Christmas Closure: OTA will close at 5pm (AEDT) Friday, 20 December 2024 and reopen at 9am (AEDT) Thursday, 2 January 2025. Emails and phones will not be monitored during the break. We’ll respond when we’re back on 2 January 2025. Wishing you a safe, restful, and happy festive season. We can’t wait to support you in 2025! 🎄

Leadership & Management

Michelle Oliver Appointed as OTA's First Chief Occupational Therapist
Michelle Oliver Appointed as OTA's First Chief Occupational ...

25 Oct 2024 | For the first time, OTA has appointed a Chief Occupational Therapist, with Michelle Oliver stepping into this piv...

Health sector scholarships open for nominations!
Health sector scholarships open for nominations!

15 Apr 2024 | Women & Leadership Australia is offering scholarships of up to $5000 for women working in the health sector.

Honorary Life Member and past President, OTA & WFOT Marilyn Pattison AO invested with the insignia of the AO Officer of the Order of Australia
Honorary Life Member and past President, OTA & WFOT Marilyn ...

14 Sep 2023 | Occupational Therapy Australia’s Honorary Life Member and past President, OTA & WFOT Marilyn Pattison AO was inve...

Workplace relations update and checklist from WorkPlacePLUS
Workplace relations update and checklist from WorkPlacePLUS

16 Nov 2022 | WorkPlacePLUS has developed a comprehensive workplace relations update for OTA Members, with accompanying post-pa...

How OTs Can Build Self-Leadership
How OTs Can Build Self-Leadership

12 Mar 2021 | Self-leadership encourages us to apply leadership principles, values, and practices to ourselves.

How to Record Great Presentations for Virtual Conferences
How to Record Great Presentations for Virtual Conferences

11 Aug 2020 | With many events running in virtual formats, more presenters are delivering their topics in pre-recorded videos o...

The Call Up: Sharing Our Knowledge and Skills to Make a Difference
The Call Up: Sharing Our Knowledge and Skills to Make a Diff...

2 Apr 2020 | We have the knowledge base and the skill set that is highly relevant for the scenario we are living through right...

Set Goals & Seek Feedback: Learnings for Leadership Success
Set Goals & Seek Feedback: Learnings for Leadership Success

7 Nov 2019 | OT provides us with a unique perspective to bring to the leadership table, and a perspective that is more relevan...

Leadership & Management
Leadership & Management

OTs often work in clinical leadership roles with experience in supervision, service development, change managemen...