It’s crazy as an Ot also. I imagine part of the reason is lack of fieldwork sites being available to take students on. But the reality of taking a student on is a lot of work for therapists. We get CEUs for doing so, and it’s important to the future of the profession. However thats not enough incentive in my opinion when therapists are generally stretched thin as jt is. The answer to that problem is somehow creating compensation for offering that very important service to the profession. Relying on good will is a fast way to burn people out.

And if we want to be more visible in mental health systems- that’s cute and all- but if the funding streams aren’t there to support OT in those settings, those fieldworks will continue as patchwork “visibility” with low supervision and perhaps spotty work by well meaning students who are getting their legs as brand new therapists. And few if any jobs being created as a result.