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This weeks #OTalk is on the topic of “attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities” and is being hosted by Allison Sullivan (@allisulliOTprof)
Continue reading “#OTalk 24th January – Attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities”
As the US election is happening today, I thought we could explore if and how politics impacts on our practise as occupational therapist.
Continue reading “Tuesday 8th Nov 2016 – Politics and Health Care”
There is so much great OT practice in the UK. This ranges from OT in statutory services, to OTs working in the 3rd sector, to independent OTs, to OTs breaking new ground in diverse areas and of course, support workers who keep it all running! This OT twitter talk is for you – the grass roots practitioners whose great work may go undetected. Not all OTs are able to publish articles or research or present papers at conference or win large research grants, but that doesn’t mean their work should go unrecognised or disseminated.
Continue reading “Tuesday 20th September – Celebrating OT with the OTshow and Jen Gash”
Tuesday’s #OTalk focused on “Your Burning Questions” and was hosted by @Kirstyes,
Continue reading “#OTalk – Tuesday 9th August 2016 – Burning Questions”
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).
Continue reading “26th July 2016 Medical Tourism and Occupational Therapy”
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