Informational Interview of Occupational Therapist Deanna FishelBY TONI FISHEL

Required Education

Deanna originally obtained a bachelors degree and has been grandfathered into the new regulations

Now you need a bachelors degree and an Entry level masters degree in occupational therapy.

Universities in NC with OT schools : ECU, UNC, Lenoir Rhyne, Winston Salem,

Typical Day at Work

8 am: goes to morning report and discusses how patients are doing with all the disciplines. (nurses, PA, therapists, Dr.s)

Bring the patients in individually to review their treatment plan with the team.

Goes out and assesses and documents all the new patients.

Creates treatment plans for all the new patients.

Does one or two group therapy sessions.

Negative Attributes to Career

Bureaucracy when working with a team of many different disciplines.

Heart breaking stories.

Living in a small city and having people you know or are close with as patients on the unit.

Seeing unsuccessful patients.

Being attacked by patients.

Positive Attributes to Career

Hands on work with patients.

Everyday is different with new people and new problems to solve.

Helping them learn new skills to live a successful life with their condition.

Positive patient outcomes.

Rewarding line of work.