Author: Gaëlle Charlot

 Software: ChatGPT

 Date: October 14, 2025

✨ When a patient shares that they turned to ChatGPT in moments of #loneliness or with #suicidalThoughts, it raises important questions:

👉 Could AI become a tool or a therapeutic mediator in our practices?

 👉 Could we guide our patients to use these new technologies in a safe, meaningful, and supportive way?

💡 Mental health prevention also means embracing innovation and helping people build responsible digital habits.

🔗 To watch (or rewatch): https://lnkd.in/ei23M_Z7

✨#OccupationalTherapy and #AI in Healthcare ✨

How are #creativity and #therapeutic #expression evolving with new digital tools?

How can they perceive their #emotion conveyed and transformed into words and melody by two different versions of #SunoAI?

When putting pain into words is not possible, can AI help express one’s self in relation to others through play?

🎶 I’ve put together in one video two versions of the same song about occupational therapy, generated with two different interpretations via Suno AI. This way, you can form your own opinion on the relevance of this #digital #mediator.

💡 This new mediating tool opens up perspectives in #rehabilitation and #psychiatry, as well as in other fields of healthcare.

Discuss clinical applicability of research - to enhance your evidence-based practice and continuing professional development (CPD)!

-What is a journal club?-

A journal club (JC) is a group of individuals who meet regularly to critically discuss the clinical applicability of articles in current research journals. They are usually facilitated by a host/facilitator, who chooses a relevant article and prepares learning points for discussion.

Running for over a century, JCs have acted as a powerful education tool. They evolved in healthcare to encourage scholarly activity and research awareness, through reading and discussion of journal articles. In the medical field (medicine, radiology, nursing, etc), they have been going for some time. In general, only regional occupational therapy JCs have been active...

-Why participate - and in this JC?-

With pressures of modern life, keeping abreast of rapidly-growing medical literature can be difficult. However...

Barriers to running more traditional, 'in-person' JCs can include:

• Challenges organising hosts and participants to meet at set times

• Difficulty recruiting regional experts

• Effort and time spent having a limited, local impact

But with today's technology, online education can open up learning possibilities - without geographical or time constraints. With the privilege of a global community, the Hub is pleased to bring you a FREE and open-access journal club!

-How does it work?-

1. An open-access journal article is selected periodically by a Hub Member, who takes the role of JC host, over a few months.

2. A summary and review of the article is posted in The OT Journal Club section of OT Circles, by the host.

3. The JC is then open for online discussion and critique, providing shared learning and professional development.

4. Participants can then print the JC page, with their input, as a record for their CPD/CEU file!

-Interested in being a JC host?-

To understand how the JC is structured, check out a previous one. For example:

• Rehabilitation Approaches for TBI (Autumn 2025)

• Sensory Integration and Autism  (Summer 2019)

To get started, please consider:

• what topic or theme you would like to discuss

• if you have a specific journal article in mind (must be open-access)

Then get in touch with the Hub Team, via either of the following:

• Email - hubteam@theOThub.com

• Online form - Connect with the Hub

We will assist you through the full process. This would start with you summarising and critiquing your chosen article - sending us a draft in email or Word format.

The Hub Team looks forward to your participation and to growing this collective knowledge base!

-Journal Club (JC) host- Jamie Grant - Specialist Neurological Occupational Therapist, UK. Provides outpatient rehabilitation, integrating neuro-technology with traditional therapy, to maximise meaningful outcomes.

-Research title- A comprehensive review of rehabilitation approaches for traumatic brain injury: efficacy and outcomes.

-Research authors- Shen, Y., Jiang, L., Lai, J., Hu, J., Liang, F., Zhang, X. and Ma, F.

-Research method- Structured literature search - PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science databases

Looking for cognitive resources to support an 18 year old in year 13, to aid his concentration and processing to help him with his studying.

I'd like some paperbased resources plus any more interactive cognitive resources.

Yet to complete full cognitive ax but likely needs help with concentration, processing speed, working memory, comprehension.

Any resource ideas?

Hello everyone! My name is Makayla, and I am conducting a research study for my MOT thesis at Worcester State University. This study seeks to explore the role of occupational therapy within the hospice/end-of-life care setting. If you are an occupational therapy practitioner (OT, OTR, OTA, COTA) with experience working in a hospice/end-of-life care setting, please consider participating in this study.

Please review the attached flyer for more information on eligibility requirements, signing-up instructions, and contact details. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have.

Thank you all!

** this is the link to the sign-up form if the QR code is not working for you → https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf53zp9_u4W3gORC9H4n3G2M9cSSx_P6ThGb8mCqqVliV7LQQ/viewform?usp=preview

Hi all,

I am a NQ B5 OT and recently employed in Forensics MH. Is there anyone who works in similar setting and have you got any tips (Books, articles, research, CPD e.t.c.) for someone in my position. I am excited to get started but anxious at the same time 😊. Grazie