RCOT Annual Conference and Exhibition 2019
Hello Everyone! My name is Vivian Ng and I am a final year MSc occupational therapy student at Brunel University London. I am also an international student. I wanted to share my thoughts and reflections on RCOT Annual Conference and Exhibition 2019. It was my first time attending such a large scale occupational therapy event. One of the biggest gains for me attending this conference, was learning about the national position of occupational therapy and where are we heading as a profession. The world is changing, and how we perceive health is changing. Therefore there needs to be a shift in mindset in how we tackle health-related problems. It was exciting to learn that occupational therapists are valued and there are more of us working in social care and other emerging areas of practice (to name a few, perinatal mental health services, stalking intervention service, fire and rescue service etc.) I enjoyed every single presentation about how occupational therapists are explor...