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#OTalk – 8th July Appreciating the experience of using health and care services for some older* gay** people
Twitter OTalk – 8th July 2014, 8pm Appreciating the experience of using health and care services for some older* gay** people: What are your experiences and opinions? *people age 65 and over **term used to refer to anyone who has intimate same-sex relationships or feelings Background Everyone has the right to social and occupational justice, … Continue reading
#OTalk – 17th June 2014 – Exploring the River.
Earlier in the day in Japan (1am-7am UK time) will have seen the inaugural Kawa Symposium. #Kawa14. Being held prior to the World Federation of Occupational Therapist Conference #WFOT14 Following the live and broadcast #Kawa14 event, here is a brief Storify of the resources and tweets to get the conversation started for #OTalk. I hope … Continue reading
#OTalk Journal (Media) Club – 1st July 2014
Last week, OTalk went On Tour to the College of Occupational Therapists conference in Brighton (#COT2014). One of our presentations was about this journal club. We were keen to have an experiential component, but realised that, with only 18 minutes to play with, we didn’t have enough time for newcomers to sign up to twitter and … Continue reading
#OTalkOnTour: OT Curry Night at #COT2014, Brighton
Thank you to Karen Ivey (@KarenIvey) for writing her account of our OT Curry Night in Brighton. #OTalk #OTCurryNightBrighton #COT2014 Could we identify the fellow #OTalk tweeters as we hung around outside the Chilli Pickle in Brighton? Luckily OTs seem to have that innate sense of spotting an OT so we gradually gathered until … Continue reading
OTalk – 10th June 2014 – Carers Week.
The OTalk on the 10th June 2014, will focus on the topic of carers. Picking up on one of the themes suggested here http://www.carersweek.org/get-involved we would like everyone to share examples of what is happening in your local area. http://www.carersweek.org/about-carers Some themes to consider for the chat are: What is happening in your area? What … Continue reading
#OTalkOnTour – #COT2014 (3rd-5th June 2014)
The #OTalk team are on tour again! Kirsty, Helen and Clarissa will be at the College of Occupational Therapists annual conference in Brighton (3rd-5th June). Unfortunately, Gillian isn’t able to make it this year, but her posters (P141 ‘Underpinning reablement assessment with occupational therapy theory and philosophy‘ and P150 ‘The added value of occupational … Continue reading
#OTalk 27th May 14 – Reflecting on our own experiences of health and social care
I am a user of healthcare services. My family are users of health and social care services. I have had good experiences and not so good experiences. This OTalk is not a place to name or call out services but to talk about what we might learn from our experiences in terms of improving our … Continue reading
#OTalk Research – Survey Completion Request
The OTalk Team has been awarded ethical approval to conduct a survey evaluating the impact of OTalk. Please find below: A copy of the Participant Information A link to the Survey A sample tweet/status for you to share with your followers (feel free to copy and paste this). … Participant Information Research Title #OTalk – … Continue reading
13th May 2014 – ‘OT Bread and Butter’
Rachel (@OT_Rach) will be hosting an #OTalk on 13th May 2014 at 8pm BST (click this link to check your local time) about occupational therapy core skills. She would like to use tweets from the chat to inform a presentation at the OT Show this year. If you don’t want your tweets to be used … Continue reading
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