The history of occupational therapy as an academic discipline is very short in Poland â teaching at university level started as late as 2012. On the 27th of February 2018, the Laboratory of Occupational Therapy of the Poznan University of Medical Sciences organised the first countrywide scientific conference devoted entirely to OT, with well over 200 participants (the registration was closed prematurely due to overbooking).
Hello ENOTHE members,
Itâs nice to be in contact during the year!!! The ENOTHE Citizenship II Project Group (we) would like to share with you our group news – processes and products – since our meeting in Zagreb!!!
– In the âback group gardenâ we are working hard on the citizenship literature and the development of educational materials… challenging occupational therapy education towards a collective movement to understanding of occupations transforming participatory citizenship ….
The OT-Europe project on displaced persons has been busy with the continued growth of the group. Following the 23rd ENOTHE Annual Meeting – Zagreb there was increased interest in the group and a growth of the network. Each month new examples come in from OTâs around Europe who are working with this population. A wide range of examples have already been seen, from clinical practice settings to community-based projects and a large presence in educational projects with displaced persons. Beyond Europe, our project group has connected to similar groups based in Canada and Australia, where we have begun to share resources and experiences.
Exploring the theory and practice of working towards occupation-based social inclusion is a 2-years joint project of ENOTHE carried out by a group of occupational therapy researchers and practitioners from Europe and Canada (see below by the photo for our full details). This project is aiming to provide a sample of good practices (cases) showing contribution to a social change and short âstate of the artâ overview from literature. As project group, we consider that the many challenges and transformations facing the world today, have major influence on daily occupations of people, require projects or services (initiatives) developed with the people affected, that aim not only for personal development but for wider social change.
As a project group, we consider that the many challenges and transformations facing the world today, have major influence on daily occupations of people, require projects or services (initiatives) developed with the people affected, that aim not only for personal development but for wider social change.
During the last week of January, a meeting with the Occupational Therapy-Europe group took place. The meeting consisted of presidents and vice-presidents of ENOTHE &Â COTECÂ and the president and vice-president of the standing committee of ROTOS (Research in Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science). It provided the opportunity to exchange views and plan the next steps. Also during that week, a meeting including the standing committee of ROTOS took place. The steps that ROTOS will take during 2018 are as follows:
More updates soon will come at the OT-Europe Website:Â http://www.oteurope.eu/research/
From left to right the ROTOS standing committee: Naomi Hankinson (Link to COTEC Board), Panagiotis Siaperas (Link to ENOTHE Board), Esther Steultjens (ROTOS Chair), Alison Laver-Fawcett (ROTOS Vice Chair) and Niall Turner (not in the picture).
As you are probably aware most of the high level meetings regarding the European policies are held in Brussels. To make Occupational Therapy more visible in the European arena as it is important, COTEC has developed the contacts and now OT-Europe (COTEC ENOTHE & ROTOS) is represented in these meetings.