Diverse OT: Leadership and Advocacy for Minorities in Healthcare with Michelle DeJesus - a podcast by Sarah Putt, MA, OTR/L
from 2020-02-10T08:00:06
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Michelle and Sarah discuss:
- When did she notice that there was an issue with diversity and representation within our profession?
- The 3 V’s: Voice, Visability, and Validation
- Diversity extends beyond than just a person’s race
- Diversity includes ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc.
- Diversity is not just about validating the practitioner, but it also has a huge impact on our clients
- Ability to establish an immediate connection if you and your client are from similar backgrounds
- Negative impact on healthcare experiences when there is a difference in culture
- The power of connecting to our clients of the same background
- Health disparities because of diversity
- Health literacy when working with people to make sure they understand what you are trying to explain to them
- Super Duper Handouts: https://www.superduperinc.com/Handouts/Handout.aspx
- COTAD- Coalition of Occupational Therapists Advocates for Diversity: https://www.cotad.org/
- Minority Mentorship Program: https://www.cotad.org/minority-mentorship
- COTAD Chapters: https://www.cotad.org/about-cotad-chapters
- COTAD Advocacy & Outreach: https://www.cotad.org/community-outreach
- She Can Be Both: https://www.instagram.com/shecanbeboth/
- Embracing the differences in ourselves
- Promoting OT to people outside of our profession and to other professionals that we work with
- Perfecting our OT elevator speech
- #YouSee campaign: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/yousee/
- #DiverseOT: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/diverseot/
- Her experience with racism as an OT practitioner
- How she feels diversity in the occupational therapy profession has changed since becoming a practitioner
- LGBTQIA+ resources: https://therainbowot.com/
- What she hopes to see in the future in terms of diversity and representation within OT and heathcare
Contact Michelle:
Instagram: instagram.com/michelled_ot
Website: michelledot.com
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