Well Ron, They are loosing out on someone who knows how to provoke a good discussion on the meaning of occupation to occupational therapists. Sometimes its more important to know how to ask the questions than to know all the answers. Remembering from my educational experience, it does take someone who really is comfortable with the subject of occupaition and psychosocial function to teach it. Too often it was easily glossed over and those who are more used to one type of area are not very comfortable with the concepts.
Elizabeth H. Thiers, OTR/L [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ron Carson Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 9:05 PM To: Phillips, Irene Subject: Re[4]: Dichotomy of teaching OT Hello Irene: Funny you should mention budget cuts because I just lost my job. And guess, what, it boiled down to budget cuts. While there are many possible explanations as to why I lost my job, one plausible one is that I primarily teach courses relating to occupation and psychosocial OT. In the grand scheme of things, these courses were seen as more easily taught by others because they required less expertise than other courses, such as orthopedics. In my obviously biased opinion, this type of thinking devalues the complexities of occupation and places more emphasis on non-occupation related courses. I've said it before and I'll say it again, it's a dog-eat-dog world. OT has few professional organizations that we can call true allies. The other comment I have is that just because someone has UE tightness, there is no reason to suspect that they have occupational performance deficits. Thanks, Ron *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
