Sharing OT Knowledge: A Global Virtual Exchange

Susan Burwash Anita Hamilton

Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine University of Alberta

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Team meetings Skype Elluminate Worked via: e-mail, Google docs, weebly, FB, Twitter,

Team members

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Hours 24+ Presenters from 8 countries Virtual rooms
Facilitation Technical problem-solving

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OTs in more than 30 countries came & completed a survey:
NZ, UK, US, Canada, HK, Australia Iceland, Turkey, Estonia, Chile Spain, Portugal, Norway, Israel, Afghanistan, the Seychelles South Africa, Germany, Philippines

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Logged in participants over 24 hours Likely that there were more actual participants Individual and social; at work and home; at school; at a friends house First OT conference you can attend in your pajamas Still getting responses to survey after people watch archived sessions (latest was Nov. 20)

Why?
World Congress only every 4 years Could cost equivalent of whole years salary for some OTs to attend a world congress Need for knowledge transfer; shared evidence for practice Promote growth of profession in countries where it is new or are few clinicians/researchers Technology more and more ubiquitous; feasible; techno-confidence

Outcomes

93.2 % of respondents rated the Exchange as either an outstanding or excellent way of learning from global colleagues

76% said technology was either very easy or easy to use; only 7% said technology was moderately difficult/difficult

Connections being made: could see during and after sessions

Free and open exchange

Twitter

572 tweets from 72 twitterers

Comments
Attended a "real life" conference today... missed wearing my pyjamas and changing positions as back pain required. A grt outcome from #otday10 Been invited to submit article to OT journal. How cool is that :) Participating and being able to speak - AND being able to discuss, network - all the advantages of a normal conference without the jetlag and cost!

 What a fantastic day, so interesting2hear the views of OTs all round the world,really inspiring to get me thru my last7months of uni We will be tweeting and facebooking the #otday10 in portuguese, during the day, here. Being able to connect with OTs and OT students around the world, learn from them, network and discuss issues as they cropped up. Text chat is a fantastic feature that I think I will miss in "Real Life" conferences!

The thoughts and discussions stimulated by the presentations and the insights from people one wouldn't usually get to "talk" with. The sense of unity across the world of the commitment to occupation and enthusiasm for our profession this came from speakers and "audience"

Making change M. Iwama

Into the information age The world has changed and so has our profession forever Compared to traditional publishing and teaching Compared to typical conference costs Not just the usual topics, not just the big names Dismantling the barriers

Lessons
Keep it lean - work alongside of, rather than in, the organization and w/ small group Harness appropriate technologies but KISS Who are the best connected people you know? Passions and skills New & existing media for publicity Recycling is good Fun is important

Tools
Work: Google docs, Elluminate, Weebly, Skype Presentations: Elluminate, YouTube Publicity: FB, Twitter (hashtags, Summarizr, TwapperKeeper), e-mail blasts, local/ national/international professional bodies, notices in journals, newsletters

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World OT Day: Global Virtual Exchange

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 8:00 PM Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 8:00 PM (MT)

Susan Burwash
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World OT Day Global Exchange

Room 2-55 Corbett Hall University of Alberta 8205 114 Street Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G4 Canada
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