The Young Program

1. So far there are already four (or five) institutions run Occupational Therapy Program in Malaysia. The programs are ranging from one to twenty five years old and they are continued to emerge in many other new institution. Some institutions are happy to run its program to feed the local need, while some are interested to go global.

2. The interesting part about ‘go global’, it will create many opportunities for the graduate to work all over the world and for the institution to gain an extra milestone. Whether it is for the graduate or for the institution, works need to be done. It is not easy to get world recognition. Program need to be established, standard must be adhered, excellent paper need to be submitted.

3. I don’t know how people think? Some people believe in ‘know-who’ enough to get thing done but the other believe in ‘fundamental’. You will see people will allocate budget to travel and meet people but to hire consultant to assist in preparing paper is not a priority or not in the agenda at all. Like it or not there are people who can talk and get thing done or escape from doing. At the end of the day, someone need to shoulder the blame!

4. Some people like to discuss and seek assistance from ‘strangers’ to get work done. I do not know for what reasons. Do the local peers are not competent to do work? Or local people cannot keep their mouth shut when they see something funny.

5. Some people like to do reminiscence to nostalgia the success story in the past to balance the setbacks that they encounter in the present. It helps in some areas but not in many.