Archive for July, 2008

OT Australia 23rd National Conference & Exhibition

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Go for this if you can. A wonderful opportunity to learn about new researches that will gear your practice into an evidence-based one. For more information, here’s the official link to the website.
Note: I’m attending if there are no classes.

Lessons Begin

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Hi all,
First week of school has been great. I must say that it’s pretty slacked. Not many readings to do as yet. In addition, assignments have not been touched yet. The bookshop was then the shop that I went the most number of times to check out the necessary manuals and textbooks. Gosh! They are [...]

OccTherapy now have YouTube Videos

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

One of the new highlights of this blog, I have managed to incorporate YouTube Video. You can check out on this url. I am really feel lucky to have a girlfriend who is a healthcare specialist, working to contribute the community with her knowledge towards the rehabilitation of a human. Not many gals or guys [...]

School’s Starting!

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

I had my enrolment on the 16th of July. Met some of the lecturers and made friends to 2 new OT coursemates from Germany. They are also doing their degree conversion. I’m taking 5 modules this semester. 2 of them are core modules and the rest are electives.
Core modules:
• Critical Review in Occupational Therapy
• Occupational [...]

Elderly in Australia

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

To readers,
I’m currently in La Trobe University, Australia, doing a degree conversion in Occupational Therapy. It’s been 2 weeks since I first arrived here. While doing my weekly shopping in the markets and supermarkets, I had noticed several things about the elderly and society here in Australia.
Firstly, they are very much independent. I saw many [...]