153 – How To/Not to Enact Change in the Profession ft Clarice Grote

We explore OT's role in politics and how Clarice's background makes her the perfect therapist to break this down for me. We look at various practice areas and the...

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152 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Jaime Leite Junior

This seminar aims to create a dialogue about the possibilities of life faced by the population who experience dissidence of genders and sexualities.

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151 – Can Anyone Be a Dope Leader?

Leadership is a topic that everyone has come across during their studies, career, sports engagement or just general life but how’s your knowledge about what it actually is?

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150 – Why do we need to talk about Occupational Therapy?

A hot topic every April during OT month. Why does no-one know what we do? I want to look deeper into how this became a problem and what can...

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149 – Rural Practice as a Newgrad ft Holly Gawthorne

You may have heard her on the Holly the OT podcast and if not then definitely get on that! Holly works in a super remote Australian town called Lightening...

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148 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Sakshi Tickoo

his session will focus on understanding the basics of sexuality and the various ways it translates into human occupations.

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147 – Should Therapy be Conducted Outdoors

For some students virtual learning and, in turn, virtual therapy is the only option available. Zoom fatigue, anyone? ?‍♀️ This got us thinking…is this really the best way for...

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146 – Eating Disorders Program Followup ft Carissa Gualano

Carissa returns to the podcast! During her last episode (OCCUPIED 123) she discussed her personal experience with eating disorders and was about to embark on her doctoral project. She...

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145 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION – ft John Knight

This session will cover the learnings from a number of years research into digital workers’ occupational experience.

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144 – THE OT ROUNDTABLE – Should Every OT Practitioner Be A Fieldwork Educator?

Is being a fieldwork educator a skill? What are traits that make a good educator? Importance of communication  Navigating safety and expectations  Educators knowing their roles in fieldwork education When do you know that...

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143 – An Exploration of Creativity ft Moo Smith

In this episode Moo and I explore creativity and where the mental and physical benefits of creativity might lay as well as how Moo manages the balance between using...

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142 – THE OT ROUNDTABLE – Do Occupational Therapy Practitioners Make Good Entrepreneurs?

What makes OT practitioners good (and bad) as entrepreneurs Navigating the ins and outs of business without a business degree  Importance of understanding finances  Can anybody be an entrepreneur Social entrepreneurship 

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141 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Dr Allison Sullivan

Session Title “How Did I Get Here? One Occupational Therapist’s Search for Meaning” Session Details (TW // sexual violence) The purpose of this session is to provide my personal...

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140 – OT and Pain ft Natalie Khan

This ep we have a look at that experience and then funnel down into her interest and experience living and working with chronic pain.

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139 – WFOT Congress with WFOT President Samantha Shann

We explored Samantha's journey through the profession, how she got involved with WFOT, how she made it to the position of President and we explore the upcoming WFOT Congress...

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THE OT ROUNDTABLE – 138 -Who is the Imposter?

Alondra is an occupational therapist in Bay Area California and currently, she provides services via Hippotherapy, which entails incorporating horses And utilizing the movement of the horse Within the...

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137 – BecomingOT ft Dr Tailor Blaine

Her passion for improving those around her and assisting people to learn from her experiences is infectious. But how did it get to this stage? How did she get...

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136 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Dr Daniela Castro De Jong & Dr Georgia Pike-Rowney

This session will introduce the participants to the community-based Music Engagement Program, which aims to create opportunities for social interaction and wellbeing for all of those who are involved...

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135 – MOHO 101 ft Ruth Hambling

I'm the first to admit that I never used the MOHO much in clinical practice for a number of reasons. Conversations with Ruth started to get me to revisit...

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OCCUPIED PLUS+ CLIP – Essentialism and Productivity

So recently I embarked on a challenge with a few friends. We read Greg McKeown's Essentialism: The disciplined pursuit of less. The common feeling through the group was that...

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134 – ALL ABOUT OCCUPATION ft Dr Danielle Hitch

Outcome measurement is crucial to proving the effectiveness of occupational therapy, but remains scarce in many areas of practice. So what’s holding us back?

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