This week Keir Harding @Keirwales will be hosting here is what he has to say………
The Casson Memorial lecture takes place every year and it one of the calendar events in the world of occupational therapy. Elizabeth Casson was the first woman to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of Bristol in 1929. Dr Casson specialised in psychiatry and introduced occupational therapy to England, setting up the first school of occupational therapy in Bristol in 1930. To commemorate the founding of occupational therapy in the UK, each year the RCOT ask someone who has “made or is making a significant contribution to developing our profession” to deliver a lecture. Via a selection process which has generated a result that even Baltic dictatorships find unbelievable, this year it’s being delivered by me.
While the lecture is an opportunity to talk about whatever I want, I’m mindful that it is also there to benefit the profession in some way. While I can be quite vocal on social media and other spheres, I’m conscious that I’m probably associated with mental health in general and a narrow area of mental health in particular.
I’d like you to help me craft something that speaks to the whole profession. Something that validates and challenges, something that questions and inspires, something that critiques but offers hope. Now I have some ideas based on the topics I’m always banging on about but I’m particularly interested in your thoughts on:
Questions
- What are the biggest issues facing the profession that people are aware of?
- What are the biggest issues facing the profession that don’t get talked about?
- Does anything get in the way of you being the practitioner you want to be? If so, what would need to be different?
- How safe does work feel for you? Answers might relate to job security, remuneration, the potential for blame/litigation, burnout or more positive things.
- For a positive change to take place (whatever that change may be) what new idea/message/way of thinking should occupational therapists adopt?
I find it difficult to describe why I’m doing this lecture but objectively its probably because I’m quite vocal about the profession, about working with people who tend to get excluded and about focusing on areas/occupations we aren’t normally associated with. Just to get a rough idea of the kind of things I get up to before the #OTalk you might be interested in having a look at:
Me in the BJOT
Me in the Lancet here, here and here
Me saying how ace OT is here and here
Me flouncing around on the BBC here
Hope to see you Tuesday,
Keir
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