OT conversations

Do you know the monitors attached to your patients in critical care? What are they and what are their purpose? Does it look daunting? It is really very simple and I have simplified them so you can enjoy your work and you can start providing Occupational Therapy.

Are you complaining about discharge planning? Are you one of those who say, "I did not study OT to do discharge planning!" perhaps this episode is for you.

What do you know about Parkinson's Disease? This talk covers the basics of Parkinson's and may it help you in your day to day practice

Do you really want to learn about stroke? Are you really serious? Are you really committed to know about it so you can better your practice? This episode is not for the faint hearted. There is a lot of medical foundation information in here and it will will truly test your devotion and loyalty to grow more. This is an initiation rite and only the toughest. Are you ready? Well I am if you are:)

Do you want to know more about cognition? have you heard about different cognitive levels? In this episode, I talk about a Frame of reference called Cognitive Disability where it talks about the 6 stages of cognition conceptualised by Claudia Allen. While a lot of people are into cognitive behavioural therapy, I find that that is not the correct frame of reference for people with organic brain pat...

"Does my patient need carers when she is independent? I could not justify getting and requesting a carer for her? She and her family are so difficult! this is stressing me out!" An Occupational Therapist felt her patient is independent so she did not recommend carers. When we explored the case, we were able to justify that carer support is the best line of action for the patient. This episode is a...

What is strength? how do you measure it? How do you grade it? In this episode, I briefly talk about strength and some aspects about it that I hope you will find useful in your practice.

Do you really need a referral? This is my rant regarding the process of 'OT referral' and how I think it is limiting our efficiency when responding to the needs of the ward.

How do you do your intervention? Is there is there a formula? Is there anything out there that can guide you? In this episode, I talk about, the long forgotten, stages of Occupational Therapy treatment in physical rehabilitation. We always talk about the process of OT at he university, in clinical placements , from referral, to assessment, to intervention, to discharge. We have forgotten that the...

"What can I do in a paediatric trauma centre as an OT? Is there a room for us in the area?." In this episode, I had a conversation with Weng, an OT who faces a challenge of justifying the need of OT in a potential major trauma paediatric service. We had a talk about what can we be doing as an OT in the area of Major trauma service. This is a supportive conversation between colleagues and a wide ra...

Your treatment is to do passive stretching or do PROMs. DO you know the ROM values? In this episode, we discuss the normal values of joint ranges. As range of motion is one of the most popular performance components, it is just right for every clinician to be an expert with them and it starts by knowing the values.

In this episode, I share my initial thought process when I work in early phase of OT in critical care.

One of the common questions in the practice of OT in critical care is what are the assessments that and OT can do? I have noticed that this tends clinicians to look for set structures that that assist them with their practice. I find that we should not be relying on structures, instead, we should be relying on developing the global and ultimate skill of being able to assess what ever is presented...

I have been very reluctant in sharing this but this, I find to be a true pattern among progressing clinicians. Is it character? Is it personality? Or is it just is? In this episode I talk about my observations among Band 6s characteristics as they take on and they adopt their 'animal spirits'. After this, you can start observing your workplace and see where people are. Or, perhaps you can look at...

This is a quite a rare opportunity to interview a student who had their clinical placement in a challenging clinical area, critical care. In this episode, we explored the wisdom that an OT apprentice obtained after having been allowed to work for 8 weeks in critical care.

This is an actual case when the nurses thought the patient was confused. It talks about the case that presented with Apraxia and the assessment techniques and actions that was done. This highlights the importance of understanding symptoms that one observes.

This episode talks about some of the Perceptual deficits that OTs may encounter in their practice. It is not an exhaustive but it is a start. It is intended to familiarize OTs with symptoms that patients may present. May this build up your clinical vocabulary that you can use in your practice.

In this episode, I share with you some symptoms of impairment with speech. It will be helpful to any clinicians who want to build a vocabulary of terminologies pertaining to signs and symptoms. The symptoms are not an exhaustive list and it can be used to describe problems observed in physical dysfunction and mental health practice.

This episode talks about the various neurological conditions. We talk about some of the symptoms associated with the neurological symptoms and we talk about some interventions that you can consider implementing. This is suitable for therapists who are new in the neurological rehabilitation.

In this episode, we talk about stroke and we have an overview of the condition. We try to define Stroke, they types, the symptoms, how it is diagnosed, the interventions and the discharge options. This is suitable for any starting clinician who has not had a lot of experience with stroke

This is a brief talk about the visual subsystem. This is more of an insight of things related to visual subsystem and was recorded late at night with microphone hand held. It is a random and short discussion which prelude a more thorough discussion. Suitable for any OT working in neurological rehabilitation. It is a discussion of guides and tips on how to assess in treat cases where visual subsyst...

"I like to learn about cognitive rehab." This what most OTs would say. People make themselves expert of cognition and yet, they under estimate the value of perception - which is a strong foundation of cognition. Before you learn about cognitive rehab, you should learn perceptual rehabilitation. In this session, I talk about basic and common Cognitive perceptual deficits. This is suitable for clini...

In this episode, I talk to you about the dirty tricks that people use at work. They may be conscious or unconsciously applied. I gave this a lot of thought if this should be shared because once you acknowledge or become familiar with these dirty tricks that people employ, You will never be able to unsee them again. I am worried that you may even use these tricks yourself. Just be careful. Enjoy.

In this episode we talk about restorative treatment using Biomechanical Frame of Reference. it talks about some restorative principles for problems with performance components such as Strength, Endurance, Range of Motion and Edema. This is useful in resolving problems with conditions where the central nervous system is intact.

This episode explores one aspect on how to maintain the quality of the service with the current trend and challenges with NHS.