Clinical Practice, CPD, Exploring the Role of Occupational Therapy, Practice Development, Professionalism, Uncategorized

26th July 2016 Medical Tourism and Occupational Therapy

This week @Sweet_Hiral will be hosting #Otalk

Medical Tourism is booming these days. People are willing to get medical services from best possible care facilities/organizations but lower prices. The definition suggests, “As the cost of healthcare began to rise in industrialized countries, particularly in the United States, the face of medical tourism began to change to include individuals seeking affordable and timely alternatives to surgery or treatment in their home countries” (Bennie, 2014) and such needs created the idea of the Medical Tourism. According to Kher (2006), “Medical services in India are particularly affordable, with prices as low as 10% of those in the United States” (as cited by Horowitz, Rosensweig, & Jones, 2007, p. 2).

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CPD, occupational science, OTalk

#OTalk 12th July 2016 – Our #OTMoments

My sister, also an OT, but not a Twitter faring one,came up with this topic. I thought it would be fun for us to share our OT journeys through recollection of some key #OTMoments, it might also be helpful for those looking to study the profession, and those newly graduating, and well, all of us as a little reflection.

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#OTalk 7 June 2016 – How to make the most out of your attendance at the 40th College of Occupational Therapists (COT) Annual Conference

How to make the most out of your attendance at the

40th College of Occupational Therapists (COT) Annual Conference

Harrogate 28 – 30 June

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Tuesday 16th Feb 2016- Ask not what your regional committee can do for you, but what you can do for your regional committee.

Ask not what your regional committee can do for you, but what you can do for your regional committee.

Date:   16/02/2016  Host: @OT_Rach

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