Love is culture. Foundations blog post.

     I love OT culture.  The more I learn about my field of occupational therapy, the more I fall in love and look for ways to bloom within it.  OT is rooted in a holistic, mind, body, and spirit sort of feel as a whole.  We love to look at people for who they are and the story they have.

     During our culture lecture, I never really understood how most all OT's posses this empathetic and people first culture, I felt as if a specific sort of individual is drawn to this lifestyle choice.  Although this is somewhat true, I have learned that through professional development hours, the OT school program, practicing as a therapist, or shadowing before hand, field work, journal clubs, SOTA, and the variety of our professors is a big part of developing our already great culture into an extraordinary one.

     I love that we have moved from using the terms cultural sensitivity, tolerance, to saying cultural competence.  I love the "SCRUB" of the way we initially view things.  I know that every OT or future OT has had a bias, racist, prejudice, stereotype, and discriminatory thought of another before.  Although it is not correct, it is the culture WE have been raised in.  It is our generational duty to break that curse not only in our healthcare profession, but as well in our personal lives to make sure we are always using the thought of "We don't know others situations" and loving and respecting all human kind.  I look forward to continue fighting to demonstrate this in my own life and future health care practicing.  I love this quote and thought I would share..



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