• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists

  • About Us
    • Who are BAPO?
    • Who are Prosthetists and Orthotists?
    • Office Bearers
    • Staff
    • Committees
      • Executive Committee (EC)
      • Education Committee
      • Editorial Committee
      • Professional Affairs Committee
      • Research Committee
      • Technician’s Committee
    • BAPO’s Patron
    • BAPOConnect
      • Submit an article
      • Advertise in BAPOConnect
    • Advertise with us
      • Advertise products and services
      • Advertise job vacancies
    • Contact Us
  • Membership
    • BAPO Membership
    • Members Area
    • Insurance
    • Learners
  • Events
    • Awards
      • BAPO P&O Awards 2025
      • Previous Award Winners
      • Orthotist of the Year
      • Prosthetist of the Year
      • Advancing Healthcare Awards
        • Previous Advancing Healthcare Winners
    • BAPO Courses & Webinars
      • Short Courses & Webinars
      • Tech and Trends
      • Teatime Talks
    • BAPO Regional Conferences
      • SAVE THE DATE! BAPO Regional Conference – Glasgow 21/11/2025
    • Events Calendar
    • P&O Day 2025
    • Past Conferences
      • Cardiff 2024
      • West Midlands 2024
      • Wigan 16/05/2025
  • Resources
    • Advancing Practice
    • BAPO’s Standards, Policies, and Guides
    • Early Career Support
    • Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
    • Education Resources
      • The Educator Workforce
      • BAPO Learner Hub
      • BAPO Simulation
    • Locum Register
    • Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
    • Mentoring
    • National guidance, policies, and strategies
    • OETT Orthotic Education & Training Trust
    • Public Health
    • Research Resources
    • Resources for employers
  • Campaigns
    • Legs Matter
    • Net Zero
    • Prescribing Rights
  • Careers
    • Careers
    • Career Changers
    • Career Information for Schools and Colleges
    • Places to Study
    • Return to Practice
    • Support Workers and Technicians
  • Education
    • Education Resources
    • Early Career Support
    • BAPO Learner Hub
    • Short Courses & Webinars
    • Tech and Trends
    • Teatime Talks

31st August 2022 by BAPO

#TeaTimeTalk: Identifying & Treating Excessive Pronation in Children with Hypermobility and Hypotonia using the Sure Step GO SM

Speaker: Anne Paré
Children with hypermobility and low muscle tone often present with excessive pronation.
While families are reassured that children outgrow flat feet, this population is at risk for compensation.
Atypical alignment at the foot and ankle can impact postural control, activation of core and leg muscles, upright motor development, and gait development. These deficits can affect a child’s ability to play, have fun with friends and family, and participate in social activities.
Excessive pronation can be controlled through dynamic orthotic intervention which helps improve distal alignment while allowing the typical movements necessary for postural control, motor activities, and social participation.

31st August 2022 by BAPO

#TeaTimeTalk: Career Diversification

Speaker: Florence Goodwin.
Florence Goodwin will reflect on her interesting career pathway towards dual qualification as an Orthotist and Physiotherapist. Florence graduated from the University of Salford and started her career as an Orthotist for Taycare Medical. Here, she worked in Derbyshire where she linked closely with the diabetic foot team and built a foundation in diabetic foot care. Her next role was for Sherwood Forest Hospitals where she ran a neuro-paediatric clinic alongside her general outpatient and acute practice. Florence is passionate about empowering patients to independently manage their long-term health and mobility and minimise dependence on health services. This passion has recently led Florence to work towards an MSc in Physiotherapy, and she hopes to use her skills in both disciplines to achieve this.

31st August 2022 by BAPO

#TeaTimeTalk: Transfemoral Direct Socket – Our Experiences

Speaker: Rachel Malcolm
This presentation aims to give an introduction to Ossur’s Direct Socket TF technique, for producing sub ischial sockets, and how we have incorporated this into regular practice in our service here in North Wales. The process will be described and then an overview of our clinical process and some case studies to help share our thoughts as well as a quick look at some of the literature available.

31st August 2022 by BAPO Admin

#TeaTimeTalk: BAPO: Developing a Leadership Platform for AHP’s

In a panel conversation between:
Richard Shorney and Joanne Casey, this teatime will focus on the benefits of developing leadership training platforms across all AHPs.

To be truly effective, leaders need to build a toolkit of knowledge, skills and behaviours that will set them, their teams and their organisations up for success.

It is BAPO’s aim to highlight the need to:
Develop more than just a course
Encourage reciprocal learning
Understand leadership needs

Webinar Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ITYAg38_TP-ZQJ_USLr3eQ

19th August 2022 by BAPO

P&O day 2022

28th July 2022 by BAPO

OETT Lecture: Can Orthotic and Prosthetic Prescription Influence Cognitive Load?

People with physical impairments often experience higher amounts of cognitive load as the nature of their impairment makes the performance of certain tasks inherently more complex. This webinar aims to provide participants with a deeper understanding of the concept of cognitive load and to explore the effects that orthotic and prosthetic device provision may have on cognitive processes.

Nerrolyn will present results of neuroimaging studies investigating the use of finger orthoses to reduce cognitive load for individuals with joint hypermobility disorders, as well as studies investigating cognitive load associated with prosthetic knee joint prescription.
The webinar will conclude with a discussion of how to measure cognitive load in a clinical environment.

2nd March 2022 by BAPO

Teatime Talks – BAPO Leadership Programme (Inspiring our Future Leaders)

During this Tea Time Talk we will be sharing information regarding the new BAPO Leadership Programme 2022.

BAPO have been successful in obtaining an educational grant from Health Educational England (HEE). The intention of this funding is to implement a professional development programme to support the next generation of leaders in P&O.

To be truly effective, leaders need to build a toolkit of knowledge, skills and behaviours that will set them, their teams and their organisations up for success.

It is BAPO’s aim to develop a programme which fulfils the delegates’ leadership expectations from both an operational and strategic perspective.

2nd March 2022 by BAPO

Teatime Talks – The role of P&Os in improving the public’s health: What does it mean to me and my practice?

There is increasing recognition that AHPs are an integral part of the public health workforce with over 70,000 AHPs in the UK and over 4 million contacts per week. With this in mind the AHP Public Health Strategy Framework document 2019-2024 was developed, which acknowledges the role of AHPs to improve population health and reduce health inequalities with public health being a core element of what they do. It focuses around 5 goals to enable AHPs to improve population health.

As Prosthetists and Orthotists, we work across many sectors and have the potential to add value to public health priorities. We often work with people over a life course which allows us to develop a rapport with the people who utilise our services and we routinely incorporate questioning around healthy lifestyles and wellbeing in our assessments.

In this tea time talk we will introduce you to the domains of Public Health and the Framework document and examine how we can incorporate and routinely record our population health interventions or improve our services to ensure they are equitable.

2nd March 2022 by BAPO

Teatime Talks – P&O Prescription with Cellulitis, Wounds and Lymphoedema

Speaker – Linda Jenkins

2nd March 2022 by BAPO

Teatime Talks – Functional Neurological Disorder in Paediatrics

Functional movement disorders can be defined as “Symptoms with no organic cause, or that are out of proportion to underlying illness” (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2012). The diagnosis includes conditions with no medical explanation AND conditions where there is some underlying pathology but an exaggerated response. Often such patients get passed from service to service seeking solutions, and often report having unhelpful experiences with healthcare professionals.

Holistic treatment approaches, including physical and psychological aspects can be incredibly helpful for children and young people with functional movement disorders, however regionally and nationally accessing treatment can be challenging. Maggie has experience in managing children and young people with functional movement disorders within her inpatient service. Vic works within an outpatient service treating a range of children and young people with persistent physical symptoms, including those with functional movement disorders, and is involved in work to develop services across the North East region

They will share the background to their work and the impact it may have on those professionals who see these patients.

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • Page 10
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 15
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

Search

  • Facebook
  • X
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram

Recent Posts

  • BAPO is delighted to announce Christabelle Asoluka as the new digital lead
  • Welcome to BAPO Chiazoka Ezeuzo – BAPO Sustainability and Public Health Lead
  • BAPO Webinar – Enhanced Clinical Practice for P&O – All your questions answered!
  • BAPO Teatime Talk – The Power of Peer Support – what does effective and sustainable peer support for the amputee community look like?
  • Job Advert – Clinical Lead Orthotist – Exeter

BAPO

The British Association of Prosthetics and Orthotics (BAPO) was established to encourage high standards of prosthetic and orthotic practice. It is committed to Continued Professional Development and education to enhance standards of prosthetic and orthotic care.

BAPO Ltd. is a fully owned subsidiary of the Association, company number SC270569

Terms and Conditions

Privacy Policy

Cookie Policy

BAPO Secretariat

British Association of Prosthetics and Orthotics (BAPO)
Clyde Offices
2nd Floor
48 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 1BP

Tel: 0141 561 7217
Email: enquiries@bapo.com

Opening Hours:
Mon – Thurs: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Fri: 9:00am – 12 midday

Copyright © 2025 · The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT