The Young Community

Due to the complex nature of occupational therapy, we can always argue that we are all engage in OT activities in one way or another. But the real issue in my opinion is not so much whether we are practicing OT or not, but rather how good we are at it.

The same can be said about communities of practice. Communities of practice are everywhere. They are in school and universities, in work and at home, in hospital and so on. Again the issue is not whether we belong to CoP or not, but on whether we are aware of their importance and the benefits they bring to the organisation.

CoP are about people. They normally develop around thing that matter to them. It is the realization of the importance of what they are doing that distinguishes one community from the others. In the case of the BEST CoP,it is a CoP for MOTA. We hope, it will translate into an organisational asset that can help shape the future of the profession as a whole. It belongs to all members. We request for crediantial mainly for organisational purposes. Best CoP is designed with differences. We already have huge portal to discuss openly around most subjects to cater for the current requirements.

Best CoP is going to be knowledge based driven activities. We improve and deepen our knowledge and expertise in OT by interacting on an ongoing basis.CoP is the best way to share knowledge and allowed the better transfer of tacit knowlwdge.

We have many experts within our community. Many types, latent experts, up and coming experts, expert syndrome and many more. What benefit that profession gain by having these people around ? Not very much I reckon if they are all venture individually. If we continue this trend the profession will suffer. We will be passing the struggle from generation to generation. This is what happening now. There is no different of struggle made by previous people compare to what we are facing now. I perceive the struggle will continue and continue till no end. CoP, the return what we invest is not immediate. It creates value for its individual members in many ways.....

I do hope more OTs coming forward to support. Let's do brilliant rock-busting. Start to re program our nervous system, reprogramming the way we think by changing our choice of words. We will get immediate noticeable different result.

Let's do while still have time.

The Young Thinker

MOTA would like to thank all moderators and contributors of the OT-MALAYSIA.ORG forum for their contribution. These activities certainly make our profession known and moves extra miles ahead. Please continue to pump in more materials and encourage participants from people around us.

In addition to this successful FORUM activities, MOTA has introduced another forum called "MOTA Thinker Group" . The objective of this forum is to gain input and act an avenue for exchange of explicit and tacit knowledge among OTs. Apart from that, it is indeed a recognition for the members to be in this group. MOTA hopes that this recognition will take members extra miles in persuing personal & profesion development.

This forum exclusively for OTs who like to share their knowledge, skill and practice toward the FUTURE development of the profesion. This is closed group, you have to be the member of ELITE GROUP in order to join this forum. Email your CV to MOTA for selection.

Let's start doing thing differently while still have time.

Another Young Milestone

Today, 24 Mar 2006 is a significant day as MOTA organised an important meeting between AOS-MOTA with the presence of WFOT VP Finance.

Meeting was held at KL International with online conference with WFOT headquarter in Australia.

A long standing issue on KLWFOT relocation from Kuala Lumpur Australia was finally resolved.

The Young Figures

This www.ot-malaysia.org has received 58644 pages views since 22.10.2005, 539 today, and 726 yesterday.The day on which there was the most traffic so far was Sunday, March12, 2006 (1357 page views), while Thursday, October 20, 2005 (24 page views) was the day with the fewest hits.

Most people visit on Wednesday, with a total of 11025 page views,while Sunday is the day with the fewest visits, with a total of views. On average, the busiest hour (with 4642 page views) starts at 8 :00, The hour during which traffic has been lightest starts at 6 :00, (with only 1024 page views).

Satu pencapaian yang patut dibanggakan tetapi sekadar ... yang menyumbang adalah sangat diharapkan.

The Young Year 2006

Dear my fellow Collegues,

Thank you for being passionate to OT profession. All may realize 'goodbye 2005 and welcome 2006' is actually a gaining year of age for our profession. We have only 15 years to plan and execute strategies before the government declare Malaysia as one of the developed nation in year 2020. Within these remaining years, we must strive together to consolidate the profession towards more reputable.

We have ample opportunity to raised service delivery. We need to boost productivity by redesigning ourselves. We need to dispel inertia and complacency to rejuvenate Occupational Therapists. We need to face real challenges and redesign new ways for effectiveness! First, we need to strengthen our Top Team - who are they?

We need all HODs to work together to turn the government Mission of Health into a set of operational objectives and make it more efficient. Sharing knowledge is a key point!
Second, the profession needs to improve the provision of services. In this area, Standard of Practice (SOP) has to be aligned with the current points of service delivery.

Third, new skills have to be built, to help current OTs to learn new ones. We need continuous improvement to reduced wasted time and materials during provision of Occupational Therapy. With these three strategies...

I would like to wish all Happy New Year 2006. May all always in the realm of God whether for destiny and/or dignity!

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.