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Your About Me narrative will be completed as an assignment in Professional Identity I.
Your About Me narrative will be completed as an assignment in Professional Identity I.
See the assignment description for full details. A summary of required About Me content is listed below:
See the assignment description for full details. A summary of required About Me content is listed below:
Populate your About Me page with a narrative that tells the story of who you are.
Your journey to becoming an OTD student at Dominican, and the interpersonal traits and values that will contribute to your unique professional identity and support your future success as an occupational therapy practitioner.
Base your narrative on the following prompts. You do not need to answer every sub-prompt but please address all of the major categories below and be sure to use the specified class activities to ground your content in Interpersonal Traits and Values.
The Basics
What is your name?
Where are you from?
Where did you receive your undergraduate education and what was your degree?
Favorite Occupations
Add a personal touch by sharing some of your interests and hobbies outside of your studies.
If appropriate, consider including a photo of you engaging in one of these occupations.
Journey to Occupational Therapy
What led you to pursue an OTD and a career in occupational therapy?
Feel free to include relevant personal stories and experiences that were pivotal to your educational/career path.
Feel free to include any stories or experiences that led you specifically to Dominican’s OTD program.
Career Goals
Describe any specific career interests/goals that you have at this point in your journey.
Are you particularly interested in working with a specific population? A specific type of practice setting?
Do you have a special interest in teaching, research, and/or advocacy?
Interpersonal Traits
Use results from OT 6151 “My Interpersonal Traits” exercise as a reference for the content of this section.
Describe at least two interpersonal traits that you rated as strengths and how you see those traits supporting you in your academic and professional journey.
How will they contribute to your unique professional identity?
How will you leverage these strengths to support your professional relationships with peers, future colleagues, and future clients/patients?
Values
Use results from OT 6151 “Core Values” exercise as a reference for the content in this section.
Refer back to your list of actionable core values, and pick out the two that you feel are most relevant to your professional journey.
Describe how these values connect to occupational therapy.
Did they guide you toward the decision to become an occupational therapy practitioner?
Do you see alignment between the core value that you hold and the value of the profession (as stated in the OTPF)?
How do you envision these values supporting you in your academic journey and/or in your future career as an occupational therapy practitioner?
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Add at least one photo or image to your About Me page.
This could be a traditional headshot, a photo of you engaging in a favorite occupation or an image/ photo that illustrates your interpersonal strengths and/or values.
Multiple photos are great too.
The following tips are meant to guide you as you design the visual component of the page.
Show yourself. Build trust with your audience by including a picture that clearly shows your face. Consider including additional images or videos that reinforce the content in your narrative.
Ease of navigation. Is the page easy to navigate? Are images and text intuitively sequenced? If you mention external organizations, do you think in their websites?
Be consistent. Do the images relate to the content of the text? Are the images professional and appropriate to show to the public including professional peers, fieldwork sites and potential employers? Does the overall design and layout of the page correspond with other pages on the site? Create continuity with similar colors, fonts, and presentation strategies. Remember, simplicity in design often goes a long way.
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