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News from Malta, September 2011
· The Malta Association of Occupational Therapists (MAOT) held its general meeting last July and a new committee was elected, as follows for the two year term, 2011-2013:
President: Stephanie Hercegovac
Vice-President: Demis Cachia
Secretary: Charmaine Mifsud
Assistant Secretary: Cynthia Buttigieg
Treasurer: Josephine Vella
Members: Maria Daniela Farrugia
Marisa Camilleri
Rachel Mifsud
- A Continuing Professional Development policy document has been compiled and was presented during the last annual general meeting.
- The MAOT publishes a journal. Anyone who wishes to submit an article, a personal experience, a book review, or a position paper, should submit to this address: stephanie.b.vella@gov.mt Submission guidelines can be found on the MAOT website www.maotwebsite.org
- Five students have passed their occupational therapy exams and will be graduating at the University of Malta next November. These have been employed by the public health sector.
- The Malta Association of Occupational Therapists continued to organise various training about topics such as lectures about the latest developments about tendon injury protocols, as well as about constraint movement therapy. The MAOT also collaborated with Occupational Therapy Departments in various hospitals settings around the island and organised a series of training about vocational rehabilitation in mental health, as well as a seminar about acute amputee care.
- The local occupational therapy profession is currently holding various roll-out exercise sessions with all the staff of the various occupational therapy departments within the public sector in Malta and Gozo. These will be followed by meetings with all the occupational therapy departments staff members about the vision of the local occupational therapy profession
NEWS from Malta - February 2010
1. The Malta Association of Occupational Therapists (MAOT) is currently working on a Continuous Professional Development Policy Document that will aim at creating ways whereby the MAOT and its CPD sub-committee will provide opportunites for the local OT population to attend CPD events.
The MAOT is also collating documents which shall conatin the history of OT in Malta; the MAOT milestones, the satute; mission and vision statement of MAOT and the codes of ethics and codes of preacice in one document for its members.
2. The 51st COTEC meeting was held in Malta between the 23rd and 24th October 2009. Following the evening event that was held on the 23rd, and the acquantce made between Ms.Maira Skoulorados , COTEC Presdient and Dr. Kenneth Grech , Permenant Secretary for the Ministry of Social Policy. The MAOT has received a date for the meeting with Dr. Keneth Grech and other director generals. This shall be held on the 8th of March, 2010.
3. The Occupational Therapy Course from the OT division in the Insititute of Health Care within the Unversty of Malta have been approved that from October 2010, the OT course shall open yearly because of the increased number of OTs needed in the work force. Since 1991, the OT course has been offered at a degree level and accepted new students every other year. Currently there are 131 registered OTs but 90 work in the public sector, approximately 20 work in the private sector.
4. Occupational Therapy Services have not been extended with 2 OTs working full time in the community in the physical field. This has stated in January this year, it aims at training carers / aids to continue the recommnded training and the OT acts as consultant and monitors the progress.
5. 2 OTs have currently commenced their PHD's.
6. In November 2009, 15 newly graduates completed their studies for a Bachelors degree. 13 of which were employed within the public sector.
7. The MAOT publishes a journal those who wish to submit an article, personal experience, a book review , a positon paper send your submissions to the this address: demis.cachia@gov.mt
8. This year the MAOT will celebrate its 25th anniversary. The first meeitng of the assocaiton was held on the 20th Februaury, 1985. In order to celebrate this day the MAOT will be oragnaising a social dinner on the 24th of Februaury.
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