Archive for the 'Profession: Occupational Therapy' Category

3rd Occupational Therapy Day

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Tomorrow marks Singapore’s 3rd Occupational Therapy Day. A dinner has been organised by the Singapore Association of Occupational Therapists (SAOT) at YWCA. My class, along with Hannah and Wanying, will be going for the dinner. In fact, it is my first time going for an OT Day dinner which is held annually to mark the [...]

Professional Portfolio and Book Review

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

First and foremost, I would like to wish readers a Happy 2008! Life as an Occupational Therapy student has never been so busy till this semester. Despite feeling very exhausted with the events going on these few weeks, I try to keep things as positive as possible. Passion for OT! Passion for OT!
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What is Occupational Therapy?

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Interested in helping people participate in life independently? Make a difference with a degree in occupational therapy. This video (I think it’s a part of a promotional video) showcases interviews with occupational therapy students and lecturer. It’s one of the few good videos about occupational therapy that I have came across with.
On a similar note, my group [...]

More on Army Occupational Therapy

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

New video highlights occpational therapy at Walter Reed Camp promotes what occupational therapist does in the army.

The Occupational Therapy Department at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has produced a 90 second video to showcase some of the many rehabilitation services that are provided to wounded soldiers. As advances in battlefield medicine save more soldiers’ lives [...]

An Army OT

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Cool! I didn’t know that there are Army OT in the US! The video is a life journey about an Army OT. From graduation to the army as an OT intern there to become an OTR (registered OT in the US). Amazing video! It’s really an inspiration to me, especially when pictures of his clients [...]