Every human is a unique people, all have different story of there own life. Three weeks of being an OT student had open my eyes. We have been visit Hospital Kuala Lumpur twice including today. I have just go back from the visit and what I got is some shock and some new point of view of being an OT. It is a very good idea to bring the student to explore an OT field and what an OT do and what an OT is before they are going through it deeply.
My English is not so good but I still want to try use English words..haha. OT?
What is OT? People who are not major enough in medication or not working in hospital usually do not know what is an OT stand for. OT is an Occupational Therapy. OT is a profession, dealing with the disable people, people who have psychological dysfunction (sakit mental), children or baby which suffer from illness such as physical abnormalities, down syndrome patient.
It takes me to think again when the OT who have got the work as an OT in psychiatric unit ask us. Why do we choose OT? And what is our personal opinion of choosing an OT as our profession in the future? My mind was stuck when she ask me that question and I give just a simple answer but yet, i learn something from it. There must be a reason why we choose to be an OT.
Last two weeks, we have been expose to the Introduction of An OT. A lot of video had been showed to us. I saw a lot of people who have disabilities and have difficulties in managing there daily life activities. To us who born perfectly by the Power of Allah may or may not think that OT is important. It make me sometimes cry...as I love to understand people difficulties.
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For example, we wake up in the morning. It is a very beautiful day. We walk by our own feet to the bathroom, open the door by our own hand, brushing teeth, open our clothes, take a shower, then going back to our room, prepare our own needs without helps from the others.
How about people who have disabilities such as stroke person who cannot walk perfectly, who needs wheel chair, who cannot open the door with there own hand. Even if they taking a shower, they need to hold on the grab prepare for the disabilities people. The toilet must be big enough so that they can move easily.
Who will going to teach them? Is it a PT (Physio Therapy)? Or is it a Nurse? It is an OT works.
We always confuse about the OT profession and PT (Physio Therapy) profession. PT usually use there equipment related to the needs of the patient, if the equipment is not there, then they cannot did there physio treatment.
As an OT, we can still give the patient our own treatment even by their own. OT will teach the patient on how to use the treatment such as wheel for the blind people and the patient can continue the treatment even in their own home.
I'm not familiar enough to differentiates between an OT and PT. It is a very wide profession being an OT. Seeing people struggle on there own life motivates me more. They still want to fight back even though they are sick, some may be have psychological dysfunction. There must be a reason why they becoming like that and you know what? They still did not give up.
Just now, I saw one patient (a male stroke patient by looks aging from 40-50 I think) who have going through the treatment given by the OT for a few weeks and now he need to do the 'Return to Work' treatment as he before this got a stroke. It is according to the OT who work there, is one of the last treatment before he can finish the treatment. He give smile at me while he doing the treatment with the OT. So touching... I cannot explain what's that feeling. You know, it is a direct motivation, while the OT giving the treatment, the OT also get the motivation.
As people have unique characteristics and personalities. They have the story behind there journey of life, how they manage to life until today, how they motivate themselves everyday. We cannot judge people directly by there appearance.
A lot more to be explore in front there. Just wait for us to step going on for the next journey. He2
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