Student Special Interest Group (SSIG)

The purpose of this special interest group is to give students a voice in the OPTA. The group provides students with a way for students having a common interest may meet, confer, and promote the interests of student members, the OPTA, and the APTA. It will be a vehicle by which valuable information can be disseminated to physical therapist and physical therapist assistant students about current events affecting the profession.

The objectives of the student SIG are to:

1. provide for exchange of information among Student SIG members concerning issues confronting the profession
2. identify and respond to areas of concern related to student members
3. promote the role of students in physical therapy in Ohio
4. promote membership in and an understanding of the APTA, the OPTA, and the Student SIG
5. encourage participation of students in the SIG and in the OPTA
6. assist the OPTA and APTA in furthering the profession of physical therapy in Ohio

Benefits:

1. networking opportunities with other students in Ohio as well as your leaders in the OPTA
2. mentoring opportunities
3. develop leadership skills through
4. interactions with the leaders of the association
5. receive important information about workings of the OPTA
6. receive important information preparing students for their future as PTs and PTAs

Officer structure:

Click here to 2012 Nominations for SSIG Officer Positions! 

Co-Chairs: one PT and one PTA student

The PT student will be responsible for communicating with all the PT programs and the PTA will be responsible for communicating with all the PTA programs. The co-chairs will also be responsible for assisting in the planning of the OPTA fall conference's student symposium with the student liaison and OPTA conference committee.

Vice Chair/Treasurer:

At this time the responsibilities will include mentoring with the OPTA Treasurer to prepare for the Student SIG becoming financially independent. Also assists with general communication between all SIG officers and takes initiative to fill in when there is an absence of respective officer/s.

Secretary:

Responsibilities will include keeping minutes at Student SIG meetings, and coordinating with student liaison in obtaining articles from all the programs in Ohio for the student corner section of ACCESS.

Website Coordinator:

Responsibilities include working with the student liaison and the OPTA office staff in updating the student website. Responsible for content/communication on Facebook, page updates, and content related to "hot topics" of conference calls.

Activity Coordinator:

Responsible for organizing extracurricular activities related to the OPTA students in collaboration with the OPTA. This includes (though isn't limited to) The Race for the Cure, Ohio State fair booth, and is also responsible for arrangements related to ordering OPTA T-shirts (Who's Your Physical Therapist?).

Student Challenge Coordinator:

Responsible for organization and critiquing of the student challenge. Helps organize Jeopardy style questions, set-up, general rules, and team registration. Questions related to the student challenge should be directed here.

Core Ambassador to SA:

Serves as Ohio’s link between the Student Assembly and the Student Assembly Board of Directors, serves as a contact point throughout the Ohio chapter and for all PT and PTA programs, and distributes all relevant information about becoming involved in the Student Assembly. This is a 1 year, appointed position and the term begins at the time of APTA’s Annual Conference.

Student SIG Meeting Minutes:

2012:

January 2012 Student SIG Minutes

2011:

December 2011 Student SIG Minutes

November 2011 Student SIG Minutes

October 2011 Student SIG Minutes

March 2011 Student SIG Minutes

February 2011 Student SIG Minutes

January 2011 Student SIG Minutes

2010:

October 2010 Student SIG Minutes

September 2010 Student SIG Minutes

August 2010 Student SIG Minutes

June 2010 Student SIG Minutes

May 2010 Student SIG Minutes

April 2010 Student SIG Minutes

March 2010 Student SIG Minutes

March 2010 Student SIG Minutes (Leadership Conference)

February 2010 Student SIG Minutes

January 2010 Student SIG Minutes 

2009:

October 2009 Student SIG Minutes.

September 2009 Student SIG Minutes

August 2009 Student SIG Minutes

July 2009 Student SIG Minutes 

June 2009 Student SIG Minutes

May 2009 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

March 2009 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

February 2009 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

January 2009 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

2008:

December 2008 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

September 2008 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

July 2008 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

April 2008 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

March 2008 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

February 2008 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

January 2008 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

 

2007

May 2007 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

March 2007 Student SIG Meeting Minutes

 

2006

January 2006 Student SIG Conference Call Minutes