Aspiring occupational therapists recently brought their concerns to the Massachusetts State House.
The Boston Herald reports graduate students driving toward gainful employment as occupational therapists earlier this month delivered a presentation and offered tips as to how heavy one's burden should be. En route to landing occupational therapy jobs, the students offered help as to how much one person should carry during the day.
"This is part of occupational therapy, learning how to advocate for their profession and what better place than the State House?" Professor Karen Jacobs with Boston University told the news source, noting as many as 42 students were slated to take turns throughout the day.
Graduate student Alicia Hertz told the publication that their task at hand was to assess how their bags and briefcases were packed while also offering suggestions and other options as to how they could more safely make their way around with bags.
Jacobs is no stranger to the state house environs as she has long worked with a state representative on ergonomic issues. That legislator recently filed a bill seeking a feasibility study as to how to enhance the ergonomics of labs and schools.