BAPO

Conference

by

Last Chance to Register #BAPO2021

Registration is closing on the 1st Oct! Register now so you don’t miss out.

Have a look below at some of our esteemed BAPO2021 speakers, or even better visit https://bapoconference2021.vfairs.com/ for the up-to-date event agenda!

  • Dr David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD – Keynote: Offloading the Diabetic Foot: 30 years research
  • Simon Bartold – Keynote: A SWOT Analysis of Athletic Footwear
  • Dr Michael Dillon – Keynote: Informing Difficult Decisions About Dysvascular Partial Foot and Transtibial Amputation Using a Shared Decision-making Approach
  • Tim Cooney – Keynote: Composite Fibre Materials in Support of Orthotic Science
  • Graham Dunn – Footwear Adaptions Combining a Technical and Clinical Perspective
  • Joel Gibbard – Using the Latest Digital Technologies to Drive Adoption of Multi-Grip Bionic Arms
  • Holly Phimister – Preventing Catastrophic Deformity in Multiple Myeloma- Orthotic Interventions
  • Helen McCormack – EDS & Hypermobility Management
  • Fiona Davie-Smith and Bruce Carse Comparison of patient-reported and functional outcomes following transition from mechanical to microprocessor knee in the low-activity user with a unilateral transfemoral amputation
  • Stacey Care – Facilitating Student Placements in Prosthetics & Orthotics: A Practice Educator’s View
  • Gemma Cassidy – The Holistic Management of Patients and the Discussion of Mental Health
  • Sarah Williams – Fast and Simple ABPI Assessment: Allowing You to Compress with Confidence
  • Lynne Rowley – COVID: Virtual Ax Pathways
  • Malgorzata Serafin – 3D Printing: Experiences of a Digital Orthotist
  • Ian Reilly – Nerve Entrapments of the Foot and Ankle
  • Ivan Phelan – VR for Upper Limb
  • Dr Simin Li – Development of a Digital Design and Manufacturing Workflow for Personalised Paediatric Prosthetic Sockets
  • Dr Matthew Dyson – A Home-Based Biofeedback System for Teaching Children Prosthetic Control Through Games
  • Stephen Blakeley – Developing new everyday prosthetics for active children and adults
  • Laura Wiggins – Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway
  • Joshua Young – Orthotic Management of Scoliosis, navigating a varied and changing landscape
  • Dr Navid Aslani – Customisable 3-D Printed Covers for Children’s Prostheses
  • Christian Pankhurst – Mental Health Screening in Diabetic Foot Clinics
  • Professor Nachiappan Chockalingham – Biomechanical Assessment in Scoliosis and Spinal Deformities
  • Alan & Christopher Hutchison- ProsFit, a Fitting Solution: 3D Printing in Prosthetics
  • Carly Bauert – Limbformation
  • Alan Gordon – Low Mobility Patient Rehabilitation Using an MPK: The Journey to K3
  • Abigail Needham and Dr. Gemma Wheeler – The Starworks Child Prosthetics Research Network: Progress & Next Steps
  • Paul Charlton, Joshua Young & Miriam Golding-Day – Orthotist Involvement in Early Stroke Rehabilitation: An Update on Research and Education Workstreams
  • Jamie Halliday & Donna Cooper – Rigo Cheneau Bracing at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
  • Kirsty Sutters & Rachel Adam – Spinal Bracing for Scoliosis

by

Save the Date #BAPO2021

BAPOs conference committee are proud to announce the date for BAPO’s 2021 conference. Keep an eye out for more news coming soon!

by

Prosthetist of the Year

BAPO is proud to announce the “North Sea Plastics Prosthetist of the Year Award.”

This award is for an Prosthetist who consistently goes that extra mile for patient satisfaction or has a great understanding of what their patient needs. It could be for a Prosthetist who has excelled in research or has overcome barriers to allow them to carry out their duties, or who consistently design excellent and innovative prosthesis.

The Prosthetist can be nominated by anyone, be it their manager, a clinician, a fellow Prosthetist, a Technician or a patient.  The winner will receive a prize of £200 and free registration to the BAPO Conference 2021 (virtual).

To nomination a Prosthetist of the Year simply tell us in under 300 words why they should win this award. 

Click here for nomination form. 

This can by emailed back to us at enquiries@bapo.com or posted to the Secretariat at the below address:

BAPO, Unit 3011 Mile End Mill, Abbey Mill Business Park, Paisley, PA11JS

Deadline for entries: 1st September 2021.

by

AOPA

Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association (AOPA) National Congress 2020, Remotely Connect, Virtually Together

Venue: Virtual event

Date: Thursday 8th – Friday 9th October 2020

Website: https://www.aopa.org.au/events/category/aopa-congress

Description: The AOPA is delighted to invite our wider O&P network and allied health colleagues to the AOPA National Congress 2020 to be held as a live, virtual event from Thursday 8th – Friday 9th October 2020. Our innovative, virtual event has extensive concurrent program, exhibition hall and live chat lounges. The theme for our event is Remotely Connected, Virtually Together and we are pleased to have received extensive exhibition and delegate support during these challenging times. We are also thrilled to announce two keynote speaker, Mr Chapal Khasnabis, Director of Assistive Technology at the World Health Organisation and Mr David Constantine, Founder and Director of Motivation UK. Our impressive international keynote addresses are further complimented by more than 12 invited addresses cutting across orthotics/prosthetics, bionics and pattern recognition, international development, telehealth, digital technology and 3D printing and outcome measures in rehabilitation to name a few. The program aims to be relevant to a wide-breadth of allied health practitioners and rehabilitation specialists and will provide a forum to connect and share knowledge, skills and experiences, and to network on our exciting virtual platform.

by

BACPAR

Join us for BACPAR’s first ever virtual conference!

Also, for the first time, BACPAR 2020 will be part of the Vascular Societies Annual Scientific Meeting.

This means BACPAR delegates get access to all content from the VS, SVN and SVT programmes!

Prosthetists & orthotist can take advantage of the reduced AHP delegate rate of £25 to access all content from BACPAR, VS, SVN and SVT.

For more information see the programme