Hatchett, Rose Ann Hickey. Interview. Rose describes her experiences as an early occupational therapist in St. John's Newfoundland 1967-1973.
Rose describes how she became interested in occupational therapy; found one other retired OT in the province to speak to; trained in an accelerated program in Kingston; worked at the Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases as the only OT; professionally lonely; worked with nursing aides who were se...
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Format: | Audio |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/occuptherapy/id/11 |
Summary: | Rose describes how she became interested in occupational therapy; found one other retired OT in the province to speak to; trained in an accelerated program in Kingston; worked at the Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases as the only OT; professionally lonely; worked with nursing aides who were sent by the hospital to train as OT aides in Kingston; patients divided by gender; introduced more individualized purposeful programs; horticulture; work on back wards; moved to St. Clare's Mental Health Unit briefly, then the Children's Rehabilitation Centre; regrets about leaving Newfoundland |
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