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PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES
BJOT
NEXT ISSUE
In the March issue of BJOT, Lynette Mackenzie, Liliana Alvarez
Jaramillo and Ritchard Ledgerd provide an overview of World
Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) research priorities
since 2014, outlining changes and reporting on the recent
research priorities project, entrusted to a subgroup of WFOT
delegates, that seeks to link researchers and map the diversity of
occupational therapy research worldwide.
Ninnis and colleagues provide a scoping review in information
and communication technology use in occupational therapy
home assessments, concluding these technologies are currently
underused in clinical practice.
Killeen et al examine parents’ strategies in supporting the
participation of youth with physical disabilities, finding that these
focused largely on the physical environment, and in particular
school, and seeing potential for more collaboration with
occupational therapists using a family-centred approach.
Hammill and colleagues explore the impact of brain cancer on
people and their participation, interviewing 16 participants with
brain cancer and finding a disconnect between occupational
therapy provided and occupational needs.
Goffer et al contribute a cross-sectional study describing the
occupational profile and quality of life among college students
with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, evaluated
with the Occupational Questionnaire and the Adult ADHD
Quality-of-Life scale, while Taylor et al examine the effect of
age and gender on somatosensory capacity for children and
adolescents, using the SenScreen ©  Kids, a new standardised
measure of touch, wrist position sense and haptic object
recognition.
Finally, O’Shea and McGrath conducted focused interviews
with occupational therapy lecturers from two universities, finding
that their professional identity was shaped by relationships
between professional identity and artistry; the professional body
of knowledge and language; evidencing practice, neoliberalism
and changes to teaching and learning.
All articles are published online at the journal’s OnlineFirst page
as soon as ready. Visit BJOT via your member login at www.rcot.
co.uk to browse these and other recent publications in full.
We have a new call for articles submissions on the topic of
stroke rehabilitation. Deadline for submissions is 30 June 2019.
For more information see the January issue or http://journals.
sagepub.com/page/bjo/call-for-papers.
Due to promotion in her responsibilities at Columbia
University’s Programs in Occupational Therapy, Sharon Gutman
has regretfully had to step down from her role as BJOT editor-in-
chief. We are fortunate that Christine Craik OBE has agreed to
resume the role of editor-in-chief for an interim period.
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Research opportunity
Participants are required for study interested in the
perspectives of occupational therapists trained within a
‘non-western’ context. The study is attempting to find
out what it is like having a cross-cultural experience
of occupational therapy with a focus on how this has
influenced your practice, and views of the profession.
Ideally participants will have trained as an occupational
therapist in either an African, South American or Asian
country. They will have at least two years’ experience
working in that country and have worked in the UK for at
least two years.
Participants will be asked to take part in one interview,
which will be audio recorded at a location that suits the
participant. Skype interviews also available. Participants will
be sent potential topics of discussion prior to the interview.
This research is being conducted as part of a MSc pre-
registration course in occupational therapy and your interest
in this research is gratefully received.
If you fit the criteria and would like more information,
please contact Bronte Evans at: [e-mail].
Clinical leadership – a framework
for action
NHS Improvement has published Clinical leadership –
a framework for action (https://improvement.nhs.uk/
resources/clinical-leadership-framework-action/), which
looks at approaches organisations can take to encourage
more clinicians from all disciplines to pursue senior
leadership positions.
 The NHS Long-Term Plan highlights the importance of
visible senior clinical leadership in enabling and assuring the
delivery of high quality care both within organisations and in
the new system architecture.
The guide considers how existing structures and
expectations may stand in the way of staff contributing to
strategic leadership.
NHS England has created this framework to help
providers make the most of the talents of all their existing
workforce. The framework is accompanied by a range
of case studies in which clinicians from a range of
disciplines share their own experience of the journey to
senior leadership roles, including occupational therapist
Clare Boobyer-Jones, Director of AHP and Psychology
Professions, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
and Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
Other resources from NHS England include Creating
a culture of compassionate and inclusive leadership, a
three-phase resource that provides practical support and
resources to help providers improve their culture and to
run their own culture and leadership programme (https://
improvement.nhs.uk/resources/culture-leadership/).