Classes: Group Work 10-12
Evidence Based Practice: 1-2:30
Today was listening to article presentations about different OT journal articles. In undergrad, looking at journal articles I thought was like the absolute hardest thing to read. Now, we dissect, read, and discuss them as if we are reading an article in Cosmo Magazine. There really is no perfect research. The gist of what I am getting is to take these articles but really look at them. Good research is still not empty of imperfections.
On a brighter note, I think the air conditioning in the dorm got fixed today! How fabulous. After class, I swam with some class mates and that is such a stress reliever for me. I need to do a better job of balancing work and play. Next semester, I am definitely swimming more!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Wow, time goes by fast
Brian came into town to visit for a couple of weeks~ so no posts while he was here. But I'm back to writing now...
Class: 8-11 Orthotics
1-3 Evidence-Based Practice
3-6:30 Group Meeting
Group Work is the name of the game here in OT school. It serves a good purpose to help us work in teams. Days like today are harder, though. You think your day ends at 3, but no it just keeps going and going and going. Haha, it is like the energizer bunny has taken over!
There are only two more days left of classes!!!! This is pretty exciting! Yay! We have made it through our first semester of OT school!
Looking back through the semester, there are some memorable moments.
1.) The first time we saw our cadavers ( little awkward)
2.) Rick's "come together" hands
3.) Dr. Shah's "What the hell are you doing??" haha! still makes me giggle
4.) Those LONG anatomy labs.... and the scary weekends in there with only a couple classmates
5.) Visiting Chattanooga ( I think my head still hurts from squinting at the erlanger screen)
6.) Lunches outside and with friends
7.) Conference with Brittney (BLAST!)
8.) Study groups & studying in the park
9.) Nights out having fun, when we should be studying or working on a take-home final (oh...Tugs)
10.) Going to the zoo, playing with my new OT friends, and justifying all of it by saying "well, we are just balancing our occupations!"
11.) Playing video games in the SAC as a study break or going into the hot tub down!
12.) Jay's brown pencil when he is lecturing
13.) Spending my life savings at Los Compradres
14.) Pretending to be an OT during the Peds Labs giving evals
15.) Fieldwork at T.C. Thompson Children's Institute- Learning I have alot to learn!
16.) GROUP PROJECTS & PRESENTATIONS (Disha being in almost every group )
17.) In class all day and studying till 12 at night
18.) Dori's Dance
19.) Habitat for Humanity
20.) Everyone being sick at one point, poor Cody especially!
21.) Engagements, rings ... (congrats kendal, jennifer)
22.) SURVIVING OUR FIRST SEMESTER NOW TO BECOME MOT IIs!
Class: 8-11 Orthotics
1-3 Evidence-Based Practice
3-6:30 Group Meeting
Group Work is the name of the game here in OT school. It serves a good purpose to help us work in teams. Days like today are harder, though. You think your day ends at 3, but no it just keeps going and going and going. Haha, it is like the energizer bunny has taken over!
There are only two more days left of classes!!!! This is pretty exciting! Yay! We have made it through our first semester of OT school!
Looking back through the semester, there are some memorable moments.
1.) The first time we saw our cadavers ( little awkward)
2.) Rick's "come together" hands
3.) Dr. Shah's "What the hell are you doing??" haha! still makes me giggle
4.) Those LONG anatomy labs.... and the scary weekends in there with only a couple classmates
5.) Visiting Chattanooga ( I think my head still hurts from squinting at the erlanger screen)
6.) Lunches outside and with friends
7.) Conference with Brittney (BLAST!)
8.) Study groups & studying in the park
9.) Nights out having fun, when we should be studying or working on a take-home final (oh...Tugs)
10.) Going to the zoo, playing with my new OT friends, and justifying all of it by saying "well, we are just balancing our occupations!"
11.) Playing video games in the SAC as a study break or going into the hot tub down!
12.) Jay's brown pencil when he is lecturing
13.) Spending my life savings at Los Compradres
14.) Pretending to be an OT during the Peds Labs giving evals
15.) Fieldwork at T.C. Thompson Children's Institute- Learning I have alot to learn!
16.) GROUP PROJECTS & PRESENTATIONS (Disha being in almost every group )
17.) In class all day and studying till 12 at night
18.) Dori's Dance
19.) Habitat for Humanity
20.) Everyone being sick at one point, poor Cody especially!
21.) Engagements, rings ... (congrats kendal, jennifer)
22.) SURVIVING OUR FIRST SEMESTER NOW TO BECOME MOT IIs!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Living life to its fullest....
Yay! My first post. I have been meaning to start this blog since January... but .... it got stored in the back of my mind. Karen, an MOT II (soon to be MOT III!!), is the one who inspired me. Well, anywho, we had a speaker come in today who had a very informative and inspirational lecture on AOTA. It reminded me of the blog I was going to start. Which brings me back to blogging...
Classes: Neurobiology 10-12, Leadership 1-3
Right now I am almost finished with my first semester of OT school. ONLY 3 WEEKS TO GO! Gosh, I have learned so much these last 5 months! It is funny how much "OT thinking" just becomes a way of life. For example, I was at lunch with my boyfriend's family and we were talking about eating seafood. I responded, "Yuck, I can't eat fish. The flakiness gets to me- its a tactile issue." They gave me those "yah.... ok.... whatever you say" stares. Hahaha.
Side note: My bf, Brian, got into PT school a here at UTHSC!
Back to OT thinking, even now as I am typing this when I should be working on my take-home Peds final- I tell myself, "I'm just balancing my occupations."
I might do like Karen and have a reflective post, eventually... for now I'll talk about my day.
10-3 is a pretty sweet day! I wish we had more of them. During Anatomy, our days ran 8-5. And yes, I am very much aware that this is a typical working day. But for most jobs, when they go home at 5, they don't have 7 hours of lecture notes to decipher through. Can you tell I got told that alot when i complained of long days? hahaha...
Well our lecturer on AOTA today gave a great definition of OT!
" OT helps address the limitations in skills that are needed in daily living..."
Can anyone give me a good definition of OT vs. PT? (Me and Brian get asked that ALOT).
During our presentation, the speaker played the AOTA Presidential Address from the 2008 conference. This was such an inspiring speech! The link is here if you click on "speech".
I love the new AOTA moto: "Living life to its fullest..." cause that is my own personal moto too! It is always fun to have those little reminders that OT is the right profession for me.
Classes: Neurobiology 10-12, Leadership 1-3
Right now I am almost finished with my first semester of OT school. ONLY 3 WEEKS TO GO! Gosh, I have learned so much these last 5 months! It is funny how much "OT thinking" just becomes a way of life. For example, I was at lunch with my boyfriend's family and we were talking about eating seafood. I responded, "Yuck, I can't eat fish. The flakiness gets to me- its a tactile issue." They gave me those "yah.... ok.... whatever you say" stares. Hahaha.
Side note: My bf, Brian, got into PT school a here at UTHSC!
Back to OT thinking, even now as I am typing this when I should be working on my take-home Peds final- I tell myself, "I'm just balancing my occupations."
I might do like Karen and have a reflective post, eventually... for now I'll talk about my day.
10-3 is a pretty sweet day! I wish we had more of them. During Anatomy, our days ran 8-5. And yes, I am very much aware that this is a typical working day. But for most jobs, when they go home at 5, they don't have 7 hours of lecture notes to decipher through. Can you tell I got told that alot when i complained of long days? hahaha...
Well our lecturer on AOTA today gave a great definition of OT!
" OT helps address the limitations in skills that are needed in daily living..."
Can anyone give me a good definition of OT vs. PT? (Me and Brian get asked that ALOT).
During our presentation, the speaker played the AOTA Presidential Address from the 2008 conference. This was such an inspiring speech! The link is here if you click on "speech".
I love the new AOTA moto: "Living life to its fullest..." cause that is my own personal moto too! It is always fun to have those little reminders that OT is the right profession for me.
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