This website has all of the OT ECHO upcoming meeting information and recordings of previous meetings. This international, interprofessional mentorship group has been meeting once a month since 2019 and now has over 1,000 members from more than 75 countries. OT ECHO is free and open to all practicing occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and our interprofessional colleagues.
The Drumley Walk is an annual three-day walking pilgrimage from Beaudesert, south of Brisbane, to Southport on the Gold Coast. The 65 kilometre journey follows the footsteps of Beaudesert Aboriginal identity Billy Drumley. In the early 1900s he trekked through farmland and bush to visit his sister Jenny Graham who lived at Southport with her many children and grandchildren. Rory O’Connor, the Walk Director states the aim of the Drumley Walk is “to honour Aboriginal Elders of yesteryear, for their resilience and courage to keep living on their traditional lands.” The event which is run by Drumley’s descendants also remembers other local leaders whose stories form an integral part of today’s community of people associated with the Yugambeh language region. The purpose of the article is to reflect on my experience as a walker and volunteer on the Drumley Walk from 2009 to 2011 and features of the songs and poems that promote health. The Walk is continually evolving, so ethnographic writing and performance of newly composed song and dance is encouraged as part of the walkers’ creative activities and reflection on their journey. My ethnographic description of the Walk relates to my perspective as an occupational therapist/musicologist.
This paper reports on the findings of a qualitative study where interviews were conducted with 51 OTs, physical therapists and speech-language pathologists (37 who stayed in their profession, 14 who left their profession) to explore the phenomena of attrition and retention.
The report describes the process of conducting an economic evaluation to examine the impact of occupational therapy in relation to financial costs of providing a service.
A description of the position of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists on the use of telehealth in occupational therapy.
A description of the minimum standards required of an education programme for occupational therapists for approval by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists.
A WFOT resource that describes the process involved the development of a new occupational therapy service.
Guiding principles regarding how the use of evidence from multiple sources can inform occupational therapy.
The full report of the WFOT Human Resources Project 2022, presenting demographic, education and practice information on occupational therapy and occupational therapists globally, listed alphabetically.
The full report of the WFOT Human Resources Project 2022, presenting demographic, education and practice information on occupational therapy and occupational therapists globally, listed numerically.
