Thursday, December 8, 2005

Visit To The Young

The Malaysian Occupational Therapists Association would like to extend a gratitude to The World Federation of Occupational Therapists for the recent visit of the President and Hon. Secretary to Malaysia.

Malaysia has benefited very much of this visit through various programs which have been carried out while they were here. We took the opportunity to arrange meeting with prominent figures within ministryof health and education. We also please to have Mr Stephen Hoey, OT Australia with them to run a day and a half workplace rehabilitation seminar which attract not only occupational therapists but also personnel from industry and safety organisation. We are proud to inform you that through this continuous program and persistence support that MOTA have, the profession is gaining recognition locally and internationally.We are looking forward to having continuous corporation between WFOT and MOTA in many areas of development in the future.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

The Young Workplace

Workplace Rehabilitation Seminar 3 & 4 Disember 2005.

KSKB dan MOTA telah menghantar surat pemberitahuan secara berperingkat mengenai seminar di atas. Hospital dan IPTA bermula pada hari ini. (Fax juga telah dihantar pada 15 Nov). Institusi lain akan turut dihantar secara berperingkat. Sila maklumkan sekiranya anda tidak mendapat surat. Ada sedikit pembetulan dari segi program dan juga no telefon untuk dihubungi. (En Saidin 019 3795013).

Walau bagaimanapun, Risalah dan borang pendaftaran ini juga boleh di muaturun di laman web OT di www.ot-malaysia.org . Di sebabkan kekurangan masa ada beberapa kekangan yang tidak menyempurnakan pengelolaan seminar ini. Walaubagaimana pun kami berusaha untuk menjadikan seminar ini sasuatu sesi yang penuh bermakna untuk perkembangan profesion OT.

Saya berharap maklumat ini di panjangkan kepada semua OT dan individu lain yang berminat. Segala maklumat ada di laman web, hanya arahkan mereka untuk melayarinya. Seminar ini berpeluang peserta untuk mendapat sijil penyertaan dari Secretary World Federation of OT dan saya rasa ianya mempunyai nilai tambah disamping pengetahuan dan Skill yang akan kita timba.

Tempatnya terhad dan di harap OT menyertainya dengan kadar segera. Penceramah menjanjikan peserta akan kembali dengan skill yang boleh dipratikkan selepas seminar ini nanti.

You can't afford to miss this seminar out.

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

The Young Site

Sebagai langkah untuk membudayakan ICT di kalangan kita OT, MOTA kini mengorak langkah ke OpenSource application dalam pengendalian websitenya.Anda dijemput untuk melayarinya di http://www.ot-malaysia.org/seperti biasa dan daftarkan nama anda di sana. Melalui pendaftaran disini, MOTA akan mengemaskinikan senarai OT seluruh Malaysia dan jugasenarai keahlian MOTA.

MOTA akan cuba untuk lebih fokus dalam memberi perkhidmatanpenyaluran maklumat melalui kaedah ini.Banyak kelebihan applikasi web ini... dari segi-Forum- Membuat review journal, book etc dan hantar terus ke website- members boleh hantar news terus ke muka depan (homepage).- Senarai keahlian- ad hoc corner (spt paging online)- dan macam2 ada yang boleh di tambah dari masa ke semasa.

Sebagai menyahut pelbagai permintan dalam AGM yang lepas.. MOTAmengharapkan minat timbul dari kalangan OT untuk menjadi moderator kepada mana-mana topik yang diminati (yg kita akan ujud di ruang forum). Ini adalah langkah pertama ke arah specialization. Sebarang pandangan sila salurkan dalam ruang feedback atau terus kepada En Adnan (Website Information Coordinator) atau kepada saya. So feel free to register and explore the web (belum complete sepenuhnya).

Thursday, August 4, 2005

The Young Hats

As far as MOTA is concerned few Program Coordinators (PCo) has been formed to handle issues.
1. Pn Anil Kalsom (HBUK) M: 012 5671388
PCo for Standard & Quality. She can be contacted for this issue.

2. Mr Rajinder Singh (Private) M: 012 2361630
PCo for Professional Development. Call him to discuss issue.

3. En Zulkifli Rahim (HUSM) M: 0139301361
PCo for Publicity & Membership. En Zul is also delegate so any issue pertaining international relation, he is the one to be contacted.

Membership is handle by Ms Juridah (Pantai) M: 016 36143804.

Hanafiah (KSKB) M:019 2216575
PCo for Education & Research. Anyone interested in this issue pls communicate. Members for this Program:
Assoc Prof Nathan (UPM) M:016 2239690
Dr Sazlina (UKM) M: 0173627969
Pn Anil Kalsom (HBUK)M: 012 5671388
Mr Akehsan (UiTM) M: 019 6436469

Please channel your concern / issue to the respective PCo so that it can be heard and action could be taken. Members are also encourage to be part of the Program of their choise. We need people to move.... 'doing is the lacking'. Sahutlah cabaran ini.... bantulah untuk kita maju.

Disamping itu...En Ghazali (UiTM) M: 019 2853297 the Hon Secretary, pls communicate with him for any issue..
Pn Nadhaniza (HBUK) M: 012 5316560 the Hon Treasurer, if you need money, budget, or anything wrt financial pls call her.

Not to forget your EXCO
Mr Sulaiman (UiTM) Selangor - 019 2193563
Mr Rajinder (Pvt) KL - 012 2361630
Mr Hazlee (AStar) North - 012 4848814
Pn Faridah (Kuantan) - West - 016 9527515
Pn Syikin (HPermai) - South - 0167437221

AND me of course at 019 2216575.

So please make these Executives that you vote for, work with you and for the profesion.Marilah kita menunjukkan sikap profesionalisma, budaya penyayang dan kerja berpasukan melalui jalinan garis KOMUNIKASI yang JELAS.

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Enabling the Young - Part II

I would like to feedback on the Seminar on Enabling Peopla throughTechnology and Environmental design that was carried out at KSKB yesterday.
Speakers:
1. Desleigh - University Queensland australia
2. Soh Say Beng - UMMC
3. Sulaiman - UiTM
4. Effendi - HKL
5. Saidin - KSKB
6. Hanafiah - KSKB

We also had chance to listen for 1st hand information from specialguests to speak their experience being w/chair and cruthes users
1. Raz Adiba Radzi
2. Shukri Hamdan
3. Zul

40 participants + 37 students were present.This seminar also created another milestone for the profession to work together with Perwira K9 (association for spinal cord injur fromK9 HKL)with the presence of Secretary, Raz and Treasurer, Zul during the seminar. We hope that we could continue such activities and update each other on any new development.

Monday, June 13, 2005

Enabling the Young

Dear all,

OT KSKB and MOTA would like to organise a day seminar on Enabling people through technology and environmental design. It will be on the12 July 2005. Speaker is from University Queensland, Australia.

This seminar will examine how occupational therapists have traditionally prescribed devices and modified the environment to accommodate impairments and the consequences of using this type of approach. It will also examine new conceptual frameworks such as the International Classification of Function (ICF) and how these approaches have altered the way in which devices and the environment are considered and how occupational therapists work to improve the lives of people with disabilities. It will also outline the range of technologies that can enable people with disabilities to live satisfying and productive lives.

It will also examine the evolution of design approaches and how these can change the way in which people with disabilities live and function in the community. We still have not decided whether to have it for a small scale seminar or do it for bigger capacity. Your response is highly appreciated.

Sunday, May 29, 2005

The Young Start

Assalamualaikum & Very Good Day!

Alhamdulillah syukur kepada Allah di atas pengurnian ini.Thank you for the trust given to me to lead our organisation. We need all the support to ensure we can bring MOTA to become a strong and reputable organisation.I believe these new MOTA Executives which are mixture of various sectors can make a different and progress from what we are now to somewhere we deserved for.

As thought by the WFOT "……We need to move confidently into our future and ensure that where we are going is where we want to be. In order to do that we need to participate in and comment on the societal issues of today at both a local and an international level."

Thank you for all the greeting and would very much appreciated all the comments and hopes. We will start the 1st meeting on 4th June2005 where the handing-over from previous executives will be takenplaces. From there we shall start the MOTA business……

Check us out at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Executive0507/ to find out what we are doing. You can access to this MOTA Executive calendar to see the happening . We will update members through other means as well.

Let me pen off with a quotation from John F Kennedy, "….We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. "

Thank you

Hanafiah Mohamad
President
Malaysian Occupational Therapists Association
29 May 2005