Brent,
Glad you are feeling better! We all have days like yours once in a
while. I have changed my perspective the past three years. I used to
get hung up on defining what my profession was and if I was making a
difference. All that led to was anxiety, overly neurotic thoughts that
other proffessions were taling over my turf (smile Ron), and a bad case
of acid reflux from the above mental health issues. The sad fact was I
built my identity around what I did for my career, and if I did not
think that all was well in my career then I was not a productive member
of society. Well, the key thing that I changed was building my
identity around my Creator. From that perspective I have learned to
serve others in the way that I would want to be treated if I were in a
hospital. That does not mean doing everything for the patient, but
doing what is best for the patient regardless of perceived turf wars,
time restraints, productivity issues,or respect of my profession.. The
ironic thing is that I now have an awesome relationship with the other
disciplines, MDs are seeking me out to work with their patients, my
productivity is fine, and I now respect my profession.
Ron,
Not sure where you are getting your information about OT being an
inferior profession. The US News and World Report voted us one of the
fasted growing professions to be in. Is this a perceived scale
that
you are using for your local area, or have you read something? NOT ALL
OTs IN THE USA DO OT LIKE THE OTs YOU HAVE WROTE ABOUT. I also believe
that the centenial vision goals for AOTA are right on. If we would all
read the research one would know about all of this. It should be
exciting for OT.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Cheyne <brentche...@yahoo.com>
To: Ron Carson <otlist@otnow.com>
Sent: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 4:58 pm
Subject: [OTlist] Reflections on OT Month-Don't Leave the List!
Ron and to all
re:"On a less lighter note, immediately after your post, some
unsubscribed
from the list..... LOL"
Sorry....I hope I'm not driving people off this listserv with my recent
posts. I will admit, my recent rant was a bit over-dramatic . Just
giving a dose of pure emotional honesty.
However OTList unsubscribers and OT Centennial Visionaries be
advised--any science-driven and evidence-based profession needs a
self-critical dialogue full of fervernt debate, any uncontested and
group-think conformist model of organization will never evolve or
advance the cause for their profession.
As you wrote, there are a lot of OT who don't want to examine the
problems of their profession---hence the screening of blog entries at
AOTA. I can see why the censorship might occur as a means of keeping
up the professional morale and positive public
relations. AOTA
Membership as a percentage of actual licensed US therapists is
particularly low---but they still get my money every year, so perhaps
I've paid for the right to have an opinion too. And I don't think it
too arrogant to state that I have been an above average representative
of OT in my 15 years of treating clients with high quality service
despite an entire system rife with flaws and failures.
So don't leave the OTList just because of a some negativity and
criticism in the exchanges. Expect some critical appraisal and some
venting occasionally, and join in. If you only want postive,
inspirational, and an unquestioned uniform message about OT go to the
AOTA website. (It's really pretty good). But my hope is that the
OTList is more about debate and critical thought and a harder
examination of these professional issues. We need a place for that.
Brent (who really is a positive person)
Quote of the day
"The unexamined life is not worth living."-Socrates
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