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Hi there I’m new on this OT list. I
just join in this week and received some messages about OT vs PT core and OT
definitions. I would like to start saying that I’m a portuguese OT, head of the
OT program in a school at the north of my small country. We have about 750 OT
working in Portugal and 3000 PT. We have 2 OT schools and 5 PT schools. I also
would like to say that we too have an OT mailing list and the current subject
is … imagine … OT vs PT. I would like to say the same I add to our portuguese list:
Good practice makes all the difference. That’s all for now. PS: I would invite you all to
join our list but I think you’d have a little language problem, and you are
well served with Ron. Ocupacionalmente (Occupationally) J. Faias -----Mensagem
original----- To all: It seems that everyone has a strong
opinion about what is wrong with the OT and each of us has our own definition
of the profession. All I have heard about for the last two weeks is
everyone's opinion of Ron, so what? We all are entitled to our opinions! My
complaint is, how many of us can actually do something about it? Or help the
community better understand our profession? You can complain all day but
unless you do something about it you are just putting the blame onto someone
else. Even if it just writing a letter to a congressman or participating
in your community. In OT school my professors challenged all
of us to come up with our own definition of OT, the key was we could
not include anything about PT or SLP. I realized I always explained
OT by starting out saying "It is like PT, but...". (Just
something to think about) Betsy |
- OT opinions Neil & Betsy
- Joaquim Faias
