June 2011
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20 Warning signs you have a bad fieldwork...
I don’t want to scare anyone because this list is longer. However! These did not all occur at a single fieldsite, thank goodness!
You may encounter some things that are distinctly unfun or otherwise make your learning experience more difficult than is warranted. I realize some seem very random, and I will say that at the time most of those things just seemed odd (or very, very wrong for...
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11 Welcoming signs that you have a good fieldwork...
Students have diverse and divergent reactions to their fieldwork placements and assignments often tacked on. I was recently requested to reflect upon what made up my good and bad experiences in the wonderful world of fieldwork. As a result, here is a general list of things that have helped me. (I also welcome any messages/questions about this whole OT business). So, part 1:
11 GOOD THINGS you...
A guide for friends of the chronically ill:
spinlights:
A small, 14-step guide to being a good friend to a chronically ill individual: feel free to send me or reblog more suggestions. There are heaps of articles on how to cope as an individual living with the illness, but what about our friends and family? **And since I’ve received some not so kind messages about this: this is not necessarily how everyone feels…and I am not asserting...
April 2011
3 posts
One night, on the internet
Rie: [shares a link about belly dancing librarians]
Rie: are there Morris Dancing OT/PTs?
Me: ...
Rie: I SAID IT, NOW IT EXISTS
Me: OMG
Me: I have to look... (internet, don't fail me now)
Me: Dorset House as a School of Occupational Therapy began life as part of Dorset House, Bristol, a nursing home for the treatment of patients suffering from neurotic and psychotic disorders
Me: For the students, clinical practice was obtained largely with Dr Casson's own patients. Therapy at this time would invariably cover such diverse activities as netball, country dancing (including the Margaret Morris dancing, usually led by the redoubtable Joy Blew Jones), theatre, gardening and picnics, alongside the more traditional crafts so often associated with OT.
Me: omg, Rie
Rie: AHAHAHAHAHAH
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I got a surprising number of hits. However, it turns out Margaret Morris was a person and not some subset or Morris dance styles. The top link was for an article on the Dorset House in the UK from the years of 1929 to 1939. As far as I know of OT history this is about 30 years since the creation of the field. (It really took off after WWI.)
“Biomechanically, it’s a good position. Socially, it’s a little...”
– As said by Professor G. as he squatted over Professor S who lay prone on the padded table.
“I like this story.
During my second year of nursing school our professor gave...”
– Joann C. Jones (via justanurse)
February 2011
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December 2010
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He speaks little English, I speak little Spanish,...
Patient: (an older, grandfatherly gentleman) "You married?"
Me: *holds up left hand and points to empty ring finger* "Does it look like I'm married?"
Patient: "Four times! I don't believe you!"
September 2010
5 posts
A blind man buys an iPhone and it changes his... →
crookedindifference:
Last Wednesday, my life changed forever. I got an iPhone. I consider it the greatest thing to happen to the blind for a very long time, possibly ever. It offers unparalleled access to properly made applications, and changed my life in twenty-four hours. The iPhone only has one thing holding it back: iTunes. Nevertheless, I have fallen in love.
Interesting...
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First time using Dragon Natural Speaking
Me: [reading from my notes] Stretching in supination.
Dragon: Stretching intubation
Me: In supination.
Dragon: soupy nation
Me: [sigh] I don't have time for this now.
Dragon: over the Los Lobos
Me: [turns off mike and resolves to type all notes]
Activity Analysis for Dummies.. →
saveyoursympathy:
I have never agreed so much in my life
My supervisors make it look so easy. To me it’s like physics: in breaking down an object into its smallest elements you will discover even smaller components. A cell to a molecule to an atom to proton to the rest of the sub-atomic particles the atom smashers at CERN are looking for.
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I am an Occupational Therapist →
apubwithnobeer:
A really great video describing Occupational Therapy
This is Why You're Healthy →
There’s the ever popular “This is why you’re fat” blog, and the reaction blog “This is why you’re thin” that seems to have come into its own.
However, “thin” and “fat” are not the best markers of health and illness, and for some people the words carry a heavy level of judgement on their body types and shapes. While “this is...
August 2010
2 posts
“He was in the hands of medicine. He was hopeful but realistic. He will come to...”
– Roger Ebert writes about Christopher Hitchens’s fight with cancer (via nickdouglas)
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Assistive Tech & Pop Culture: “Miss Smith, without...
If you ever want to confuse people, tell them glasses are assistive devices that assist people with lower-level vision impairments, and then compare these assistive devices to such things as arm crutches or wheelchairs. In my experience, they’ll often insist that people who wear glasses are normal. (Not like people who use wheelchairs or arm crutches or any other type of assistive tech, no no,...
July 2010
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In Poor Neighborhoods, "Fresh" Produce Isn't... →
abbyjean:
A new study from Drexel University researchers published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that when stores in poor neighborhoods do get fresh produce, it is more likely to be close to spoiling or have the potential to make people sick. After buying salad, strawberries, cucumbers and watermelon repeatedly over 15 months in the Philadelphia area, the scientists...
June 2010
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May 2010
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Drugged Culture →
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“Q: How many Occupational Therapists does it take to change a light-bulb?
A:...”
– Found at An OT Blog Experiment.
April 2010
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Age of Reason: Inkjet-like device 'prints' cells... →
Inspired by a standard office inkjet printer, U.S. researchers have rigged up a device that can spray skin cells directly onto burn victims, quickly protecting and healing their wounds as an alternative to skin grafts.
They have mounted the device, which has so far only been tested on mice, in a…
This will make a big difference in burn rehab
March 2010
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