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Horn OT Please

Horn OT Please

By HornOTPlease

Horn OT Please- a 100% shudh desi Occupational Therapy (OT) podcast brought to you by 3 Indian Occupational Therapists living in 3 different parts of the world bringing you spicy cultural insights about our OT experiences and journey so far. Join us as we discuss, review, share, and bring interesting people and perspectives on this platform to unpack nuances in Occupational Therapy and Occupational Sciences and take you on the fastest route to resources despite the usual traffic.

Website: www.hornotplease.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hornotplease/
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Episode Ten: Season Finale!

Horn OT PleaseAug 20, 2022

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Episode Ten: Season Finale!
Aug 20, 202231:31
Episode Nine: Advocacy for Resources: Undergrad Edition
May 16, 202201:09:16
Episode Eight: Living with Eating Disorder
Apr 25, 202201:10:21
Episode Seven: Understanding Dementia Through Cinema
Apr 04, 202201:17:28
Episode Six: Decoding Occupations, Gender and Identities

Episode Six: Decoding Occupations, Gender and Identities

In this episode, Varada, Prutha and Sakshi deconstruct occupations and explore how occupations create and influence social order. To expand these conversations in the context of Occupational Therapy and Sciences we review an article and a documentary, along with our personal and professional narratives to highlight how conditioned we are towards gendered occupations and occupational roles in our learning and practice which facilitate social differences and occupational injustice. From biology to neuroplasticity, together we raise the questions and discuss ways in which each of us have tried to deconstruct occupations and promote gender neutrality in our teachings/practice.   

Explore resources mentioned in this episode: http://www.hornotplease.com/resources

You can also follow our journey here: https://www.instagram.com/hornotplease/

Dec 04, 202158:02
Episode Five: Non-Immigrant Alien
Oct 03, 202154:16
Bonus Episode: The Accidental OTs Making The Move
Aug 09, 202112:30
Episode Four: The Accidental OTs Making The Move (Part 2)

Episode Four: The Accidental OTs Making The Move (Part 2)

Continuing our conversation from the previous episode in choosing a route after Bachelors in India, in this episode, we share our experiences of making the move to an international university (USA, Australia and Canada)- right from choosing a university, landing in one and navigating everything in between. Varada also shed some light on how to choose a clinical route post Masters while Prutha and our episode guest, Pooja Jethani, helped us in understanding their different journeys of continuing academia and taking an educator role.


This episode was unusually longer than our other episodes so far and here's a breakdown in case you want to skip to the parts which seem most relevant to you-
0:36 - 4:53: Process of applying for Masters in Australia

5:35 - 8:27: How to choose a university in the USA

9:12 - 11:12: Three things to be mindful of when choosing an international University

11:35 - 13:28: Process of applying for Masters in the USA

14:40 - 27:28: VISA process and resources to learn from

27:33 - 31:43: The power of Google 

31:44 - 39:31: Education and coursework in the USA in contrast to Indian universities

39:32 - 43:45: The NBCOT dread

43:47 - 45:52: OT Registration in Australia

47:53 - 55:10: Things to remember when applying for jobs in the USA

55:11 - 1:04:33: Transitioning from Masters to OTD vs PhD

1:05:21 - 1:12:45: Pursuing further education in the USA ft. Pooja Jethani

1:12:56: How to ditch the cliché route(s)


Find all the references mentioned in the episode with our featured guest details here: http://www.hornotplease.com/resources

Aug 05, 202101:20:22
Episode Three: The Accidental OTs- How It All Started (Part 1)

Episode Three: The Accidental OTs- How It All Started (Part 1)

In this episode, we (over)share about our journeys in Occupational Therapy- right from landing in this profession, our experiences and takeaways of this journey, and how Bachelors of Occupational Therapy looks like in India. We also discuss "The Next Move" by bringing in our friend, Tanvi Kamble, currently a MOT student, to share her experiences of pursuing MOT in India while Sakshi sheds some light on what choosing clinical practice after Bachelors can be like.

Find all the resources mentioned along with our episode guest details here: http://www.hornotplease.com/resources  

Jul 19, 202158:28
Episode Two: Moving Beyond Practice Areas

Episode Two: Moving Beyond Practice Areas

It's not uncommon that we often talk about Occupational Therapy in terms of practice areas. In this episode, we challenge and bust the myths of conventional v/s non-conventional practices and exploring Occupational Therapy in the context of settings.
Find links to all the resources mentioned in the episode here: https://msha.ke/hornotplease/

Jun 22, 202147:31
Episode One: Reviewing Doing, Being and Becoming

Episode One: Reviewing Doing, Being and Becoming

In this episode we review two articles that explore the framework of Doing, Being and Becoming in the context of human occupation!
You can find links to all the resources mentioned in the episode here: https://msha.ke/hornotplease/

Jun 07, 202101:05:47