OT Student Pulse career advice articles

How to Tackle Working in Acute Care
November 2024

My Tips for Effective Networking and Stakeholder Communication
September 2024

OT Student Guide to Registration and Licensure
September 2024

Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Occupational Therapy—The Innovation and Instability
August 2024

How to Prepare for a Career Working in Foster Care: The Student Perspective
June 2022

5 Steps to Level Up Research Using a Writing Circle
May 2022

Student Spotlight, Katie Walker: Addressing Trauma
April 2022

Everybody Can Play: OT’s Role With Inclusive Playgrounds
July 2021

Collaboration After Class: Changing the Personal Value of Professional Collaboration After a Fieldwork Rotation at AOTA
July 2021

The Path to Holistic Practice: Yoga as Occupation Throughout OT School

June 2021

Finding the OT in Everyday Objects

May 2021

Integral and Rewarding Role of an OT in End-of-Life Care

April 2021

Board not Boring—How OT Students and New Graduates Can Help Guide Nonprofits (And Learn Something, too!)

March 2021

Occupational Therapy and Entrepreneurship

January 2021

9 Potential Barriers and Solutions to Using EBP as a Fieldwork Student or New Grad

November 2020

Occupational Therapy for Human Trafficking

November 2020

What is Elder Abuse, and How Can You Address It During Fieldwork?

October 2020

How to Treat Patients With Dignity: A Primer for Hospital-Based Fieldwork Students and New Graduate Practitioners

September 2020

The Real Value of AOTA Membership

August 2020

Transitioning to PDPM and PDGM: OT Students and New Practitioners Need More Support

July 2020

Diverse Paths to a Career in Science

June 2020

Occupational Therapy Practice in Community Mental Health: Four Case Examples

May 2020

Three Ways to Manage Student Debt While in Occupational Therapy School

August 2019

So You Graduated OT School…Now What? A Guide for New Grads

July 2019

Setting Professional Goals as a New Practitioner: Create, Plan, Achieve

June 2019

We’re in this Together, as Long as You Don’t Forget to Play: A Note to the New Pediatric OT 

February 2019

With Love: Thoughts on Being an Empathetic OT Practitioner

July 2018

New Practitioner Tips for Skilled Nursing Facility

June 2018

“We’re Old Enough to be Your Parents!” How to Make Everyone Comfortable Talking About Sex

March 2018

Transitioning From Fieldwork Student to Practitioner at the Same Site

December 2017

Saved by the Bell: Tips for School-Based OT

December 2017

New Graduates on the Move: Tips for Relocating Across the Country as a Brand New Practitioner

July 2017

How to Pursue a Specialty Practice Area: Insights From the NICU

March 2017

Advice From Pediatric Practitioners: “What I Wish I Had Known”

December 2016

Breaking Ground in New Practice Areas: OT and the Circus

November 2016

OT Student Guide to Registration and Licensure

June 2016

10 Tips to Building a Strong OT/OTA Relationship

April 2016

Occupational Therapy Practice and Clinical Research: Bridging the Gap as a New Practitioner

March 2016

Is an Occupational Therapy Residency the Right Choice for Me?

October 2015

6 Steps for Growing Your Own Creative Treatment Ideas

September 2015

32 Creative Ways to Gain OT Experience and Diversify Your Resume

July 2015

Finding a Practice Area That Fits

June 2015

The Do’s and Don’ts of Saving and Spending Wisely After Graduation

May 2015

Demystifying a Career in Research

May 2015

Bumps, Bruises, and Lessons Learned: Advice for Students Entering the Profession

April 2015

Emerging Niches and Nontraditional Practice: Where are the Opportunities?

January 2015

How to Use Social Media as a Professional Development Tool

October 2014

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