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Using social media for professional development at the Leeds #SMSmhealth

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Claire — 1 Comment

I was delighted to attend a social media event in Leeds today, designed for people interested in mental health. I was asked to deliver a workshop for people interested in using social media for professional development. I was hoping to…

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Posted in #smsmhealth, Blogging, CPD, Digital Engagement, Facebook, Interprofessional practice, Leeds, Occupational Therapy, Social Media, Social Media Surgery, Twitter

Social Media and the Medical Profession

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Claire — 19 Comments

I have followed with interest an excellent reflective post by Anne-Marie Cunningham, who wrote about some “overheard” Tweets from doctors, who were using language that some people could be offended by. “The terms used were ‘labia ward’ and ‘birthing sheds’…

Posted in Blogging, Evidence based practice, Facebook, Reflection, Social Media, Social Media, Stigma, Twitter, Uncategorized

Using Facebook to foster social interaction in older people after acquired brain injury. Anita Hamilton 2011

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Claire — 1 Comment

I have found a great example of how we can use Social Media (in this case, Facebook) to foster social engagement in older adults after acquired brain injury. A.hamilton festival of teaching 2011 View more documents from Anita Hamilton As…

Tagged with: @VirtualOT, acquired brain injury, Applications to practice, disability, EBP, education, Facebook, Occupational Therapy, older adults, older people, online technology, Social Media, stroke, Web 2.0
Posted in Acquired brain injury, Digital Inclusion, Evidence based practice, Facebook, Occupational Therapy, Recovery, Social Isolation, Social Media

Excuse me, I think I just did a MOOC.

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Claire — 8 Comments

I stumbled across this description of a MOOC when reading this OT blog last week. Blimey. I thought. That’s what I’ve been looking for. In fact, that’s what I’ve been doing! In fact, I haven’t. Not by a long chalk.…

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Posted in Blogging, Digital Inclusion, Evidence based practice, Facebook, Learning Disabilities, Occupational Therapy, Physical disability, Reflection, Social Inclusion, Social Media, Social Phobia, Stigma, Web 2.0

Google+ has arrived

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Claire — 7 Comments

First of all, let’s get one thing straight. I am very conflicted about Facebook. On the one hand, I dislike their ownership of my content, their constant default privacy settings that are too public and I have to go in…

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Posted in Facebook, Google+, Occupational Therapy, Recovery, Reflection, Social Media, Stigma, Web 2.0

Web 2.0 applications for OTs

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Claire — Leave a comment

Well, during my usual mooching around online I happened across this blog http://frederickroad.blogspot.com/2009/09/education-in-changing-environment.html As you can see, the fab OTs at Salford are way ahead of me in terms of looking into the use fo web 2.0 for developing their…