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Best Practice, Policies and Statements

The Professional Affairs Resources page provides access to the BAPO Standards for Best Practice. Resources and guidance cover the role and scope of practice for the registered workforce and the role of assistant practitioners, amongst a range of other useful topics.

Housed in the member-only section of the website, these BAPO resources provide insights and essentail guidelines for best practice in a number of different subject areas.

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Orthotic Student of the Year Award  Strathclyde University

Kay Purnell, Chair of OETT (Orthotic Education and Training Trust) was very pleased to present the Orthotic Student of the Year Award at Strathclyde last week and to a very worthy recipient who had just graduated with a first class degree and excelled in all three years exams.

These are the words of thanks from Cara Muir:

“I am delighted to receive this award from the Orthotic Education and Training Trust. I have dedicated much time and effort towards my studies and this being recognised by the OETT is truly an honour. 

I have been fortunate to have very supportive and knowledgeable supervisors throughout both of my placements who deserve acknowledgement. Receiving this award further motivates me to continue to develop as a clinician, aiming for the best possible outcomes for patients and to be in a position to help future students excel, as my supervisors have done for me”.

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Keele MSc P&O Senior Lecturer and Lecturer Vacancy

Programme Director for MSc Prosthetics and Orthotics

(Senior Lecturer – Education & Research or Education & Scholarship)

Please see link below for Job Descriptions and Person Specifications:

Keele advert KU00001702-programme-director-for-msc-prosthetics-jdps

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Lecturer (Education and Scholarship) in Prosthetics & Orthotics

Please see link below for Job Descriptions and Person Specifications:

Keele advert KU00001703-lecturer-in-prosthetics-and-orthotics-jdps

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Dell Association Member Benefits

We are proud to partner with Dell UK to provide a range of discounts on selected IT and other benefits to our membership. 

These include:

  • 10-20% discount off laptops, desktops and accessories
  • Access to Dell’s highly trained Small Business Technology Advisors to help you with free advice to grow your business
  • Dedicated account manager to work with our membership team

To access the benefits, login to your BAPOnline account, select resources & then Dell Member Benefits.  Here you will find the link and unique ID code. 

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Proffesionals for MND

Professionals with an interest in MND are wanted for a study to help develop guidelines on best deliverance of an MDT.

For more information please see this letter:

Dear Colleague,

We are approaching you to seek your support in identifying experts with an interest in Motor Neurone Disease (MND) who may be interested in developing guidelines on how best to deliver multidisciplinary team (MDT) care in the UK to people with MND.  The NICE Guidelines (2016) stated that care for people with MND should be delivered by an MDT with clinic based co-ordinated care. They also indicated that the MDT should include health and social care professionals with expertise in MND.  However these guidelines do not outline the optimal structure and delivery of these MDT clinics. A recently completed literature review has brought together the existing evidence to inform the context and format of these clinics. The findings from this literature review along with this current study aims to develop consensus on best clinical practice in the delivery of MDT care for people with MND in the UK.

This research study is being funded through the Gordon Aickman Fellowship Scheme.  Ethical approval has been obtained by the University of Stirling General University Ethics Panel.  The research team are Dr Jenny Preston MBE (Consultant Occupational Therapist, NHS Ayrshire and Arran), Dr Edward Duncan, Associate Professor of Applied Health Research (Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, University of Stirling) and Dr Karen Berry (Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling).

We are seeking to identify professionals with expertise in working in MDT for people with MND, people with MND and their family and carers who would be willing to participate in an online  eDelphi study. The study will consist of three online questionnaires delivered over a period of six weeks.   We aim to commence the study on the 17th February 2020.  The eDelphi study will be followed up with a face to face consensus meeting (participation is not mandatory) where we will discuss the eDelphi findings and further develop guideline content.   Detailed information regarding the study can be recived on the link below or by contacting the authors (contact details at bottom)

To get more information on this study and register to receive an invitation to participate please click on the following link:  https://stirling.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/mnd-delphi-registration

Kind regards

Jenny

Dr Jenny Preston MBE, PhD, BSc (Hons), Dip COT, FRCOT
Consultant Occupational Therapist and Clinical Lead Neurological Rehabilitation
Douglas Grant Rehabilitation Centre
Ayrshire Central Hospital
Kilwinning Road
Irvine
Ayrshire
KA12 8SS

Telephone: 01294 323040

Mobile: 07827233518