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Created on 04 March 2011
If you're thinking of working as a traveling speech, physical or occupational therapist, you're probably thinking of how great it could be to travel around the country.
But you also might want to consider ...
Created on 05 July 2011
As a working physical, occupational, or speech therapist, you have set many goals in your life and achieved them. But now that you are working, and your job and home life are taking up much of your time, ...
Created on 06 May 2011
Are you looking at a career in the healthcare sector but want to steer away from medicine (physician, nursing, physician assistant, etc.)? Why not consider a career as an occupational therapist (OT)?
Working ...
Created on 08 April 2011
Therapists with families often deny themselves the prospect of considering travel as a key component of their careers. Given the demands of family life, spending time potentially months at a time away ...
Created on 08 March 2011
Once you've received your travel rehab therapy assignment, you'll need to start preparing to get there.
Most travel therapists get to their assignments by car, so you'll need to take everything you need ...
Created on 08 March 2011
Travel and medical careers are two terms not often associated with each other. But the high demand for traveling occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists and the like means that ...
Created on 09 June 2011
Where Do Physical Therapists Work? Physical therapists work in a wide variety of practice settings, including -- but definitely not limited to -- rehab facilities, private PT practices, schools, hospitals, ...
Created on 14 June 2011
As a physical, occupational or speech therapist, you know more than most about how to tell when you're pushing your body just enough -- or too much.
But are you as good at determining when your mental ...
Created on 17 February 2011
You undoubtedly became a therapist because you love the work. Good for you! Unfortunately there comes a time when even the best of jobs can be stressful and lose much of the appeal they once held.
However ...
Created on 18 April 2011
Have you been working as an occupational, physical or speech therapist for a few years? Or are you a relatively "newly minted" rehab therapy practitioner?
Regardless of how long you've been practicing, ...
Created on 18 February 2011
Therapists with an urge to travel can have their cake and eat it too. And they can have it for brief stretches or for months at a time. You'll be working hard, but you'll be doing so in parts of the country ...
Created on 18 March 2011
Be prepared for an overload of information when searching the Internet for information on travel companies serving physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists. It isn't a question ...
Created on 20 July 2011
As a rehab therapist, you will have to make countless decisions, choices about the care you will be providing to your patients, and choices about how to run your practice.
Like most people, you will ...
Created on 22 April 2011
If you have children, have you considered that taking on travel therapist jobs might be great for them?
Many physical, occupational and speech therapists have families. Many also might think that taking ...
Created on 23 June 2011
If you're a newly-minted PT just out of school, or even a more seasoned veteran, and you're looking for a job, you might be a little unsure about what to look for and what you should ask about in an interview. ...
Created on 25 July 2011
Stress is something we all have to deal with at work and outside it, and that is especially true of the healthcare professions, where the lives or the quality of life of the patients you care for often ...
Created on 25 March 2011
As a traveling therapist you should expect to find different hospitals and healthcare facilities you work for have their own protocols. That is to be expected.
We highly recommend that you become familiar ...
Created on 26 May 2011
We've been touting for months how great it is to work as a travel therapist. But don't take our word for it.
Below are some quotes from travel therapists taken from travel therapy forums around the Internet. ...
Created on 27 June 2011
No one would argue with the fact that people are going to have different opinions at work and that these opinions will sometimes come into conflict. That's not always a bad thing. Without such differences, ...
Created on 29 April 2011
If you've earned -- or are thinking of earning -- certification and licensure as a speech therapist, there are several different types of career paths you might take.
Here are a few:
1) Pediatric Speech ...



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