Episode 3: Making Meaningful Connections

Miri Lee, OTD, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist and the founder of OTmiri.com, a website dedicated to helping students, recent graduates and new practitioners through education, community and inspiration. She has a psychology degree from the University of California, Berkeley and earned her masters and doctorate degrees in occupational therapy from the University of Southern California.
 
The focus of Miri’s doctorate residency was on the role of technology and social media in promoting meaningful occupation and a sense of social connectedness in the community. Today, she is utilizing various social media and online platforms to bring together a global online community of occupational therapy students and new practitioners to promote meaningful engagement, connectedness, and support within the OT profession.

On this episode of On The Air, Miri talks about getting her start on social media, all the way up to developing her website, and she shares advice for people preparing to enter the field of OT.  

Recommendations from this episode:

• The documentary Unrest, released in theaters in the U.S. on Sept. 22, 2017.
• OT Miri's website: OT Miri - A Beautiful Village
  

Connect with Miri via her website, email, or her Facebook page. 

"If there's one thing that I think is so important for students and recent graduates that I personally have benefitted from, it's finding a mentor."
~Dr. Miri Lee