Murray, Kelly and Stanley, Kirsty (2016) Reflections on doing, being and

becoming the #OTalk student digital leader intern. In: College of Occupational

Therapists 40th annual conference and exhibition, 28-30 June 2016, Harrogate,

UK. (Unpublished)

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Kelly Murray, University of Cumbria Kirsty Stanley, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Supporting Chats

As the intern I was able to develop my skills through doing, by

supporting others in the #OTalk community to host chats on their chosen topic.

Stagnetti (2010) discussed doing as a means to develop skills for

future doing. Supporting chats enabled me to develop skills in digital

leadership and skills in encouraging others’ development through support and communication as well as working within professional standards and guidelines relating to social media use – key skills I can

carry forward as I become a qualified OT.

#OTalk is a weekly Twitter chat enabling Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science discussions.#OTalk is held on Tuesday evenings between 8pm-9pm (UK time).Join in by following the hashtag on twitter:

#OTalk

For more information: check out:www.otalk.co.uk

What is #OTalk?

Past Transcript Review

One of the first tasks I undertook in my internship with the #OTalk team, was to collate all the previous chats to make sure they had the post chat

transcripts.

This aspect of doing a task was

important for me to develop my own understanding of my contribution to the

team, and the aspects of becoming

useful within my role in the team.

Applying for role:

The concept of belonging

as a vehicle for doing

discussed by Molineux &

Baptiste (2011) was evident

in my decision to apply. As

a member of the #OTalk

community I felt the tug to

be part of its continued

development.

Planning the Welcome to OT #OTalk

This gave me a great opportunity to develop more skills in communicating the aims of the chat, liaising with a range of OTs, OT Students and educators and pull a range of medias together to create the final video, this helped me continue to develop my skills in working appropriately with other professionals and agencies in line with HCPC standards of proficiency (2013).

The physical making of the video gave me a chance to reflect on the importance of

doing, in impacting on my being. The purposeful activity was meaningful to me as

I developed in my intern role as it strengthened my belonging within the team and

the impact I could have within the role as a whole. The doing aspect of making the

video also helped my acceptance of my techy nature and in turn my being. The fact

I am more technology focused and skilled in my creativity can benefit how I practice

both now and the practitioner I am becoming.

One of my main projects whilst on the team as intern was taking charge of the Welcome to OT #OTalk. The plan was to utilise a video as part of the pre-blog to encourage students to get involved with the chat.

Planning the Welcome to OT #OTalk Video

Making the Video:

During the chat I chose to utlise visual slides to grade & adapt the chat for first time participants. This enabled topic changes to be more visible, in turn assisting the new community members to stay on track with changes in conversation and re-engage if they had found themselves lost in the high turn over of tweet.s

Reflecting on hosting the chat from the concept of doing, I can

understand the interlinked nature of doing, being and

becoming and how the supportive nature of belonging enables the process of this.

Engaging and interacting with other students within the wider #OTalk community encompassed the meaningful nature of doing within my role as #OTalk intern. This aspect helps to understand the nature of my being as reflected on the impact I could have within my role as intern.

The positive impact that the chat had, increased my confidence

in my ability of doing my role as the intern. This was

supported by my belonging within the #OTalk team. The

doing also aided my skills development within the role, which

allowed me develop in turn have the opportunity to become a

permanent #OTalk team member.

Hosting the Welcome to OT Chat

Author contact details:Kelly Murray

MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-Reg) Student University of Cumbria

Email: kellymurray88@icloud.comTwitter: @OTontheTrackswww.otonthetracks.com

#OTalk Student Digital Leader Intern – Responsibilities and Projects

OTalk Blog – Past transcript review.

Ensure each past chat has a transcript, create an annual summary page of chats

linking to each post. This project will give the intern/s the chance to familiarise

themselves with previous chat topics in order to prepare them to host a few chats

later in their internship.

OTalk Blog – Transcript posting.

To support the team in posting blog transcripts within 48 hours of a chat and in

linking to the summary page.

OTalk E-mail – Host certificates

Ensure all prior chat hosts are e-mailed a certificate for their facilitation role and to

take responsibility for providing hosts with certificates whilst in post.

OTalk Facebook

Creating a facebook event for each chat from the OTalk facebook page

OTalk Twitter – Promoting

Regular tweets from OTalk and personal accounts to promote the chats.

OTalk Twitter – Follows.

To review follows on the OTalk Twitter account, block spam accounts and to follow

back/create lists for the OTalk account.

OTalk Twitter – Hosting.

To host a minimum of one chat during the internship and to support an additional

two chats with guest hosts (Training will be provided – more can be hosted as

desired).

OTalk Experience Summary.

Along with the OTalk crew to write up an account of the experience of interning for

publication.

OTalk Development.

Engagement in online team meetings to review chat effectiveness, suggest future

development and feedback on the relevance of OTalk for students.

#OTalk Student Digital

Leader Intern

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Stagnitti K. (2010). Play. In: M Curtin, M Molineux & J Supyk-Mellson (Eds.), Occupational therapy and physical dysfunction: Enabling occupation (6th ed., pp. 371–390). Sydney: Churchill Livingstone

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AcknowledgementsVector images from Freepik.com

Thanks to the #OTalk team for thier support during my time as intern.

Pre-ChatPre-chat advertising enabled me to liaise

with a range of professionals, educators and students and

communicate the overall aims of both

#OTalk and the Welcome to OT chat to encourage engagement.

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