Histort of OT in Australia

Question 1

Who is Ethel May Francis?

Answer 1

First Australian to hold diploma in OT. Set up her own private practice in Australia

Question 2

Who is Sylvia Docker?

Answer 2

Pioneered OT services in Australia after training as an OT in London. She was the first director of the Sydney OT school.

Question 3

Who is Joyce Keam?

Answer 3

Studied OT in London, returned to Australia and worked privately for a group of psychiatrists. She became a Major in the war in the 1940s

Question 4

By 1939, who were the three trained OTs in Australia?

Answer 4

Ethel Francis, Sylvia Docker and Joyce Keam

Question 5

What implications did WW2 have on OT?

Answer 5

1. the demand for women to train in the support services essential to render men fit to return to front lines
2. military hospitals were the major employing bodies for OT thus requiring women to undergo training and to assume a rank within military hierarchy

Question 6

When was OT as a profession born in Aus?

Answer 6

During the 1940s in WW2