Introduction
Hello everyone, this is Emmanouela!
This month I did a collab-blog with Tahnee Augustin and Vera Engelbert, who are both from the Netherlands and currently studying OT at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences!
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SPOT’s new blogger and the somewhat ancient history of OT in Greece.
Greetings everyone! I am Emmanouela (or Emma for short) and from now on I will be the new SPOT blogger!
A little bit of information for me
I was born and raised in Athens, Greece and I am currently studying Occupational Therapy as a second year student at Metropolitan College in Athens. I hadn’t heard of SPOTeurope before the workshop about internalisation, that took place at the premises of Metropolitan College at Marousi Campus. It was then that, I knew I had to get involved. This experience in combination with my volunteering experience at the annual ENOTHE conference made me realise that I want to communicate more with OT students from all over Europe and expand my view of the “occupational world”!
Continue readingUpdate from SPOTeurope after the ENOTHE Annual Meeting
Dear students of the SPOTeurope community,
On behalf on the SPOTeurope board I am pleased to give you some updates after the ENOTHE annual meeting.
Last week, the 25th ENOTHE Annual Meeting was held in Athens, Greece. SPOTeurope was honored to be present to represent the european OT students. Next to networking at social events we were hosting a pre-conference workshop, a meet-up, a SPOT forum and gave a brief update about SPOT at the end in a pitch. Besides this we were also present at the student workshop about ‘Stigma’, hosted by the Greek student of AMC Metropolitian College.
Continue readingMoving Abroad to Work as an Occupational Therapist
Hi All! I am Jena, you may know me as the social media lead of SPOT Europe. I have just finished my pre-registration master’s at the University of Derby in England. I moved from Canada to complete my master’s and was exited to return home after 2 years away from amazing maple syrup, my family and friends, and views like this!
Continue readingEnd Of Academic Year!
This will be SPOTeurope’s last blog before the summer and we want to wish you all a great break! Congrats to those of you who are graduating and good luck if you’re about to start 2nd, 3rdor 4thyear!
This post will feature an update on the Joint International Project and some tips for surviving the summer break!
Continue readingOccupational Therapy in a Driving Assessment Centre
Hi, I’m Natalie, the SPOTeurope blogger and this week I’ll share with you my first placement experience! I have just finished my first year at Worcester University in the UK, where we have five placements over three years of study. This placement was part time 2.5 days a week for 10 weeks, with lectures and seminars the other 2 days of the week.
Continue readingSPOT – News & Activities
Just giving everyone an update about SPOT’s recent activities and exciting ideas for the future!
As SPOTeurope develops there will be a few role changes and a lot more opportunities for YOU to become involved in sharing your experiences!
See below for an update from each of the SPOT board members:
(more info on each member can be found on The Board page)
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Attending the 2018 WFOT Congress as an OT student: my 8 very best moments!
Published by Maurane, on behalf of author Charlotte, SPOTeurope vice-president.
Continue readingSPOTeurope board members activities, news and projects.
Hi everyone! This blog aims to keep you up to date about SPOTeurope board activities. We know that our roles may be sometimes unclear, then here’s what we have done recently and a few words about our plans.
If you want to learn more about each member of the board check our About/The Board section.
Continue readingFrench OT students charity concert
Written by Maurane, with Nolwenn and Sarah, on behalf of ATEEC.
A concert for the benefit of hospitalized children
On Friday May, 18th, the OT students association of Tours, France, organized a charity concert in a café concert named Les 3 Orfèvres. This concert took place as part of the action of Ampli Mutuelle, a health mutual, named Nez pour Sourire, for the organization Le Rire Médecin.
Continue readingMy international fieldwork placement in Trois-Rivières, Canada
Hi everyone, Maurane’s speaking ! Today I’m going to tell you about this amazing experience I’ve had last year : my international occupational therapy fieldwork placement in Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
Introducing Me: Maurane!
Hi! I’m Maurane, the new SPOTeurope blogger!
Here’s a short blog post to introduce myself and tell you more about my role.
Continue readingHAN International Week 2018- Challenge your Borders. Health and Social Work in International Perspective.
What is International Week?
HAN University of Applied Sciences in Nijmegen (Netherlands) holds an annual International Week to promote the sharing of experiences and knowledge of internationalisation in the context of health and social care. There are over 125 workshops from students and professionals from around the world.
Continue readingENOTHE Annual Meeting 2017
In October, Marlies (SPOT President) and I were lucky enough to attend the ENOTHE 2017 Annual Meeting in Zagreb, Croatia. It was a great opportunity to meet students and professionals from across Europe and learn about the different projects people are involved in.
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Top Tips for Surviving as a New Student!
As we approach a new year of study, we at SPOT have been reflecting on how we feel now versus how we felt on our first ever days as Occupational Therapy students. Personally, I still feel nervous, excited and unsure of what to expect but now I have a network of peers to share those feelings with and previous students to receive tips from! With that in mind, we’d like to share some tips for brand new students about to embark on their first year studying Occupational Therapy!
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LOOKING FOR NEW BOARDMEMBERS
Do you like to work in an international context? Do you want to enrich your CV? Broaden your (international) network?
SPOTeurope is a community with members from all over Europe in which we exchange knowledge and practices about the OTworld. It’s a community by students for students.
At the moment SPOTeurope is LOOKING FOR NEW BOARDMEMBERS and maybe that’s you! Experience and affinity with ENOTHE is a pre.
What’s in it for you?
You will co-work with other enthusiastic OT students from all over Europe, which will expand your network. You will also acquire new knowledge about happenings within the OTworld. And it really enriches your CV! It will approximately take up four hours of your time.
COPMI (Children Of Parents with a Mental Illness)
Following a question on the forum, a discussion has arisen regarding the Children Of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) Australian initiative.
For those of you who are unaware of this, please find below a link to the COPMI website and some journal article titles regarding COPMI to get you started.
Continue readingOT24Vx
If you haven’t heard of OT24Vx you’re in for a treat! Well what is it you ask me? I’ll quote the website and let them explain:
Continue reading#31dayOTchallenge
On Twitter right now is the #31dayOTchallenge.
It is originally a challenge set up by the Canadian occupational therapy association, but you can join in no problem!
The goal here is to talk to someone about OT for every day of the month october! Spread the word!
ENOTHE
Last fall at enothe 2014 at the HAN university Nijmegen we had two meetings. At these meetings there were students from all over Europe. Our plan was to build a European student platform. With the use of a voting system we’ve decided on the form and purpose of this platform. We want a European network where we can talk to each other and learn from each other. For this to happen we’ve decided we need a website with a forum.
And now there is one.
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