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FORTH presents Contracture Management

Forward Thinking Orthotics (FORTH) presents

CONTRACTURE MANAGEMENT – A REVIEW OF TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

26 JANUARY 2019
CENTRE FOR LIFE , NEWCASTLE

Early Bird Tickets  – £20

 

Book now:

Online: www.forthconference2019.eventbrite.co.uk
Email: lisa.swanston@peacocks.net
Phone: 0191 276 9616

Click here to download the flyer

 

Program

9.00Registration & Refreshments
9.30Welcome
9.35Introduction; What is contracture?
Dr Stephen Ashford
10:05A physiotherapy approach
Sharon Solan, paediatric orthopaedic physiotherapist;
Great North Children’s Hospital
10.25An Orthotic approach
Gary Carden Orthotist, Peacocks Medical Group
10.45What if it isn’t contracture? Tone v contracture;
Jane Gillman Senior physiotherapist North East Regional
Clinical Gait Laboratory
11:05Coffee & Biscuits
11:25Research project; Use of contracture correction devices in
Muscular Dystrophy
Jassi Sodhi; Research Physiotherapist Regional Muscle Team,
Centre For Life
11:45Splinting for the prevention and correction of contractures in adults
with neurological dysfunction. Practice guidelines for occupational
therapists and physiotherapists
Dr Stephen Ashford
12:15Surgical options for contracture management
Mr Antoine De Geldhere FRCS, Consultant paediatric orthopaedic
surgeon, Great North Children's Hospital
12.45Other technologies and applications
Professor Anand D Pandyan Professor of Rehabilitation Technology
13:15Discussion
13:30Lunch

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Welcome to our updated site

We’ve been due for an uplift and hopefully this new design will make it easier to navigate and find relevant information. We’ve been working hard to make it more accessible and easier to navigate and you can see we’re pleased with what’s been done so far.

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HEE/NIHR Clinical Scholars Bronze and Silver Awards

Are you an NHS Nurse, Midwife, Allied Health Professional, Paramedics, Health Visitor, Healthcare Scientist, Chiropractor, Pharmacy Professional, Optometrist, Osteopath, Optician, Wider Dental Team Member, Operating Department Practitioner, Non-Medical Public Health Specialty Trainee or Clinical Psychologist, registered in the East Midlands or East of England?

The Universities of Lincoln and Nottingham are pleased to launch the 2018/19 Health Education England/NIHR Clinical Scholars Bronze and Silver Awards. These awards are part of the HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic (ICA) Training Programme for non-medical healthcare professionals.

Clinical Bronze Award

Suitable for registered NHS staff without postgraduate qualifications or formal training in research. This award supports clinicians to go on to apply for a research Master’s programme.

The Bronze award will be available for up to 16 East Midlands and up to 2 East of England* places to join the programme in 2018/19.

Successful applicants to the HEE/NIHR Clinical Scholars Bronze Award will have:

  • The Clinical Scholar’s ability to compete successfully for the next stage of the Clinical Academic Pathway, such as the Masters in Research (MRes)
  • a structured educational programme
  • 48 days duration; start date November 2018. Besides a small number of mandatory education days and Action Learning Sets, these days can be taken flexibly over the course of 6 months in agreement with the Clinical Scholar’s organisation and academic mentor
  • Participation in facilitated Action Learning Sets

If you would like to talk to someone to discuss this opportunity please contact: Dr Ros Kane (rkane@lincoln.ac.uk) or Ian McGonagle (imcgonagle@lincoln.ac.uk) Tel: 01522 837739

More information, Application Forms and Guidance Notes can be found at: http://mhred.lincoln.ac.uk

Application Deadline: 29th June 2018

Interviews: 5th/6th September 2018

Start Date: Mid November 2018

Compulsory Training Dates taking place at the University Lincoln for the Bronze award: 14th November 2018, 21st November 2018, 12th December 2018. Future dates will be confirmed on your first training day.

 

Clinical Silver Award

Have you completed a Masters or equivalent postgraduate qualification and are looking to further develop a clinical academic career?

Health Education England (HEE)/NIHR are excited to offer up to 5 East Midlands and up to 2 East of England* places to join the Clinical Scholar Silver Award in 2018/19.

Successful applicants to the HEE Clinical Scholars Silver Award Holders will have:

  • Protected funded time (48 days over 12 months) to develop a PhD proposal and develop clinical academic networks necessary to supporting a clinical academic career.
  • An individualised training and development plan based on identified needs.
  • A HEE approved research Mentor to support proposal development, facilitate high quality learning opportunities and access to research professionals.
  • An identified clinical mentor in the chosen topic area to lend profession specific expertise.
  • Participation in facilitated Action Learning Sets

If you would like to talk to someone to discuss this opportunity please contact: Dr Kate Radford (kate.radford@nottingham.ac.uk) Tel: 0115 8230226 or Dr Claire Diver (claire.diver@nottingham.ac.uk) Tel: 0115 8231786

More information, Application Forms and Guidance Notes can be found at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clinicalscholar/index.aspx

Application Deadline: 29th June 2018

Interviews: 5th/6th September 2018

Start Date: Mid November 2018

Compulsory Training Dates taking place at the University Nottingham for the Silver award: 15th November 2018, 22th November 2018, 14th December 2018. Future dates will be confirmed on your first training day.

 

*The 4 East of England places will be the total number of places available for both awards Bronze and Silver, the training programme will take place at the University of Lincoln for the Bronze awards and  University of Nottingham for Silver awards

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Job Vacancy – Prosthetic and Orthotic Outreach Officer

The Strategic Interventions in Health Education (SIHED) programme, funded by the Office for Students (OFS), is a new programme which will deliver a range of interventions to increase awareness of allied health professions, including prosthetics and orthotics, and support student recruitment.

The Outreach Officer will join the SIHED team to design, develop and deliver a programme of outreach events and activities to engage our target audiences. To be considered for this role it is essential that you have a strong track record of delivering targeted outreach activities alongside solid experience of working within a healthcare, higher education or charity environment. The successful candidate will have strong communications and interpersonal skills with the ability to positively engage with stakeholders and partners. Knowledge of marketing and communications delivery and evaluation would be an advantage. This role is ideally suited to someone who is keen to be part of an innovative and significant programme supporting the future needs of patients and students.

The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) is the UK professional body dedicated to promoting our profession and supporting our clinicians to provide the highest level of clinical care for our service users. Prosthetics is the specialist medical discipline that involves the assessment, design and provision of artificial limbs. Orthotics is the specialist medical discipline in which external orthoses or braces and supports are assessed, designed and fitted to an individual to provide correction or prevention of a physical deformity; stabilisation of a joint or joints; reduction of pain; pressure offloading and improvement in mobility or performance.

This person would be based in the South of England working on behalf of BAPO funded by OFS. They will be required to travel to different locations to promote the profession.

Click below for a complete job description and application details:

Prosthetic and Orthotic Outreach Officer JD

 

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BAPO Social Media Policy

The use of Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogs, etc) is now widespread. Therefore BAPO Members must understand that their personal and professional conduct when using social media should be of an appropriate standard as to not put themselves at risk of any accusations of misconduct or inappropriate behaviour that may lead to action being taken against them. Members should consider that the general principles stated in BAPO Ethical and Professional Conduct for Prosthetists and Orthotists apply as well as the guidelines set out in this document and both documents should be read in conjunction with each other. All Members should abide by these guidelines as failure to do so will put a member’s membership at risk:

  • Members must maintain strict confidentiality in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)(Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and with the; BAPO Ethical and Professional Conduct for Prosthetists and Orthotists
  • Members must never post any personal information about any patient/client or colleague unless they have proof of their consent to do so • Members must never post any comments that could be considered defamatory
  • Members must maintain conservative privacy settings and be aware that information they post online may be read by anyone and also remain available to view for a long period of time
  • Members should not accept friend requests from any current or former patients/clients
  • Members should be conscious of their online image and how it may impact on their professional position and that of their profession as a whole
  • Members must fully understand that Social media can blur the boundary between personal and professional life and that comments made on a personal level may also reflect on them professionally
  • Member’s online discussions, posts, comments and behaviour must be of an appropriate professional level

Confidentiality:

Social media, can provide Members with an opportunity in which they can discuss their experiences within their own clinical practice. However it may be possible that any material published, uploaded or posted could become and remain available in the public domain. It is therefore important that Members exercise extreme caution when discussing any specific cases. Members have a legal and ethical duty to protect patient/client confidentiality as stated in the Confidentiality Section of the BAPO Ethical and Professional Conduct for Prosthetists and Orthotists. Any member disclosing information about a patient/client without proof of their consent will be considered as a breach of their duty.

Appropriateness:

Discussions about patient/clients and clinical practice with colleagues can have professional and educational benefits. Members should avoid specific informal discussions about patients/clients. It would be considered inappropriate for Members to make any personal derogatory comments or false statements about a current/past or future patient/client or colleague. Even anonymous comments about any specific patient/client or colleague will be considered as a breach of confidentiality and an act of unprofessional conduct that will put a member’s membership at risk. Members should be aware that it is possible that anonymous postings can be traced. Members must take into consideration how their posts will reflect on themselves as professionals and how this may influence or affect the public’s trust in the profession as a whole.

Defamation:

“False written (Libel) or spoken (Slander) information/communication that is made either in public or in private that intentionally causes harm to a person’s reputation; has a negative impact on them and reduces the regard or respect in which the person is held; or causes the person to become the subject of ridicule, hatred or inducesderogatory, hostile, or disagreeable opinions against the person to which the initial information/communication relates to.”

Defamation may be a criminal or civil offense. Members must never post any comments or upload any information that may be considered defamatory. This applies to all comments uploaded or posted whether they are made in a personal or professional capacity and regardless if they are made in private or on a public platform.

The act of making an unjustified statement about an individual and/or an organisation that is considered defamatory could lead to action taken against and also put a Members Membership at risk.

A general rule would be: “Even if you stop for a moment to ask yourself is this appropriate to post? Then do not post it.”

Privacy and Personal Information:

The use of social media can blur the boundary between private and professional lives. Members must be aware that personal material they post about themselves or share with friends can possibly be accessible to a wider audience and that once posted it may be difficult to prevent it from being widely shared. Personal information about themselves may be accessible by patients/clients and this may cause problems with patient/client relationships. It is therefore important that members should ensure that they review their privacy settings and restrict their public personal information. They should keep personal information to a minimum and keep it professional.

Friend Requests:

Relationships between Members and their patients/clients should remain on a professional level and based around their clinical care. It is important to maintain this professional boundary to maintain trust between Members and their patients/clients and reduce the risk of any exploitation by either party. Therefore Members who receive friend requests from current or former patients should not accept these requests and politely refuse them explaining that professionally it would be inappropriate for them to accept a Friend invite.

Conflicts of interest:

Members should declare any potential conflict of interest when endorsing a product on line. This duty applies even where Members may anonymously post material. Failure to declare any conflicts of interests could affect public trust and compromise the Members professional status. Social Media and Professionalism: Members should always maintain a professional manner when posting comments or uploading material regardless if this is in a professional or personal capacity and understand that when they make a comment it will have potential to impact of their professional standing. They must take into consideration whether anything they upload or post could compromise public trust or undermine confidence on their profession.

Professional Networking

Professional Networking via platforms such as LinkedIn and others which may be open to the public or restricted to professionals of certain disciplines are also covered by this Social Media policy. However, it is widely accepted that the use of professional networks and forums can provide educational and professional benefits and easily bring together individuals and allow them to discuss their experiences and clinical practices where previously this was not possible. Members must however exercise caution when actively engaging with professional networks and ensure that they abide by this Social Media Policy. Members should act in a professional manner at all times and restrict personal information that they post about themselves. They must maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any current or previous patients/clients. Members must never post any comments that could be considered defamatory and always declare any conflict of interest.

 

For a downloadable version of this policy please click below:

BAPO Social Media Policy (Update June 2018)

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Health Education England announces prosthetist as the winning career for Pipers Corner School, High Wycombe

Health Education England (HEE) is delighted to announce that four students from Pipers Corner School in High Wycombe have won the Step into the NHS schools’ competition for the Thames Valley and Wessex region.

Freya Gallagher, Cleony Booker, Zoe Fairmann and Christiana Hutchings impressed the judges with their entry to promote the role of a prosthetist. They created an informative poster, highlighting the qualifications, job responsibilities and skills required to be a prosthetist.

This poster, along with others beat more than 1,700 entries across the country, as the competition attracted record numbers of pupils to get involved and learn more about careers in the NHS.

Now in its ninth year, the competition aims to promote the 350 plus careers available in health and social care professions across the NHS and students were tasked with designing an advertisement and job description for their chosen role, working individually or in groups of up to four.

Helen Ness-Gifford, Headmistress of Pipers CornerSchool said:

“I am delighted that Freya, Cleony, Zoe and Christiana have achieved success in the Step into the NHS schools’ competition for the Thames Valley and Wessex region. Through our School Careers Programme we aim to equip the girls with skills for life and encourage them to explore the huge amount of options open to them when they leave school. Taking part in initiatives such as this are a fantastic way of gaining an insight into the world of work.”

Freya, Cleony, Zoe and Christiana said:

“We have learnt that there are so many diverse jobs roles involved in running a hospital, aside from doctors and nurses, and that the NHS is so much broader than we once thought. From cooks to phlebotomists, there are so many different jobs available. Whether you’re a plumber or a social worker, a cardiographer or an ambulance driver, there is a job for you in the NHS. Our group have also learned the details of a prosthetist’s job and how they can change people’s lives.”

Kelly Whitehead, Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership Lead and Tessa Candy, Associate Workforce Transformation Lead for Health Education England said:

“We’d like to congratulate Freya Gallagher, Cleony Booker, Zoe Fairmann, Christiana Hutchings and Pipers Corner School on their fantastic entry. Young people are extremely important to the future of the NHS workforce. It is important that the NHS engages with young people now and lets them know about the wealth of career opportunities.

“There are more than 350 different careers to choose from in health and jobs range from community matron, dietician or public health analyst to a finance manager or web developer. Initiatives such as the schools’ competition really help to raise awareness of this.”