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Hi everyone, Voting opens today in the AOTA General Elections. I am so excited about the idea of serving our Association as the Next Vice-President. Please log on to www.aota.org and vote! I am honored to consider my two opponents in this election as close colleagues and friends. The great thing about...

I have visited a couple of occupational therapy programs in the last few weeks in my role as the Chairperson of the AOTA Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care Reform to talk about current reform initiatives, the potential impacts on occupational therapy and what students can do to become informed and play...

Short entry today. The national news is focused on several issues where the question is posed, "You can because it is your right but should you?" Occasionally I read a post in the blogs or forums that makes me wonder......... "You can say that, it is your right, but should you...

My grandmother (we called her Ma) used to say, "If the great flood is coming you can stand outside and shout at the rain or you can build an arc and sail off to heaven." She was a colorful woman with lots of other sayings that are not OT Connections appropriate, but I think she had a point...

Each year the UIC Department of Occupational Therapy holds a free CE event for alumni of our Department. This last Saturday over 30 UIC alumni participated in a 3 hour workshop on health care reform and advocacy titled, "Health Care Reform: Getting Involved and Shaping Our Future." Clinical...

The 38 reasons I am excited are the 38 new occupational therapy students who will begin their orientation at UIC on August 19th. The 19,003 reasons for us all to be excited are all the students enrolled in occupational therapy or occupational therapy assistant programs according to the 2008-2009 Academic...

What a great day today! One of the roles that I have fulfilled for AOTA recently is to serve as Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care Reform Implementation. I have worked with AOTA national affairs staff and with a great group of volunteers to examine how health care reform will impact...

Well fall semester is a time when I keep my head down and just try to get through every week! Busy, busy busy! I teach 2 courses, 1 of them is Administration and Management in Occupational Therapy. I love teaching and particularly love teaching about management and leadership but this semester it is...

Well, if you have any concerns or pessimistic thoughts about the future of occupational therapy I have the cure! Plan now to attend or volunteer for next year's Student Conclave and you will sleep MUCH better! There are almost 600 students here and their energy, enthusiasm and optimism are amazing...

I spent a thrilling weekend in Washington DC and Bethesda Maryland along with the other committed members of the AOTA Board of Directors for the AOTA "Capital Hill Day" and the fall Board of Directors' meeting. On Thursday I flew into Washington early and had the opportunity to visit...

I am very happy to be spending THIS weekend at home as I was in the DC/Baltimore area for 4 of the 5 weekends in October for meetings for AOTA and NIH and I feel like I am getting to be on a first name basis with our friendly TSA employees at O'Hare and Reagan National airports. HOWEVER i will...

I have been thinking a lot about the "practice of today" and the "practice of tomorrow" lately; partly because it is that time of year when our 2nd year students at UIC are getting ready to head out for 6 months of full time fieldwork but also because of activities that I am involved...