Era Presentations for OT

Today in my foundations class, we presented era presentations. We broke up into teams and we were assigned a specific decade to present on. Our goal was to talk about how different events, technological advances, healthcare movements, politics, etc impacted the era and how it did or could impact the profession of OT. The time frame we focused on was from the 1940s to 2010 and we also talked about what was going on in our world today.
It was very exciting and fun to see everyone dressed up to represent their era, and it was also a very fun way to learn this information. One thing that really stuck out to me was the fact that throughout most of the decades we talked about today, women weren't allowed to be apart of the workforce. Today, the profession of OT is predominately women. For example, we have a class of approximately 40 students and only two of them are guys. So, even though we have always known this statistic about women and the workforce, it really stood out today in way that can be recognized as our society growing and adapting.
Also, as we moved along the continuum, we talked about the technological advances of today's time. Some people see technology as a negative and some see it as a positive. Well, today during our presentations, we watched a video that made me, as a occupational therapy student, see technology as a definite positive. It made me excited for technology and its role in this profession. We watched how individuals with specific disabilities could use technology in a way that helped them do different activities that were essential to daily living, and also fun, leisure activities that so many of us take for granted.