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NYSOTA 2012 - Day 3

A travel blog entry by beckywilliamson

Sunday was an early start, up at 6:30 to pack and checkout, networking breakfast at 7:30. I met with more members of the NYSOTA board, on a table titled 'rehabilitation, disability and participation'. I received lots of offers to visit however a lot of them were in NYC however they currently have no patients due to evacuation or they are overwhelmed with patients! Sessions for the ...

NYSOTA 2012 - Day 2

A travel blog entry by beckywilliamson

An early start today with a District Breakfast. I sat with the Metropolitan District of New York City (little did I know all the people at the table are on the NYSOTA Board!). They were all fascinated by my project and keen to know more. The first session was 'Hardwire Excellence with the Managing and Supervising Toolbox' by Peggy Lounsbury, it was all about strategies for ...

NYSOTA 2012 Conference

A travel blog entry by beckywilliamson

Today the New York State Occupational Therapy Conference started in Rochester. At registration the lady recognised me by my accent "you must be Rebecca!" this is pretty amazing as there are a lot of people here. It has been a great networking opportunity, everyone I talk to seems to be astonished by my accent. Everyone is very interested in the Scholarship and the opportunities that I have over the next month or so. I've had lots of offers to visit more places in ...

Lunch with Laura and Flight to Rochester

A travel blog entry by beckywilliamson

Today I met with Laura - Nursing Scholar (http://blog.travelpod.com/members/Laur a.halies) for lunch Chinatown in Boston, I was checking out of the Hostel and she was checking in. It was so lovely to see her, it felt so much more real having her there. The time we spent planning this trip and talking about the experiences we would have, to finally be there together sharing stories of our trips so far was wonderful. After a quick crispy noodles with seafood and ...

Wedding and Family

A travel blog entry by h.o.t.

... with lots of people they had never met before and conduct themselves absolutely appropriately!!! Words don't do justice to the feeling brought about when Eli stands up from the table and shakes hands with people who are introduced to him, to see Lily joking around with Tim's Cousin Fran and to see Jess embraced into the Saylor family. In fact, when we hugged goodbye, my cousin Fran, whom I have probably spent a grand total of 5 days in my life with, whispered into ...

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