The British Association of Prosthetics and Orthotics

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FORTH Conference

This year the FORTH conference is running in association with BAPO and is themed on Hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos

You can either attend the conference face to face or virtually from the comfort of home.

PROGRAMME

9:30am Welcome and Introduction

9.45am A paediatric overview: What does the current evidence tell us?
Victoria Harbottle Senior Paediatric
Physiotherapist; Great North Children’s Hospital and NIHR/HEE Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow

10.15am Current Physiotherapy treatment
Rachel Cooper MCSP and Liz Clayton MCSP; Specialist Physiotherapists, Great North Children’s Hospital RVI

10.45am Coffee

11.00am What happens in the adult world?
Dr Vadivelu Saravanan, Consultant Rheumatologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

11.30am Orthotic options, treatment principles and options for approach
Helen McCormack MBAPO, Senior Orthotist, Peacocks Medical Group

12.00pm Occupational therapy options, treatment principles and options for approach
Amy Telford, Specialist Occupational Therapist, Great North Children Hospital RVI

12:30pm Discussion and Questions

12.50pm Close

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Teatime Talks – Material Selection for KAFOs

This (open mic) session will take a high level look at the materials used in P and O, what can be done to enhance their basic properties and help you achieve better outcomes.
Get involved and give Dave and Rosa some chat, particularly on KAFO!
The talk and subsequent discussions will be based around thermoplastics and the basics of composites

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Teatime Talks – Critical Appraisal

This tea time talk provides an introduction into the principles of evidence-based practice, and the importance of critical appraisal to inform our clinical practice.
We will consider the steps required to answer your clinical question, understand the findings and summarise them for your patients.
The session will include:
• Defining your question
• Identifying your search terms
• Using healthcare databases to find the available research papers
• How to critically appraise the research
• How to act on the evidence and evaluate your clinical practice
This session will be a skills update for many clinicians and will touch on research methodologies and statistics used in health research.

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Student Series – Materials, Properties & Prescriptions in P&O

BAPO in collaboration with Algeos would like to invite students studying Prosthetics and Orthotics in the UK to explore materials and application on P&O

Session overview:
This session is an Outline on different types of Plastics & Closed and Open cell materials including eva and rubbers. It covers their Properties and use in P&O prescription including do’s and dont’s

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Student Series – HCPC

BAPO would like to invite students studying Prosthetics and Orthotics in the UK and recent graduates to join us for a session exploring what Health and Care Professions Council is and how it works with BAPO.

Session overview

  • Our profession-history, regulation and creation of HCPC
  • Role and remit
  • Why its important
  • How to register
  • How to meet standards of behaviour, ethics and proficiency.

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Student Series – CPD

BAPO would like to invite students studying P&O in the UK and recent graduates to join us for a session exploring continual professional development. Join us for this informal informative interactive session.

Session overview

Continual professional development-

  • What does this mean?
  • Why is it important to you as a person and a clinician?
  • Elements essential-Standards
  • Reflective practice
  • How to record