{"id":10631,"date":"2025-10-30T07:53:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/?p=10631"},"modified":"2025-10-30T07:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:53:42","slug":"world-occupational-therapy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/world-occupational-therapy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Occupational Therapy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/kk_wp_content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/iu-Kotrynos.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10633\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/kk_wp_content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/iu-Kotrynos.jpg?resize=600%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a>On 28 October, in celebration of\u00a0World Occupational Therapy Day, third-year students of the\u00a0Occupational Therapy study programme at the Faculty of Medicine (Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution) participated in a meeting with experienced occupational therapist and visiting professor Hulya Yucel\u00a0from the\u00a0University of Health Sciences in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Professor Yucel shared her extensive professional and academic experience, revealing the journey of occupational therapy as an unbroken 28-year mission \u2013 a path filled with purpose and hope that began in the early 1990s, within the closed hospital wards where the field was still little known or understood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, occupational therapy is a\u00a0global profession, reaching beyond hospital walls and focusing on\u00a0community inclusion,\u00a0meaningful participation, and\u00a0mental health sustainability. Professor Yucel discussed key aspects of clinical practice, patient care, and research, answering students\u2019 questions about the evolving profession, its growing importance, and international collaboration opportunities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The warm and inspiring meeting strengthened the students\u2019 professional identity and pride in their chosen path. As future occupational therapist\u00a0Kotryna Banaityt\u0117 shared: &#8216;Listening to the professor reminded us once again why we chose occupational therapy \u2013 a profession that not only helps people overcome everyday challenges but also helps them rediscover the meaning of life through helping others.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 28 October, in celebration of\u00a0World Occupational Therapy Day, third-year students of the\u00a0Occupational Therapy study programme at the Faculty of Medicine (Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution) participated in a meeting with experienced occupational therapist and visiting professor Hulya Yucel\u00a0from the\u00a0University of Health Sciences in Istanbul. Professor Yucel shared her extensive professional and academic experience, revealing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":10632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10635,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10631\/revisions\/10635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaunokolegija.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}