Coeliac Disease Update: An Overview of Management
10th June 2011, London Road Community Hospital, Derby.
This course has been developed by the BDA in conjuction with Coeliac UK. The course is an interactive one that covers management of celiac disease in children and adult patients.
Assessing and Treating Fatigue Masterclass
9th September 2011, at the College of Occupational Therapists, London.
A Masterclass aimed at OTs from any clinical setting who find that fatigue is a significant problem for their clients and who want to increase their knowledge, enhance their skills and develop this area of practice. Delegates will gain an increased understanding of fatigue and how to assess its impact upon daily life, learn fatigue management strategies and increase confidence in the management of fatigue.
CSP Congress 2011
7th and 8th October 2011 at the BT Convention centre, Liverpool.
Congress brings together the latest best practice, research, professional developments and educational content in physiotherapy. Physiotherapy faces unprecedented challenges in 2011, the Congress programme is designed to address this.
Congress sessions are split into five themes: Cardio-respiratory, Musculoskeletal, Neurology , Leadership, management, and public health and Associates .
Allied Health Professions Service Improvement Project .
The Department of Health has published 'Allied Health Professions Service Improvement Project'. The AHP Service Improvement Project, completed in March 2011, demonstrated how AHPs can improve clinical outcomes and patient experience through innovation in service delivery that both improve quality and increase productivity. The report summary and compendium provide details of improvements for children and adults in the 27 participating services including engagement with patients and carers in redesign of services.
Occupational Therapy and Dementia
This leaflet explains how occupational therapists can help people with dementia and their carers.
Occupational Therapy for People with Parkinson’s disease
Ana Aragon and Jill Kings (2010)
Written by expert occupational therapists from the Specialist Section – Neurological Practice and produced in partnership with Parkinson’s UK, these guidelines draw upon relevant knowledge and evidence to describe and inform best practice occupational therapy for people with Parkinson’s.
Occupational therapy with people who have lower limb amputations: evidence-based guidelines.
This publication is an evidence-based resource to support occupational therapists working with adults with acquired unilateral or bilateral lower limb amputation. It provides best practice guidance for those occupational therapists currently working in this specialism, as well as offering a useful reference document for students and newly qualified occupational therapists.
Interventions for improving mobility after hip fracture surgery in adults
An intervention review to evaluate the effects of different interventions for improving mobility after hip fracture surgery in adults.
Handoll HHG, Sherrington C, Mak JCS. Interventions for improving mobility after hip fracture surgery in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 3.
Physical training for cystic fibrosis
An intervention review to determine whether a prescribed regimen of physical training produces improvement or prevents deterioration in physiological and clinical outcomes in cystic fibrosis compared to no training.
Bradley JM, Moran F. Physical training for cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1. New search for studies and content updated (no change to conclusions), published in Issue 5, 2011.
SIGN patient information booklets:
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) has published the a patient information booklet on Stoke Rehabilitation
Nutritional support in children and young people with cancer undergoing chemotherapy
An intervention review to determine the effects of any form of parenteral (PN) or enteral (EN) nutritional support in children and young people with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.
Jones L, Watling RM, Wilkins S, Pizer B. Nutritional support in children and young people with cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 7. Edited (no change to conclusions), published in Issue 5, 2011.
Confusion over new salt research
“Salt is GOOD for you,” according to claims in the Daily Mail. The newspaper challenged conventional health advice by suggesting that “eating more could even lower the chances of heart disease”. However, these claims are somewhat unjustified as they are based on a study that actually looked at a one-off measure of salt in people’s urine rather than in their diet. The research looked at 3,700 people’s urinary salt levels and then followed them for nearly eight years to look at their risk of high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related deaths.
Research News:
Clinical research seminar
Research in ULHT – on 7th July, 2.00 – 4.30pm in the Lecture Theatre, Postgraduate Medical Centre, Lincoln County Hospital.
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