational therapist with many years of experience in a variety of settings working with older adults. She shares her journey from the days in occupational therapy school to starting out in home health OT as a new grad.

She also elaborates on "OT Accelerator" and the "OT Flourish" Podcast which are valuable resources for occupational therapy students and new grad occupational therapists looking for more ideas & insightful perspectives when working with the geriatric population.

For any students or current OT practitioners, this episode is for you!

Timestamps:

(1:39) Discovering occupational therapy | WHY OT

(4:35) Mandy reflects on occupational therapy school experience 

(9:12) Level 2 Fieldwork  Experience

(11:26) Your experience transitioning from classroom to fieldwork 

(18:33) If a current OT student is having a difficult/challenging time during their fieldwork 2 — what might you share with them?

(20:05) Entering the field | finally starting as a new grad occupational therapist

(25:02) What is a critical access hospital? What is that experience like?

(26:45) The advantage of trying different OT settings

(30:24) Starting in Home Health as a new grad occupational therapist?

(32:47) What is “OT Accelerator” & why did you create it?

(37:05) Activity analysis is KEY + documentation + the importance of goals for our clients

(42:55) WHY the OT Flourish Podcast?

(49:26) Present day: what work are you doing today as an occupational therapist? | Future plans  as an OT?

(53:27) One final piece of advice

(55:42) *BONUS LIGHTNING ROUND*

For more information on Mandy + resources:

https://learn.otflourish.com/join/ (OT ACCELERATOR)

https://open.spotify.com/show/1kCa4frHNqaDuZ50V88c9J (OT FLOURISH PODCAST)

https://www.instagram.com/ot.flourish/ (@ot.flourish)