When I first began shadowing occupational therapist, I remember meeting a girl who had recently graduated. She was very nice and constantly told me how much she loved her job. Towards the end of the day, I heard her in her office on the phone saying "the only bad part about this job is all the documentation". I have always wondered about what makes it so bad. Regardless of how tedious and annoying it may be, documentation is a very important aspect for being an OT. This is crucial for ethical and legal reasons. Documentation is always important for insurance companies. If a practitioner is not properly documenting, their lack of proof could be the defining line of an insurance company continuing or discontinuing payments. It is also important to be able to efficiently and accurately treat the clients, by having the details of their previous sessions. For me, I think one of the most important reasons to document is to be able to fully remember what happened in a session. M...
Ted Talk: Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly: Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best. I watched a Ted Talk on TBI about Gabby Gifford, a congresswoman, and her husband, Mark Kelly, point of view. Gabby was shot in the head and is still recovering from her injury. This was a good way to learn first hand about what it is like to experience a traumatic brain injury. This Ted Talk helped me understand better what is like to live with a traumatic brain injury. Gabby says that the worst part of her injury is not being able to communicate her thoughts and feelings, due to her aphasia. When she first began her recovery, she was attached to the word “chicken”, which her and her husband now laugh about. She is unable to move her right arm, yet she’s more concerned about her lack of communication. I found this to be very interesting, because both of those things are so difficult to deal with, yet she’s more concerned with c...
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