Occupational Therapy Week is an excellent opportunity for us as a community to share our experiences of Occupational Therapy and pledge our support for the profession. So here at YSJ, recognising that OTs love a challenge, we are launching an OT meme competition on Twitter – with prizes! We are defining a meme as an image, which can be humorous in nature, that promotes the profession of Occupational Therapy and/or the Occupational Therapy programme here at YSJ.
So how can you be involved?
- The most popular tweet will be awarded to the tweet that features on #YSJOT Top Tweetlist at the end of the week (ie 12th November at 8am). So if you like someone else’s tweet or meme please like or retweet it.
- The four most original, and also the most relevant, memes will be selected by a judging panel on the afternoon of Thursday 8th November. The judges are a member of academic staff, the Chair of the Occupational Therapy Society and an independent adjudicator from the university’s technology enhanced learning team. The four memes will be shared on Twitter, and you the Occupational Therapy community, can vote for your favourite. The vote will remain open until Monday 12th November at 8am
The competition will be officially launched on Monday 5th November. All entries must use the competition hashtag #YSJOT . We will also be encouraging you to use the official RCOT hashtag #OTWeek2018
All prizes will be awarded at the OTSociety event on Wednesday 13th December.
So come on ….. get your thinking and creativity hats on . You have a whole week to prepare ….. and good luck!
If you are new to Twitter follow this link to our blog page which provides a student-friendly you tube video tutorial on how to set up your twitter account https://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/occupationaltherapy/new-to-social-media
or written instructions can be found here: https://tel.yorksj.ac.uk/day-1-ysj10dot-creating-personalising-twitter-account/
How else can you be involved? We recognise that there are other social media platforms available including Facebook and Instagram. We challenge everyone – staff and students- to make one social media post this week to promote the profession. This may include talking to a friend about Occupational therapy or sharing an occupation that you find meaningful and purposeful.
Remember to keep all posts professional and be proud to be part of the Occupational Therapy profession.