Small Changes, Huge Impact: Converting Your Current Healthcare Job

Tips for Preventing Hand Injuries

Today, Drs. Kristin Biggins, Beth Christoffel, and Kim Masker share tips on how to take better care of our hands to help prevent injury while enjoying some of our favorite summer activities like camping, hiking, playing golf and tennis, or gardening. Drs. Biggins, Christoffel, and Masker are occupational therapists with over 60 years of combined experience.

Do Weighted Blankets Improve Sleep Quality for Children with Autism?

Today, Dr. Bryan Gee, Program Director for the RMUoHP Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program, discusses the research around weighted blankets and sleep quality for children with Autism, along with the alternatives to weighted blankets that may be more effective to improve sleep quality among children with Autism

Emotional Intelligence: Using Empathy to Acknowledge Others’ Perspectives

Today, Drs. Mike Nelson and Mace Hamblin discuss emotional intelligence and empathy. Empathy is an important, yet underutilized, skill that each of us possesses. In encountering and navigating challenging times, the use of empathy could arguably be the most important step in maintaining relationships, resolving conflict, and unifying individuals and groups.

Impacting Healthcare: 2021 Utah Senate Bills 27 and 28

Today, RMUoHP Physician Assistant (PA) Faculty member, Dr. Jonathan Baird DMSc, PA-C, ATC, and Utah State Senator Curtis Bramble discuss two proposals being brought to the 2021 Utah Legislative session that would impact current and future PAs and would increase access to quality and affordable medical and mental health care for residents in the state of Utah.

Small Changes, Huge Impact: Converting Your Current Healthcare Job

When Monday mornings are difficult and you feel like you are living for the weekend, it can feel like you need to change your job. This can be true if the culture is toxic or the position is a bad fit, but in the absence of those things it may be worth it to convert your current circumstance. Creating flexibility, changing your role, or negotiating a raise can all improve your current circumstance without needing to change jobs. Today, co-founder of Professional Rebellion, Phil Plisky, PT, DSc, OCS, ATC, CSCS, is back and is joined by his other co-founder, Jenna Gourley, PT, DPT, SCS, to talk about how you can convert your current job and design your ideal career.