http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog Random Reviews and Reflections Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:31:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This will be the topic that Fizah and I will be doing for our manuscript for the OCT4NRE module. We are now in the phase of summarising the literature and tomorrow, we will attempt to critique the current literature. Mirror therapy has been used for patients with phantom pain, complex regional ... http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/09/13/mirror-therapy-and-stroke-rehabilitation/ Time really flies! It's now the end of Week 7 of my semester. So what have I been up to these few weeks? As you can see from my Photo category of this blog, I went for 2 days trips last month: Mt Buller Snow Trip and Great Ocean Road trip. ... http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/09/05/end-of-week-7/ I attended a lecture by Prof Carolyn Baum just now on Participation & Performance in Person's with Stroke. In her research with the Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Group, they focus more on linking neuroscience to everyday life. That's their motto. I found out several new, amazing stuffs they had discovered in their ... http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/08/11/lecture-by-prof-carolym-baum/ Hi there! School has been great so far. The main highlight of the day was the FIM training course. FIM, Functional Independence Measure, is used widely in Singapore and I guess, globally in the healthcare industry as it uses common terminology for the understanding of various healthcare professions. I had the training ... http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/08/08/fim-training-course/ Hi all! It's been 3 weeks of school. One thing I have to say is... there's LOTS and LOTS of readings! Expected actually. I'm trying to keep up with weekly readings of all modules but it seems to be quite hard to do that. This is especially so for the Illness ... http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/08/07/of-hoists-and-seating/ 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. http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/07/27/ot-australia-23rd-national-conference-exhibition/ 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 ... http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/07/27/lessons-begin/ 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. ... http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/07/20/occtherapy-now-have-youtube-videos/ 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 ... http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/07/20/schools-starting/ 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 ... http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/07/12/elderly-in-australia/