Growing to your full pOTential

       The first part of this video was  about OT in primary care by Karen Duddy, OTD, MHA, OTR/L. In primary care settings, OT address the daily conditions of the clients.  Occupational therapists are seen to deal with everything holistic and can get referrals that involve many things. Occupational therapists face challenges in these primary settings like funding, trying to fit in, having broad base skills as they are expected to have, be confident, working with others and also while promoting OT.  An important thing to be clear with is that it takes a lot to work as an Occupational therapist. Some takeaways i got from this section of the lecture are that the main key for Occupational therapists is that we focus on the customer and their needs. We have to be creative, connect with the patient, and be aware of their diagnosis, leading to helping with the problem which in most cases patients really appreciate Occupational therapists for.    ...

       Culture is defined as “ the set of values, conventions, or social practices associated with a particular field, activity, or societal characteristic .” (Webster) and to elaborate more, it is “ the knowledge, beliefs, values, assumptions, perspectives, attitudes, norms, and customs that people acquire through membership in a particular society or group” (Hammell, 2009a). A person’s culture also affects how they are because they could include the “behavioral standards, and expectations accepted by the society or cultural group of which a person is a member” (OTPF-4, 10). For example, in my person life, I grew up with the norm of not eating pork or anything with pork, and it’s something I am accustomed to.          A person’s culture impacts their daily occupations and routines by becoming part of them. It affects how they work, what they do and every decision or opinion we have comes from our culture and what we val...