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PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES
Get up to speed with CPD@RCOT this HCPC
audit year
CPD@RCOT, the index of all the continuing professional
development resources offered by the Royal College, has been
overhauled and relaunched.
The web page contains learning resources and opportunities
condensed in a user-friendly and easy-to-navigate layout to help
members find ways to further their career.
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) will be auditing
a selection of occupational therapists later this year and members are
urged to make sure their CPD is up to date.
Dr Stephanie Tempest, RCOT professional development manager,
said: ‘We have so many fantastic resources to help members take the
next steps in their professional lives, from our Career Development
Framework to CPD short courses. CPD@RCOT is the one-stop shop
to find everything you need, and we recommend all members check
in now to see how you can take your work further.
‘We will be updating the page regularly so do bookmark it, and we
welcome feedback from members on what resources they would like
to see us add in future.’
Access the page at: www.rcot.co.uk/cpd-rcot.
COTEC elections
Elections are taking place for four posts at the Council of
Occupational Therapists for the European Countries (COTEC).
The next General Assembly of COTEC will be held in Brussels,
Belgium on 25 and 26 October 2019. At this meeting, elections
will take place for four posts that have become vacant as terms
of office have run their course. This is an exciting opportunity to
engage with the European occupational therapy community and
work to deliver the COTEC Strategic Plan, which aims to ensure
that occupational therapy is valued, visible, available and accessible
in Europe.
The vacant posts are president, vice president administration and
two members of the Executive Committee.
Nominations for these positions are now being called from all
COTEC member associations. Every occupational therapist who is a
member of their national association is eligible. Member associations
can nominate one or more candidates from their own country or
another country. At most, two of the six members of the Executive
Committee may be from the same national association/country.
There is already one member from the UK: Naomi Hankinson, who is
vice president.
The term of office is four years, with the possibility to be re-
elected in the same position for a term of two years.
For more information and to access the nomination form,
please visit: www.rcot.co.uk/news/cotec-executive-committee-call-
nominations.
Please contact Julia Skelton or the current COTEC president
Stephanie Saenger to discuss this opportunity further: Julia.Skelton@
rcot.co.uk or [e-mail]. Nominations
should be submitted no later than midday 29 April 2019.
NETWORKING
Elspeth Clark is an occupational therapist working with
adults with intellectual disabilities. She has been successful
in securing funding from the National Institute of Health
Research (NIHR) to complete a masters in clinical research
(MClinRes) at the University of Plymouth.
As part of these studies, she has created an online survey
exploring ‘Perceptions and practice of outcome measurement
in occupational therapy services for adults with intellectual
disabilities’ (the OTID outcome measures study).
‘If you are an occupational therapist working predominantly
with adults with intellectual disabilities you are warmly invited to
complete this survey,’ she says.
‘By completing the survey you would be helping to build
the evidence base for occupational therapy for adults with
intellectual disabilities.’
Ethical approval for this study has been granted (FREIC
Ref. No. 18/19-480) and to complete the survey visit: https://
plymouth.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/the-ot-id-outcome-measures-
survey.
Please email the researcher at Elspeth.clark@postgrad.
plymouth.ac.uk if you would like to be sent a link to the survey
or if you have any questions. The survey closes on Friday 17
May 2019.
RCOT
Supplier Directory
Now available on the RCOT
website.
Identify products and services
that will help you meet the
needs of your service users
wherever you are.
Bookmark the Supplier Directory for quick
and easy access.
www.rcot.co.uk/supplier-directory
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Royal College of Occupational Therapists
The professional body for occupational therapy staff
The Royal College of Occupational Therapists
is a registered charity in England and Wales
(No.275119) and in Scotland (No.SCO39573).
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