Professional Issues II
In Professional Issues II (OTA 2310) we studied professional behaviors appropriate for placement in fieldwork II sites. We learned about successful work skills, advocating for the OT profession, creative planning and client-centered practice in the community. We learned to apply professional behaviors for networking in a context where emphasis is on written and verbal professional communication among classmates, future employers, and community partners considering ethical and moral issues, regulations, professional association standards, and practice choices.
Service Learning: High School Presentation
High School Presentation Action Plan
Group Members: Amanda Tomlinson, Lori Murdock, and Mianna Sullivan
School: Alta High School
Teacher: Heather Starley ([email protected])
Date of Presentation: Thursday, December 1 @ 9:45 a.m.
Activities:
Adaptive Equipment Needed:
Relay Instructions: Students will split into 2 teams. The relay will be set up as follows:
Reflection/Conclusion
Allow students the opportunity to reflect on their experience and share something they learned, or that was meaningful to them. OTA students can ask what they liked, what they thought about AE, and OT in general. Answer any remaining questions, and conclude presentation. Leave students with handout on how to apply for the OTA program at SLCC.
Group Members: Amanda Tomlinson, Lori Murdock, and Mianna Sullivan
School: Alta High School
Teacher: Heather Starley ([email protected])
Date of Presentation: Thursday, December 1 @ 9:45 a.m.
Activities:
- Powerpoint presentation (allowing for questions at the end)
- Demonstration and explanation of adaptive equipment by OTA students
- Students will participate in AE a relay race (see “Relay Instructions”)
- Student reflection of experience
- Provide students with printed information about the program at SLCC (Handout)
Adaptive Equipment Needed:
- 2 scooter boards
- 2 pairs of eye impairment goggles
- 2 sock aids
- 2 dressing sticks
Relay Instructions: Students will split into 2 teams. The relay will be set up as follows:
- 2 students (1 from each team) will wear vision impairment goggles.
- Ride prone on scooter board to dressing station (chair).
- At dressing station, sit or stand to doff one sock & shoe without breaking 90. Use sock aid and dressing stick to don them again.
- Ride scooter board back to start and pass goggles to next student on team.
Reflection/Conclusion
Allow students the opportunity to reflect on their experience and share something they learned, or that was meaningful to them. OTA students can ask what they liked, what they thought about AE, and OT in general. Answer any remaining questions, and conclude presentation. Leave students with handout on how to apply for the OTA program at SLCC.
On Thursday, December 1, Mianna, Amanda, and I went to Alta High School located at 11055 S 1000 E, Sandy, UT 84094 to present on Occupational Therapy. We did this service project to explain to Anatomy students about our profession and the SLCC program. We got approval from Heather Starley to speak to her class of thirty-one students. The length of our presentation was an hour.
We began the class by presenting on our PowerPoint, explaining each slide and involving the students by asking questions. We taught the students what OT is and what it’s like in the program. We told them about activities we have done in class and experiences where we have gone outside the classroom to serve the community or practice the skills we have learned. We showed the students pictures and brought examples of some adaptive equipment that we use in OT to help our clients be able to participate in more occupations. We also explained the fast-track program so that if the students were interested they could get into the program right out of high school. After presenting our PowerPoint we handed out flyers for the students to take with them to remember what they had learned.
After the presentation portion of the class, we brought the students out into the hallway and had them do relay races. We divided the class into two teams and had the first student in each team put on vision impairment goggles. While wearing the goggles they had to propel themselves on a scooter board using only their upper body, and then when they reached a set of chairs they were told to take off their shoe with a long-handled shoe horn, put on a sock with the sock aid, then put their shoe back on using the shoe horn again and ride the scooter board back for the next student to go. This activity allowed the students to apply what they learned from our presentation and try out some different adaptive tools that OT’s use. The activity seemed to be the highlight of the presentation for the students because they were able to get out of class and try something exciting and new.
Before this presentation, I had the pre-conceived notion that no one would be interested in what we had to say. Thankfully though, the students listened really well and a few asked us questions at the end of our presentation regarding the program. I believe our presentation broadened their view and understanding of Occupational Therapy and hopefully had an impact on them.
This experience will help me in my future practice because it shows me that as we share our knowledge of the occupational therapy profession with the community, more people will understand what OT is what we can do for our clients. As OT becomes better known, my hope is that it will gain more credibility in the health care field. Our profession is so unique and necessary to help people become more functional and independent, but not a lot of people realize that. As OT practitioners, it’s our job to advocate for our profession and let others know what services we provide. I learned that I can make a difference by sharing what I know about OT.
We began the class by presenting on our PowerPoint, explaining each slide and involving the students by asking questions. We taught the students what OT is and what it’s like in the program. We told them about activities we have done in class and experiences where we have gone outside the classroom to serve the community or practice the skills we have learned. We showed the students pictures and brought examples of some adaptive equipment that we use in OT to help our clients be able to participate in more occupations. We also explained the fast-track program so that if the students were interested they could get into the program right out of high school. After presenting our PowerPoint we handed out flyers for the students to take with them to remember what they had learned.
After the presentation portion of the class, we brought the students out into the hallway and had them do relay races. We divided the class into two teams and had the first student in each team put on vision impairment goggles. While wearing the goggles they had to propel themselves on a scooter board using only their upper body, and then when they reached a set of chairs they were told to take off their shoe with a long-handled shoe horn, put on a sock with the sock aid, then put their shoe back on using the shoe horn again and ride the scooter board back for the next student to go. This activity allowed the students to apply what they learned from our presentation and try out some different adaptive tools that OT’s use. The activity seemed to be the highlight of the presentation for the students because they were able to get out of class and try something exciting and new.
Before this presentation, I had the pre-conceived notion that no one would be interested in what we had to say. Thankfully though, the students listened really well and a few asked us questions at the end of our presentation regarding the program. I believe our presentation broadened their view and understanding of Occupational Therapy and hopefully had an impact on them.
This experience will help me in my future practice because it shows me that as we share our knowledge of the occupational therapy profession with the community, more people will understand what OT is what we can do for our clients. As OT becomes better known, my hope is that it will gain more credibility in the health care field. Our profession is so unique and necessary to help people become more functional and independent, but not a lot of people realize that. As OT practitioners, it’s our job to advocate for our profession and let others know what services we provide. I learned that I can make a difference by sharing what I know about OT.
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