PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Melody
Klatt
OCCT 508
9/18/14

YEAR 1 GOALS
Personal

Career

Educational

Recreation/Leis
ure

I will establish a healthy

sleep schedule in order
to improve and maintain
my health.

I will shadow my sister

in her practice setting
(school) to increase my
knowledge of
occupational therapy in
a school-based setting.

I will establish a more

organized system for
my notes so that I will
be able to utilize them
more effectively.

I will watch a movie or

two episodes of a TV
show every Saturday
night with my sisters
so that I will have time
allotted to do
something with them
every weekend.

I will begin using recipes

for healthier meals
while cooking so that
my sisters and I will
have a more balanced
diet.

I will conduct some

research about hand
therapy to improve my
knowledge base about
OT practice settings.

I will begin regularly

reviewing lectures on
Mediasite to make my
study time more
effective.

I will spend an hour

training my puppies
every weekend so that
my home life with
them will be improved.

YEAR 3 GOALS
Personal

Career

Educational

Recreation/Leisu
re

I will purchase my own

car so that I will be able
to have more
independence and
flexibility with
transportation.

I will secure my first

professional job
placement as an
occupational therapist.

I will study Spanish so

that I will be able to
converse more
diversely with clients
that I may encounter.

I will spend some

vacation time in
Wisconsin at least once
so that I will be able to
visit my family and
reconnect with them.

I will establish a time

each week to Skype
with my family in
Wisconsin so that I will
be able to keep in touch
with them.

I will establish excellent

interdisciplinary team
skills with the other
health professionals I
may be working with.

I will seek guidance and

mentorship from
therapists who are
more experienced so
that I will improve in
my skills as an
occupational therapist.

I will become involved

in local social events so
that I will become more
connected with the
community that I live in.

YEAR 5 GOALS
Personal

Career

Educational

Recreation/Leisu
re

I will begin exploring

the options for adopting
or fostering a child so
that I can begin
establishing my future
family life.

I will determine the

practice setting in
occupational therapy
that I am best suited for
so that I can begin
considering my options
for career
advancement.

I will be continuing in
my Spanish studies so
that I will be able to
converse with a more
diverse population of
clients.

I will take a recreational

class (such as an art
class or dance class) to
pursue new
experiences.

I will partake in a
balanced diet and
exercise routine to
maintain a healthy
lifestyle.

I will share knowledge

that I have obtained
through working as an
OT with my younger
sisters so that they will
have a more fruitful
education as they
pursue their own
careers in health care.

I will seek out

opportunities for
continuing education in
the place where I am
employed so that I will
be able to expand my
knowledge in my
practice setting.

I will visit California with

my sisters in order to
spend quality time with
them and see more of
the west coast.

YEAR 10 GOALS
Personal

Career

Educational

Recreation/Leisu
re

I will be raising at least

one child that I have
adopted or taken into
foster care as part of
my new family life.

I will establish my own

practice, either alone or
alongside my sisters, to
meet my final career
goal.

I will regularly review

scholarly journals to
remain educated on
occupational therapy
interventions that are
being reinforced or
discovered.

I will travel out of the

country at least once so
that I will be able to see
more of the world.

I will be living in a
house and making
payments on it so that
one day I will own it.

I will be actively
involved in AOTA as a
way to enrich my
career experience.

I will return to school to

earn my doctorate
degree so that I will be
able to advance my
career.

I will spend as much of

my leisure time as
possible with my family
so that I will remain as
devoted to them as I
will be to my career.