Our question was, “As your O&P career has progressed, who has been one of your biggest supporters?
Forty-one percent said a coworker has been their best advocate; 24 percent said a teacher; 20 percent said it was one of their peers, and 15 percent said it was one of their patients.
Our Twitter followers were split between a peer and a teacher as their best supporters.
We followed up with a similar question on the importance of best practices for learning in O&P. In the role model and teacher article next month, the author writes that it could be argued that residency education does far more than school to prepare trainees for independent practice. Our question: “Where do you believe you have learned the most in your clinical studies and practice?
Of those who responded, 54 percent said they felt their residency was most beneficial; 42 percent said their patients; four percent said in-class learning.
Our followers also reposted the poll question and another shared their comment, saying that he was looking forward to reading the article. “I’ve been very fortunate and put in much work to succeed as an MSPO student, resident in two very different settings, practicing CPO, and now an assistant professor in an MSPO program,” he wrote. He also thanked us for asking the question because “the dialogue on the matter will point us toward an accepted answer to this question and maybe even improve the way the question is asked,” he wrote.
On Twitter, followers were evenly split between in-class learning, residency, and their patients.
Our poll this week focuses on an aspect of mental health: “What do you do to avoid stress and burnout in the workplace?” It’s up and in full swing, so tell us what you think. We’d love to hear from you.
