Pediatric OT Fellowship & Cultural Relevancy in Healthcare feat. Teresa Cao OTR/L (@acupofrehab)

In this episode, I have a conversation with Teresa Cao OTR/L who shares about her Occupational Therapy Fellowship in greater detail from NICU rotations, experience with feeding and swallowing, interprofessional collaboration & much more! Teresa also highlights the importance of cultural relevancy in healthcare and actionable steps we can do to impact the quality of our client-centered care as occupational therapy practitioners. Timestamps: (04:03) Reflecting on Occupational Therapy School Experience  (07:47) Teresa’s Fieldwork Rotations (10:14) How did fieldwork 2 shape your decision to practice in a certain setting or with a particular population? (12:11) If you could go back to your first day as an occupational therapy student, what might you tell yourself? (15:00) What was your first job like as an OT in the Sensory Integration clinic? (19:34) What Teresa appreciates about OT (20:28) What is an OT Fellowship? | Feeding & Eating, Autism, LEND & more (29:50) The story behind "acupofrehab" on Instagram (36:00) Cultural Relevancy in Healthcare (41:40) "Client" vs "Patient" (43:20) What we can do as OT practitioners (44:12) The need for diverse occupational therapy practitioners (48:38) The Backbones to Becoming a Clinical Occupational Therapist Follow Teresa Cao on IG: (@acupofrehab) https://www.instagram.com/acupofrehab/ https://www.instagram.com/acupofrehab/ https://www.instagram.com/acupofrehab/ ~check out~ Occupational Therapy Journal | Fieldwork Reflection Guide, Graduation Gift for OT Students, New Grad Survival Journal, Backbones to OT https://www.etsy.com/listing/1653064845/occupational-therapy-journal-fieldwork?click_key=a2800c495560fae48163ea2fb6288ed8ae1d96f7%3A1653064845&click_sum=14008e01&ref=shop_home_active_1&pro=1