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24th July 2019 by oettAdmin

CAHPR Scottish Symposium and Re-launch of the West of Scotland Hub

Date course was held
20/5/19

Venue
QEUH LEARNING CENTRE

Speaker / Presenter(s)
Prof Sebastian Chastin,
Dr Val Blair (Programme Director, Allied Health Professionals, NHS Education for Scotland)
Claire Ritchie (Director of Allied Health Professionals NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde,
Dr Judith Lane,
Dr Wendy Cohen,
Prof Jim Woodburn (Assistant Vice Principal, Research Excellence, Glasgow Caledonian University)
Prof Emerita Ann P Moore (Director of the Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR)

Key learning points

The importance of a positive research culture within orthotics to improve engagement with research.

Linking with professional researchers and other professionals to improve impact of work.

Criticisms
Some talks repetitive

Application of new knowledge to current and future working practice

  • Promoting a positive research culture within the department. I think an effective and manageable way of doing this would be to start a journal club within the department. Our department has already begun the planning of organising this.
  • We intend to improve links with GCU particularly via Jim Woodburn and his facilities
  • I have signed up to a Future Learn course called School for Agents of Change which was being promoted by one of the speakers and seems interesting. It is 6 weeks of lectures to encourage culture change within organisations
  • Linking more with the University of Strathclyde – this has already begun with staff having input into student project titles.
  • It is strongly recommended that departmental projects go through NHS GGC R&D. To
  • Co-Creation was discussed by Seb Chastin from GCU who developed the PRODUCES framework. I intend to feed this back to our KAFO specialist who plans to redesign how the KAFO patients are seen within the department and is very keen to have stakeholders involved from the beginning.

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The Orthotic Education and Training Trust was originally set up by the Department of Health and the British Surgical Trades Association, in partnership with the British Institute of Surgical Technologists, to provide a private fund for the training and education of Orthotists. The income was substantially derived from a levy on orthotic device sales to the NHS. This levy ceased when the training of Orthotists progressed to degree courses funded directly by government within the state higher education system.

The Trustees now manage the investment income derived from the levy funds as its only source of income. Their focus currently is on postgraduate training and education. The object of the Trust as defined by its deed is to fund firstly, the education and training of orthotists, orthotic managers and technologists and secondly, the training of technicians concerning surgical and medical appliances and devices (i.e. orthotic devices).

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