Johns Hopkins Bayview
Baltimore, Maryland
two reviews
Why did you choose this fieldwork?
Wanted to see the ideal community mental health setting - but then it changed up! Acute was good too, though.
Please indicate type of setting:
Acute, Mental Health
Please describe your living and commuting situation. (Was accomodation offered? Public transportation or parking offered? Please include price paid, location and conditions.)
Lived in the suburbs - Parking was $55/month
COULD take the subway in to the main hospital and catch the free shuttle (services offered every 30 minutes)
Describe types of conditions or diagnoses, as well as age ranges exposed to during this fieldwork.
Over 16 years old
Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Depression, Adjustment Disorder, Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders, Suicidal Ideation, Homicidal Ideation, Hallucinations, Delusions, A wide range of medical conditions requiring other services (OT/PT, Plastics, Dialysis, Oncology, etc.)
What types of assessments and interventions were used?
KELS, AMPS, Initial Eval designed in line with MOHO
Group sessions - 10 patients each, Each practitioner runs 2/day
What are your thoughts on the site's environment for the employees and students? (Please consider: organization, collaboration, mentoring, learning opportunities)
Very hard fieldwork - requires a lot of outside work (writing protocols, putting together "mini-lectures," an in-service) but well worth how much you learn. Nice illustration of how other professions collaborate in Rounds. GREAT mentoring by 3 different supervisors. Opportunity to visit other units upon request.
Please comment on personality traits and/or preparation that would facilitate success at this site.
Tough skin - willing to learn but ready to get beat up a little on the way (not the whole time, just when you start making groups). Takes initiative. Accepts criticism.
While in the area, don't miss ...
Downtown nightlife.
Washington DC is close by.
Of course, Maryland Crabs :)
How many stars would you give your experience, from one to five?
5
Any lasting thoughts or advice?
If you're interested in Mental Health - this is certainly the start for you. You learn the medical aspect of things - what medications do, what to watch out for, etc. at the peak of a mental illness. It is a lot more in-depth than what you learn in school.
Review submitted September 24, 2011
Why did you choose this fieldwork?
I wanted to learn from the best!
Please indicate type of setting:
Outpatient, Acute, Subacute, Burns
Please describe your living and commuting situation. (Was accomodation offered? Public transportation or parking offered? Please include price paid, location and conditions.)
Monthly parking rate (pricing depends on lot availability). On bus 23 and 40 line.
Describe types of conditions or diagnoses, as well as age ranges exposed to during this fieldwork.
Neuro, cardiac, orthopedics, medical psychiatry, bariatrics, wounds, complex medical and debility
What types of assessments and interventions were used?
Departmental evaluations (standard & neuro) and FIM assessment
What are your thoughts on the site's environment for the employees and students? (Please consider: organization, collaboration, mentoring, learning opportunities)
Most the employees were once students at the site. They are brilliant and have good group dynamics.
Please comment on personality traits and/or preparation that would facilitate success at this site.
Be a self-initiator, confident, organized, resourceful, your own occupational therapist, confident, personable, flexible, tactful, witty, have a mentor, patience, a positive attitude and observant.
While in the area, don't miss ...
Visit Downtown Batimore!
How many stars would you give your experience, from one to five?
5
Any lasting thoughts or advice?
Being an occupational therapist requires thinking outside of the box. Thinking outside the box requires formation of a box. Making the box is a process. The process takes time.
‘It’s all about the process’.
Be organized, be prepared or be disappointed.
You’re only as good as your last challenge.
Review submitted December 29, 2009