UTHSC has an honor code in place to help keep our school accountable and trustworthy. I read the honor code in detail from our school's website. I am so honored to go to a school where they take pride in enforcing the honor code for each department. I think our department has three honor code counselors (students) that report any suspicious activity to the honor code representative (faculty member) for our department. I think it is so important now more than ever that the school tries to reinforce the honor codes. It can be so easy for students to cheat since we are distance learning for the time being. If test are not proctored, then it is very easy for a student to cheat. I think it is important that every professor emphasize the importance of following the honor code daily and especially before a test or quiz. It is also the responsibility of each student to have the respect to uphold the honor code since we each had to sign it before starting school. If they do not uphold it, the person they hurt the most is themselves. I believe our department does a fantastic job of emphasizing the honor code and reminding us of how important it is. I pray that as we continue to earn our degree's from home that each student will remember the code that they signed and that it is important to uphold it. We should want to do our part in making our school and department honest and trustworthy to others.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Reaching Out to Potential OTs
I have a passion for the field of occupational therapy and I believe it is so important to share what OT is and how you can become one. I have had so many doctors and nurses say to me that they need more OTs now that we are in a pandemic. They tell me how vital a role they play in the recovery process for patients. I personally believe that the job demand will be great in 2021 for occupational therapist. I love telling anyone I can about OT and how I love being a student in this field. I post things on my facebook monthly about occupational therapy. I even tried to recruit a friend of mine to apply to UTHSC OT program based on the post she saw me sharing on facebook. It is amazing the world we live in with technology. There are so many ways to reach people now. If I didn't share multiple post about our program and what OT is, I don't think my friend would have been interested in the field of occupational therapy. She used to want to be a physical therapist and had no clue what an OT did until she asked me. She was amazed at the things we could do because she felt those were the things she was missing when looking into PT. It is so good to see how Facebook can help tell people about the field of occupational therapy.
Here are some examples of the thing I post on Facebook about OT and our school!
