Jack of all trades

Last week during one of the many classes that a OTA student has to take, I realized that there is so much that we have to know. From mental illness and mental health to physical dysfunction and stroke, add in the assessments and learning the many parts of the body, add activities and a sprinkle of acute care and what do you have.... a "jack of all trades" OR an OTA. There is so much that we have to know and be competent in with so many different clients. The great part of all this knowledge and this OT field is that it make us so diverse we can work in any setting. But isn't that what occupation is? We help people to regain/manage the variety of occupations in their own lives and maintain the roles (wife, mother, father, husband, brother, sister, etc.) in their lives. Jack of all trades or OTA either way that's what makes us really special.