Pinning Ceremony – The Journey to Clinical Excellence, USAHS Occupational Therapy Programs

Pinning Ceremony – The Journey to Clinical Excellence, USAHS Occupational Therapy Programs

[00:00:00] Cequoia A. (OT Student): Today’s pinning.

[00:00:02] Beth S. (OT Student): This signifies our transition from the classroom into field work, going from student to clinician.

[00:00:10] Taylor S. (OT Student): I’m feeling really excited.

[00:00:11] Cequoia A. (OT Student): I’m excited to be at this stage. I feel very proud of myself and very proud of my peers.

[00:00:16] Angela Blackwell (OT Faculty): This is my favorite. I love seeing them. They’re proud of themselves. Their family is here. We’re proud of them.

[00:00:22] Taylor S. (OT Student): Both my mom and my dad are coming today. They came in from Houston. My family is from there, so really excited that they get to see this moment. They’ve seen me since the beginning.

[00:00:29] Lacey Spark (OT Faculty): It’s such a great opportunity to get to see the students as they make this transition from learning in the classroom, being students, to then their next step of going out onto field work.

[00:00:42] Cequoia A. (OT Student): It helps us to know that we’re ready, that, you know, we’ve been given all the tools to kind of feel like we’re prepared to be able to go out into the level twos.

[00:00:48] Lacey Spark (OT Faculty): Today is really about honoring that transition, recognizing how important of a step that is, and also just to remind our students that we’re here for them.

[00:00:59] Lacey Spark (OT Faculty): And that pin really symbolizes the work that they’ve put in, symbolizes our dedication to them.

[00:01:05] Angela Blackwell (OT Faculty): We want to be available to them. They can email us. They can text us. We can hop on a virtual call.

[00:01:11] Erik Perez (OT Faculty): So even though the students may be miles away, hundreds and thousands of miles away at their clinical placement sites, they know that we’re still in contact with them, or they can still reach us to kind of help them problem solve some cases that they’re seeing in the clinics or the hospital placements.

[00:01:23] Erik Perez (OT Faculty): And sometimes they just need a little bit of that validation, affirmation, that what they’re doing is that they’re on the right path, to trust the path and trust themselves.

[00:01:28] Taylor S. (OT Student): The faculty has always told us to reach out if we have questions, comments at any time, whether that’s now, whether that’s in field work.

[00:01:34] Cequoia A. (OT Student): And I do feel like I can kind of, like, call on them if I need to.

[00:01:37] Lacey Spark (OT Faculty): I feel a lot of pride in how far they’ve come and just really looking forward to the future and what they’re gonna be able to do out in the world.

[00:01:45] Taylor S. (OT Student): So it’s a really exciting chapter. So I’m just very excited to continue to expand my knowledge and just build on what I’ve, what I’ve learned here at St. Augustine.