13. Global OT community You can have info about how OT is being done in other countries and cultures coming from practitioners sharing their experience in real time. At some point, we may have OT practice being discussed by people from continents of the planet, sharing perspectives, cultural influences, links, approaches, methodologies, outcomes,... This idea is amazing. Joaquim
When I talk to other people about how I use online tools such as social networking, people often ask me why I bother. As an OT I take this on the chin, and take it as an opener for a discussion on the volitional aspects of my online life I all seriousness, rather than use these precious 15 minutes to talk to you about the mechanics of social media, what a tweet, a follower or a hash tag is (all legal I hasten to add!) I am going to use this time to talk about what social media can do for you as OTs. So, true to my profession lets look at social networking through an OT lens………..
GP who created a twitter account for his practice was soon followed by a number of patients who told him they thought it was “cool” (Paul 2009) http://www.microsoft.com/uk/nhs/content/articles/tweet-tweet-from-the-consulting-room.aspx
