#OTalk Transcript
Healthcare social media transcript of the #OTalk hashtag.
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 | #OTalk @OTalk_ Evening all, its the newly engaged 💍[REDACTED USER] on support tonight. This weeks #OTalk is hosted by [REDACTED USER] and [REDACTED USER] Who is out there? Give us a wave! https://t.co/rKArHsxdEK |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Housekeeping Tweet...please remember your professional codes of conduct still apply online as they do in practice #OTalk https://t.co/Q39JSOUKy3 |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Please consider confidentiality when posting & commenting. Be respectful of your peers & their opinions/experiences. Any tweets with the #OTalk tag will be added to the transcript. https://t.co/tNu4PFIRln |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ And most of all, Dont forget to include the #OTalk hashtag in all your tweets so everyone can see what you have to say & chat with you. https://t.co/rIvl2VaQWH |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ If there are any newbies or lurkers out there give me a shout if you get stuck or lost along the way! I’m here to help #OTalk https://t.co/YAzWOK28Nl |
 | Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise @OTalk_ [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Hi 😊 my first #OTALK as a registered OT |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Welcome and congratulations #OTalk |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Right thats enough from me... [REDACTED USER] its over to you! #OTalk https://t.co/jMBCtBLxwq |
 | Society for the Study of Occupation: USA @OccSci_USA #OTalk! Happening right now. |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Question 1 #OTalk |
 | Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman [REDACTED USER] #OTalk perhaps when people don’t value the power of occupation and believe what we do is common sense?! |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise [REDACTED USER] I think often the general public and even other HCPs do not know what we do. And there are occasions where other HCPs do not consider our role important and instead see us as ‘basket weavers’. the fact that OTs are not already in roles where an OT would help massively! #OTalk |
 | Bel Youngson @OTBelY @OTalk_ [REDACTED USER] #Otalk I don't think we shout out about OT enough |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Completely agree. I am yet to see a hospital TV show where an OT and their role is depicted! #OTalk |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman [REDACTED USER] I agree we need to get better at demonstrating our impact by hearing and celebrating the voices of the people we have the privilege to work with #OTalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Definitely! Casualty is the worst for this, they even had doctors doing kitchen assessments a short while back and the only OT I saw mentioned did not show the role, but was just a background character! #otalk |
 | Toks O (she/ her/ hers) @TokunboTweetz [REDACTED USER] As well as lack of understanding of our profession, I think there can sometimes be some role blurring issues. Especially when some other AHPs are occupationally focused (rare find, but there are some out there), some may struggle to see what we are doing differently #OTalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise @beckycooper___ [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Yes! I was so irritated by that episode! #OTALK no wonder the public have no idea what we do, when doctors are doing are role on TV |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] At all levels - empower individuals to ask for us but also those commissioning services across all sectors #OTalk we need to move away from just NHS to truly demonstrate our power |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ You need to use the #OTalk not to @OTalk_ to join in |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Question 2 #OTalk |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] #OTalk sometimes it’s the language we use I recently worked with a GP who through listening to me and our talented OT students was able to help us deliver our powerful messages |
| Toks O (she/ her/ hers) @TokunboTweetz [REDACTED USER] I think occupational therapists need to be in more ‘everyday’/ primary setting such as schools, GPs, etc to get such recognition. This will also help in reduce the need to access secondary services, as preventative measures will be taken #OTalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise [REDACTED USER] #OTALK I completely agree. As health literacy is becoming a larger focus, it’s highlighting that our own profession is not health literate and accessible to anyone who does not understand our jargon |
 | Kirsty Stanley @KEStanley [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Our lack of consistent professional promotion impacts understanding of our unique skills by other professions leading to challenging encounters #OTalk |
 | Rachel Payne @RachieRuu [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] This is so true. My grandparents have this opinion of OT, and whilst on a forensic mental health placement I was constantly telling them how OT works there as they didn't get it. This could be why the public aren't so sure about the profession. #OTalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise [REDACTED USER] I’d like to think everybody. I think there’s a large body of people out there who cannot access certain occupations but don’t think there’s anything they can do about it, so simply go without or struggle on #OTALk |
| Toks O (she/ her/ hers) @TokunboTweetz [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Agreed! Which is why I think we need to keep on top of staying up to date with theory, literature, networking, etc to keep present and occupationally focused, and represent the uniqueness of our profession #OTalk |
 | Teresa Buchan @teresa_buchan [REDACTED USER] We use every day ordinary activities as interventions, doesn't look flashy or glossy but has impact, but we play it down. Our patients are our voices of impact and recognition #OTalk |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman [REDACTED USER] @beckycooper___ Again it’s about us valuing the power of occupation and ourselves as occupational therapists - self belief - recognising that what we consider is small can be life changing or life enhancing and therefore worthy of recognition #OTalk |
| Toks O (she/ her/ hers) @TokunboTweetz [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Also, sometimes, people first impression is sadly “oh, the one who couldn’t really explain what they do”. So they actually don’t remember/ recognise us. Highlighting our need to be confident in explaining our role #OTalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Very true and I agree that’s definitely what needs to be done and I really wouldn’t want our name changed but it does lead to a lot of vocation/occupation confusions #OTAlK |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman @TokunboTweetz [REDACTED USER] Agree, We can then focus on our Occupational perspective and feel less pressured into medical approaches #OTalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise @beckycooper___ [REDACTED USER] Yes! Careers events is so important, often OT is not even suggested to people looking at health careers in schools - at least it wasn’t for me! #OTALk |
| Teresa Buchan @teresa_buchan [REDACTED USER] We don't promote ourselves and our achievements. The ordinary can have extraordinary outcomes. But do we shout about it? No, why not? If we embed clinical and patient reported outcomes into our practice we can demonstrate it more easily #OTalk |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman [REDACTED USER] Our clients/ service users as they are our most powerful advocates. #OTalk |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Question 3 #OTalk |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Halfway through People #otalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise [REDACTED USER] Not being mentioned in careers talks or advice, it’s a huge shame really! #OTALK |
| Toks O (she/ her/ hers) @TokunboTweetz [REDACTED USER] Example from a friend when she told someone she was an OT: “OH YOU’RE OT! you’re gunna make me a professional golfer”. 🤣 She was just glad she wasn’t associated with a commode for once #OTalk |
| Teresa Buchan @teresa_buchan [REDACTED USER] Organisations overdose on patient feedback and is often generic. We have an annual OT PREM during OT Week, it limits the demand on feedback but is relevant to promoting us during the professional week. We have to work at developing the feedback frequency for OT #OTalk |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman @OTalk_ Developing diverse placements / REPs has not been a problem when highlighting the benefits of occupation to health and wellbeing and the power to prevent illness - I find wears often pushing on an open door however monies to follow is a problem #OTalk |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ We are all doing amazing tonight and remembering the hashtag, well done 👍🏾. Literally no one on my naughty step #Otalk 15 minutes left. |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Question for #Otalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] I think it’s a matter of changing the environment in terms of the way we discuss and explain occupations and also educating the masses and increasing the knowledge of the individual on a mass scale. #OTALK |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] I agree we need to practice what we preach - trying hard to achieve this as an educationalist to support our students in understanding the power of occupation #OTalk |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Question 4 🤦🏽♀️ #Otalk - on my own naughty step |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Great idea #OTalk |
| Teresa Buchan @teresa_buchan [REDACTED USER] Our Trust has a 'connected' magazine in which OTs have featured, not always in OT specific roles but it's great to share the interventions and outcomes. We also had our Trust Voc Rehab service featured in the English RCOT Getting my life back report [REDACTED USER] #OTalk #KMPTproud |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise @OTalk_ I often wonder whether patients should be provided with handouts which describes the different healthcare professionals and what they do. It’s hard enough to distinguish all the different uniforms they see each day, let alone remember what they all do! #OTALK |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ 10mins left #OTalk https://t.co/13D4L3LLfG |
| Toks O (she/ her/ hers) @TokunboTweetz [REDACTED USER] Cardiff has something called [REDACTED USER]- a monthly event where people give talks on any topic of their choice (like ted talks), a couple of friends and I are thinking of using this as a platform #OTalk |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Don’t forget #Otalk, otherwise people won’t see What You’re Tweeting About |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise RT @TokunboTweetz: [REDACTED USER] Cardiff has something called [REDACTED USER]- a monthly event where people give talks on any topic of their ch… |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Absolutely but he described Occupational Therapy appallingly recently #otalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise @beckycooper___ @OTalk_ So many patients say they don’t even know the uniforms apart and when you consider there’s the usual uniforms of the different professions and then uniforms of agency staff too which are different again it can be really confusing, it’s not surprising our role isn’t known #OTalk |
| Teresa Buchan @teresa_buchan [REDACTED USER] There are many people we have to influence so we have to adapt to different audiences. Having a strong leadership team in the organisation helps staff know they have support and a foundation to promote and influence. Service users have greatest impact and voice #OTalk |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Is this done where people work?? It is in my [REDACTED USER] work place, but are they always read and understood? #otalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise [REDACTED USER] I really like patient voice it’s not really OT focused but great for development 😊 #OTalk |
| Toks O (she/ her/ hers) @TokunboTweetz [REDACTED USER] Me too! #OTalk |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ And we have 5 minutes left.. any final thoughts? #OTalk https://t.co/emvqT3LrQH |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Sure is, but we do have ourselves any other ideas [REDACTED USER] #OTalk |
| Teresa Buchan @teresa_buchan [REDACTED USER] [REDACTED USER] Use your Trust communications team as they have the connections and can help formulate ideas as well as do their own promotional work on your behalf.#OTalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise @MurphytheOT @OTalk_ [REDACTED USER] Hmm I’ve never actually seen it be done in practice before honestly. How simple, colourful etc have they been in other settings? #OTALK |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman [REDACTED USER] @OTalk_ Excellent idea will try and do something similar #OTalk |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Dont forget participating in an #OTalk can contribute towards your CPD & hopefully tonights topic will have given you some ideas about implementing or sharing your learning. |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Right, this is [REDACTED USER] signing off! Bye for now! #OTalk https://t.co/YcAwe9Vda7 |
| Teresa Buchan @teresa_buchan [REDACTED USER] We depreciate what we do, because to the common eye looks easy and simple. Let's not over complicate things, keep it simple when explaining, and make it relevant to that one person. Personalised interventions with personalised definitions #OTalk |
| Holleigh Bryan 💚🏴 @HolleighLouise Following tonight’s #OTalk I will spend more time with my patients explaining the OT role and how it can benefit them and their recovery! |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ #OTalk 25th September 2018 – Cultural Competence: Do we need to immerse ourselves in other cultures? https://t.co/ABrjGYvPdC |
| Juliette Truman @Jt12Truman #OTalk thanks for the discussion tonight given me food for thought as I begin to facilitate the development of our new occupational therapy students [REDACTED USER] and their understanding of their professional role |
 | Gee @GBronxCicc RT @OTalk_: #OTalk 25th September 2018 – Cultural Competence: Do we need to immerse ourselves in other cultures? https://t.co/ABrjGYvPdC |
| #OTalk @OTalk_ Already looking forward to next weeks chat #OTALK cultural competence do we need to immerse ourselves in other cultures https://t.co/X1QcjShrm5 |
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