until school starts... I'm not sad that school's starting. In a nerdy kind of way, I'm looking forward to it. I'm just sad vacation's ending.
In the time off that we've had, I've been thinking about what area of OT I'd like to go into. I think it's hard to go into pediatrics when you have kids of your own. Also, all three of my kids were born premature so they've all spent time in the NICU. By default then, it leaves adults or older adults. I think I would have preferred to work with either of these populations anyway even if I didn't have kids.
Another area that interests me is use of adaptive/assistive technology. Yes, I'm a gadget geek. I am simply amazing what a person can accomplish when a person is given the right tools (that goes for everyone, not just those who are physically disabled).
BTW, have you seen the Luke arm? It was invented by Dean Kamen, of Segway fame.
8.18.2008
8.14.2008
Yikes!
11 more days until school starts?! I'm not ready!
OK I did get my books and register. But that's about it.
What about all my grand plans about purging and packing and finishing my sewing and... ad nauseum... I did manage to finish the cushion cover for my mom last week.
I am looking forward to vacation this weekend and next. I need a break from working. Last one was back in February and that was for a wedding.
I am looking forward to this semester; it'll primarily focus on adults and more of the psychosocial aspect of OT. Or at least that's what I think it is based on the books.
Just think, one year ago I started OT school. I really believe time exponential speeds up as one ages.
Oh, and I found two references to occupational therapy. One was when I was catching up on movies and finally watched Auntie Mame, after she becomes a widow and encouraged to write a memoir, she states:
"...[T]his is some kind of conspiracy. Some trumped up occupational therapy, like leathercraft, or hooking rugs."
(BTW, she does write the book and it becomes a hit)
There are several references to occupational therapy in a puppy training booklet by Dr. Ian Dunbar entitled BEFORE You Get Your Puppy but they all essentially state the same thing:
Natural inquisitiveness prompts the lonely pup to dig, bark, and escape in his quest for some form of occupational therapy to pass the day in solitary confinement.
See? OT is everywhere!
OK I did get my books and register. But that's about it.
What about all my grand plans about purging and packing and finishing my sewing and... ad nauseum... I did manage to finish the cushion cover for my mom last week.
I am looking forward to vacation this weekend and next. I need a break from working. Last one was back in February and that was for a wedding.
I am looking forward to this semester; it'll primarily focus on adults and more of the psychosocial aspect of OT. Or at least that's what I think it is based on the books.
Just think, one year ago I started OT school. I really believe time exponential speeds up as one ages.
Oh, and I found two references to occupational therapy. One was when I was catching up on movies and finally watched Auntie Mame, after she becomes a widow and encouraged to write a memoir, she states:
"...[T]his is some kind of conspiracy. Some trumped up occupational therapy, like leathercraft, or hooking rugs."
(BTW, she does write the book and it becomes a hit)
There are several references to occupational therapy in a puppy training booklet by Dr. Ian Dunbar entitled BEFORE You Get Your Puppy but they all essentially state the same thing:
Natural inquisitiveness prompts the lonely pup to dig, bark, and escape in his quest for some form of occupational therapy to pass the day in solitary confinement.
See? OT is everywhere!
7.02.2008
6.08.2008
Slacking!
Well, at least blog-wise.
First off, I am DONE with the 2nd semester of OT school. The spring semester anyway. We're in summer session so I suppose we're not technically grad 3's - yet. After mid-July though - HA! Grad 3! No longer at the bottom of the totem pole!
We have learned quite a bit these past two crazy semesters. The spring semester focused primarily on the pediatric population. Though I don't see myself working in pediatrics (primarily because I have little kids of my own I think I would be drained), I still enjoyed it. One of the things that I've come to appreciate, at the risk of sounding corny, is that the more I learn, the more I realize that we are just scraping the surface. For every topic that is of interest, there is a wealth of information and it is up to the reader to decide whether the information is useful or not. As much as I love to meander on the internet (a la stream of consciousness), you have to be cognizant that there's also a lot of garbage.
I also took a whirlwind course in May: Cognition across the lifespan. I think my interest in this area is leading me towards serving the people with TBI. But then again, there's so much that is within the realm of occupational therapy that it would be premature to decide right now.
Now for something completely different: we have ducks, ducklings actually. It's for the house, or at least that's what I was led to believe. This was the video that did me in to agree to this crazy idea:
Yup. Ducks.
OK. Fine. They're cute.
First off, I am DONE with the 2nd semester of OT school. The spring semester anyway. We're in summer session so I suppose we're not technically grad 3's - yet. After mid-July though - HA! Grad 3! No longer at the bottom of the totem pole!
We have learned quite a bit these past two crazy semesters. The spring semester focused primarily on the pediatric population. Though I don't see myself working in pediatrics (primarily because I have little kids of my own I think I would be drained), I still enjoyed it. One of the things that I've come to appreciate, at the risk of sounding corny, is that the more I learn, the more I realize that we are just scraping the surface. For every topic that is of interest, there is a wealth of information and it is up to the reader to decide whether the information is useful or not. As much as I love to meander on the internet (a la stream of consciousness), you have to be cognizant that there's also a lot of garbage.
I also took a whirlwind course in May: Cognition across the lifespan. I think my interest in this area is leading me towards serving the people with TBI. But then again, there's so much that is within the realm of occupational therapy that it would be premature to decide right now.
Now for something completely different: we have ducks, ducklings actually. It's for the house, or at least that's what I was led to believe. This was the video that did me in to agree to this crazy idea:
Yup. Ducks.
OK. Fine. They're cute.
4.13.2008
Coaching the Comeback
Here's an article in the NYT highlighting a day of OT Jodi Levin at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation.
Incidentally, our class watched Murderball this past week. It tells the story of the US quadriplegic wheelchair rugby team during the 2000 and 2004 Paralympics. One of the players from the US team gives a lecture at Kessler and inspires a recently injured patient to take up rugby. There was a quote from the film that stuck in my mind:
"Your mind becomes a bigger disability than the physical stuff."
- Andy Cohn, Murderball
Then of course I get the bright idea that if still go through with our plans of going back to the Philippines this summer to visit my grandmother, we could swing by Beijing and check it out. But of course, the time that we'll be in that neck of the woods, the Paralympics will be held elsewhere. Something about Olympics being held at that time. Oh well. There's London 2012 to look forward to!
Incidentally, our class watched Murderball this past week. It tells the story of the US quadriplegic wheelchair rugby team during the 2000 and 2004 Paralympics. One of the players from the US team gives a lecture at Kessler and inspires a recently injured patient to take up rugby. There was a quote from the film that stuck in my mind:
"Your mind becomes a bigger disability than the physical stuff."
- Andy Cohn, Murderball
Then of course I get the bright idea that if still go through with our plans of going back to the Philippines this summer to visit my grandmother, we could swing by Beijing and check it out. But of course, the time that we'll be in that neck of the woods, the Paralympics will be held elsewhere. Something about Olympics being held at that time. Oh well. There's London 2012 to look forward to!
4.09.2008
Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture
Random entry: Look! It's raining ice cubes!
So, of course I had to take a picture. I know hail can get bigger than this but this is the biggest I've ever seen. Watching the hail come down, it looked like a huge ice tray being dumped on the ground.OK, back to homework.
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