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Orthotic Education and Training Trust award for Technician of the Year from the

PDA in Rehabilitation Technologies

Peter Singleton, Orthotic Technician at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, has been presented with the Technician of the Year Award from last year’s cohort who completed the PDA in Rehabilitation Technologies. The £1000 prize is funded by the Orthotic Education and Training Trust (OETT) and awarded in recognition of Peter’s work ethic and commitment demonstrated during his time on the course.  Nominations for this award are made by the course tutors at Glasgow Clyde College (GCC), who review candidates work carried out in both the online orthotic modules and the site-based practical work when making their decision as to which technician is awarded the prize.

The OETT Technician of the Year prize for the previous year’s cohort was awarded to Faye Begley.

Peter was presented with his cheque by Liz Thomas, Orthotic Clinical Lead at NUH on behalf of OETT.

OETT were instrumental in the setting up of the PDA qualification, which is run by GCC.

Click here to read some of our applicant’s experience’s.

The Trustees usually meeting 3 times a year at Brewin Dolphin offices in London, however, due to COVID-19 and to keep our Trustees safe, we held our first virtual meeting on Monday 21st September 2020.  With very few technical glitches, it was a success!

Our plan for 2021 is to continue using GoToMeeting & hopefully if safe to do so, meet at Brewin Dolphin in London for our September meeting.

As always, thank you to our Trustees for giving up their time!

The Orthotic Education Training Trust annual student of the year award given to the best Strathclyde University Orthotic student has been renamed as a fitting tribute in honor of our late Trustee Elaine Figgins who sadly passed away in June 2020.

Elaine’s name was synonymous with clinical excellence from her UK and World Wide involvement in top level PO education and “The OETT Elaine Figgins student prize” will be awarded on the recommendation of the university faculty.

The first recipient of this prestige award for 2020 is Andrew Struthers who was awarded remotely during the COVID 19 Pandemic but we hope to meet face to face at a later date.

Andrew Struthers has sent some words:

“Winning the Orthotic Education and Training Trust (OETT) prize is an incredibly proud moment for myself, and for my family. I had a difficult private life during my time at University with the passing of a parent and the course provided me with a sense of normality that was otherwise lacking. To win the prize shows that the work I put in and help I was provided from the lecturers was not in vain. I couldn’t be happier with the news and can’t wait to continue learning and developing as an Orthotist in my future career. I’d like to thank the educational staff at the centre, especially Chris Cox for his guidance and mentorship and incredible teaching ability, the staff at GGC NHS orthotics team who were fantastic on my placement and provided a practical space for me to consolidate what I had learned at University and expand upon that knowledge, and my peers especially Morgan McIntosh, Sarah Price and Alistair Spearing who revised with me and motivated me during the lead up to the orthotics exam”.

Well done Andrew!