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features
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From children to community response
Zena Cassels explains how core occupational therapy skills
have bridged a change in role during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Let’s talk about race
Kwaku Agyemang and Musharrat J Ahmed-Landeryou look at
the global impact of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and ask:
how are your Black occupational therapy colleagues doing?
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PEEP: a virtual alternative placement
With one-to-one-placements suspended, a look at how one
university introduced a peer enhanced e-placement
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Tackling structural inequalities one
conversation at a time
Musharrat J Ahmed-Landeryou urges everyone to engage in
difficult conversations about race to make change happen
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Capturing the bigger picture through a virtual
placement
Occupational therapy student and disabled activist
Georgia Vine on creating a virtual placement
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Inclusion in occupational therapy
Awele Odeh reflects on discrimination in occupational therapy,
to shine a light on this rarely-discussed issue
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Occupational therapy in critical care – a case
for change
Cecily Borgstein makes a case for establishing occupational
therapy in every intensive care unit
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Occupational therapy and me
Somia Elise Jan, an occupational therapist of dual heritage,
reflects on her own personal journey to becoming a practitioner
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From acute care to rehabilitation
Steven Brown charts the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospital
North West’s rapid evolution from acute care to rehabilitation
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Adapting to a pandemic
Clare Cole explains how a neuro-rehab unit has adapted to the
challenges of COVID-19
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You’ve got mail
A more traditional approach to continuing an equitable service
during lockdown
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Back to work
As the rise in COVID-19 cases has slowed, the focus is on
economic recovery and those who need help back into work
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Staying connected
Keeping a walking group connected during lockdown
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Exceeding expectation during COVID-19
Maintaining essential services for vulnerable patients following
the redeployment of staff into acute services, due to COVID-19
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Digital inclusion
Joel Reynolds and Suzy England on promoting digital inclusion
within the workplace and wider society
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