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July 2021-July 2024 ranting-raving about electic mix of occupational therapy histories from around the world. Rare returns here & @othistorymatters.bsky.social
Joined July 2021
@Casmilus Thanks @casmilus.bsky.social @Casmilus for being the source of this short story. Here's the trailer for the play. https://t.co/Zb3wo1ywbW
bushtheatre.co.uk
Book tickets online for After Sunday by Sophia Griffin at Bush Theatre today! Part of our 2025 Season.
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Thanks @casmilus.bsky.social @Casmilus for the backstory from the playwright, Sophie Griffin. https://t.co/cnyC8ViiBD
bushtheatre.co.uk
Next up in our main house is the world-premiere of After Sunday, a searing examination of the intertwining lives of four people as they fight to find hope for a better future. Set in a Caribbean...
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Extraordinary - a play set in an #OccupationalTherapy kitchen in a secure unit. In London now ... Would love to know the back story. https://t.co/Ijcwp5zWNp
londontheatre1.com
Wowsers. There’s a new play out there that tells its story in forward chronological order, and doesn’t confusingly bounce back and forth between years or ev
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Well done @STVNews for news feature about centenary of Margaret Barr Fulton: first qualified #OccupationalTherapist in the UK. Great to see archive photos and hear from Irene Paterson, a rare #OccupationalTherapy historian https://t.co/kDkRUl4LIn
facebook.com
#ICYMI Celebrating 100 Years of Occupational Therapy in the North East A plaque has been unveiled at a north-east hospital to honour Margaret Barr Fulton MBE, the UK’s first qualified occupational...
Well done Scotland - NHS Grampian for marking the centenary of Margaret Barr Fulton. https://t.co/9tgo0eUHZg
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Take heed! An example - which concludes with a warning: 'we must be alert to the very real dangers of A.I. and its potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, the study of the past', courtesy of Gordon McKelvie https://t.co/77fZFcU7Us
historyworkshop.org.uk
Does A.I. have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it means for historians facing the current...
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Sharing reading from @RCNLibraries for #ArmisticeDay Treasures from their archives: online Service Scrap Books of nine nurses and one VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) from the First World War. https://t.co/3IW88DGXUf
rcn.org.uk
These are the stories of ten nursing staff who worked in the First World War. Each one of them left behind a scrapbook of their experiences.
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Lest we forget: Armistice Day 2025 https://t.co/CLWmNzig8I
1/6 History does not forget the millions of people affected by war: everywhere and through all times.
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Respect: Remembrance Sunday When Armistice Day became Remembrance Sunday: https://t.co/IF3YB5u2GZ
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Postscript - from Canada - evolution of our knowledge! 'Occupational therapy has continually evolved to meet society's needs—from moral treatment to wartime rehabilitation, evidence-based practice, and advanced technology.' https://t.co/a2mcHOTi0J
journals.sagepub.com
Occupational therapy has long drawn strength from its ability to integrate diverse forms of knowledge, scientific evidence, clinical expertise, patient narrativ...
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2/2 Next example, 'reclaiming the heart of our work' - citing the deep roots in occupation - from the USA.
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1/2 Wow - lovely to see such pride in our #OTHistory First from adult social services in the community, in the UK https://t.co/2DE5pgZojk
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New #OTHistory! Thanks for sharing Katharine Burrage's story, as told by Bernie Zelitch. Always keen to find forgotten pioneers. Sharing with colleagues @_allisulli @ChrisAlterio who know much more about American founders/early proponents, than us. https://t.co/1dBU9kWhNX?
@HistoryOt The story of pioneering occupational therapist Katharien Burrage https://t.co/bfBchcTJpt
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Fascinating. 'Ajami sources represent an untapped mine of information for a comprehensive reconstruction of Africa’s past, offering alternative perspectives on historical developments that are mostly known from external sources.' https://t.co/pXjw8yFXXT
africanhistoryextra.com
The most widely used writing system in pre-colonial Africa was the ʿAjamī script.
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Thanks @AJWrightMLS for sharing this treasure from the Internet Archive.
Today’s Find: American nurse Ellen La Motte’s 1916 book “The Backwash of War” https://t.co/B8bRLXzR4O New edition out from @JHUPress
https://t.co/EYCA8jWlW3
#histmed #medicalhistory #histnursing #nursinghistory #ww1 #worldwar1
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'Health and care workers: the oath takers and defenders of the right to health' - essential reading for anyone interested in international health systems and services. https://t.co/Gvt3huws5L
icn.ch
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A date for the diary: 4 November 2025 https://t.co/EIGBAUd0Aa
bbc.co.uk
The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.
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Time use: always think about Adolf Meyer's Philosophy of Occupational Therapy, published 100+ years ago. https://t.co/BDgmVWDIpK
Balance of work, rest, play and sleep by the legendary A Meyer 1922. A must read for all occupational therapists and scientists
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