A new experience of online education under the COVID 19 pandemic for occupational therapy students in Palestine
ABSTRACT There are circumstances and conditions that stimulate thinking and research in a scientific and practical way. These conditions fit into our reality under the COVID 19 pandemic. This experience related to myself and my field of work as an instructor of occupational therapy at the Arab American University in Palestine. There are students that I teach that have not been accustomed to distance learning through online courses using social media, especially zoom. This unfamiliar situation provided an opportunity for my students and myself to re think the cases we deal with and the methods that we typically use, especially those people with spinal cord injuries. Here, I started creating an educational unit for students, in order to answer the questions posed by students. How can we provide an occupational therapy service under quarantine because of the COVID 19 pandemic? In what ways are patients suffering in the same way that we are suffering from the coronavirus pandemic? How can I adapt my teaching strategies methods to achieve the goals that I previously set for my students' education before the pandemic?