Hand Therapy Secrets | Helping Occupational Therapist Become Experts

Emerald Clem

Hi Hoang:). I’m so glad to have found your podcast. I haven’t listened to all the episodes so far, but I would really like to hear some episodes where you speak to hand therapists outside of the US. I find that most of the OT content is covering the US so sonetimes things are not relevant/relatable because they work differently in the UK or wherever an OT student like myself may be listening from. I have just finished my first week of an 8 week placement and it would be cool to hear from you, what your expectations of an undergraduate student would be. I’m in the 2nd year of the 3 year course and although it is my third placement, it is only my first hand therapy placement. I’m finding it hard to walk before I can run, simply because I am so passionate about it. I want to try to up my exposure to things each day but my educators seem to want me to keep my learning goals simple. Why might this be? I’d be interested to hear you speak about your expectations of students at different poin