Occupational Therapy

Hello there! We are the Derby Occupational Therapy Society (D.O.T.S)!

The D.O.T.S ethos comprises of three parts:

Inspire - creating socials to build friendships , support students and have fun!
Impact - we ensure to support our local and wider community by being inclusive whilst promoting OT!
Inform - networking and providing learning opportunities about the profession, healthcare, allied health care professionals, and more!

We host a range of events based on our ethos, so there is always plenty to get involved with and do! For example, we hold well-being wednesdays and dog walking !

We have previously arranged professional talks from OTs and other professionals to support academic learning and opportunities for students.

We are open to ideas and suggestions and very much promote interprofessional learning between all health, social care and medical professions.

There will be events in which you will get a CPD certificate too, plus one for joining. Meaning you could potentially gain CPD certificates a year to use as evidence of continuous learning!

You don’t even have to be studying occupational therapy, anyone can join! We ask that you respect our ethos!

We would love to hold an end of year ball for 2025. Please get in touch with us about this.

And, if that wasn’t enough DOTS have been the proud winners of many awards!

2024:

Most Improved Society
Bronze Award

2020:

NSVA National Student Wellbeing Award 2020 (Eating Disorder Awareness Week);
Most Charitable Society of the Year;
Academic Society of the Year;
Committee Recognition;
Union Colours;
Union Societies Platinum Status;
Society of the Year.

However, D.O.T.S is nothing without its members! Yes, We Need You!!!

We are planning events in the next few weeks, both physical and virtual so you will find something to suit you!
Keep an eye out on our social media sites and come along to our stand in fresher’s week (don’t be put off by OT-REX, he’s vegetarian). We’re a friendly (if not a little eccentric), bunch of people and the society has a very strong sense of community, supporting one another and promoting the OT love! Please come and say hi to us and get involved!

To access the sessions, you will need both the Union Pass (£5) and Society Membership (£5). The Union Societies Pass is a one-time fee of £5 that allows you to join our amazing Union societies. As a Union Societies member, you receive the following benefits: