Occupational Therapy News OTNews March 2020

AWARDS workshops to determine priorities for returning to work, the award was ideal,’ he says. The funding is being used to deliver six, themed workshops, of patients who have experienced major musculoskeletal trauma in the last 12 months. ‘The collaborative project will involve me being supported by BSc occupational therapy students at the University of Southampton, and the Wessex Trauma Network, University Hospital Southampton,’ James explains. ‘The project will benefit people accessing services by providing greater understanding of the reasons for returning to work after major musculoskeletal injury… while benefitting the profession by providing a world-class academic partner with which to engage trainee occupational therapists to address “real-life” problems [and] adding to the evidence-base for the role of occupational therapy in supporting return to work after major trauma.’ Sarah McGinley picked up the 2020 International Travel Award, which supports a professional member’s participation in an overseas activity. Having already worked on an innovative international collaboration between 2016 and 2019, as part of a team with the University of Southampton, Lund University Sweden, and National University Ireland on an Erasmus+ funded project, Sarah plans to contribute to a four-day international conference next month in Belgium. ‘[The opportunity will] allow me to gain inspiration and exchange knowledge, experiences and ideas, related to older people and their free time occupations,’ she says. ‘[It will also] offer the opportunity for the University of Southampton and the Artevelde University of Applied Sciences to develop a planned international collaborative web-exchange for first and second year occupational therapy students in the UK, Belgium, Sweden and Ireland, for the academic year 2020-21 and beyond.’ Finally, Victoria Carruthers will use The Constance Owens Liverpool Award for Service Development to complete a comprehensive literature review of the current evidence surrounding the use and effectiveness of the early supported discharge model with people with traumatic brain injuries. Award Award winner(s)/activity AMPS-ESI UK & Ireland Award Rachel Dadswell AMPS Course – training opportunities for students, University of Southampton – £1,000 The Barbara Tyldesley Student Award Rosalind Brooks International Elective Practice Placement – £1,000 Innovation Award Dr James Gavin Collaboration building with a Major Trauma Centre – supporting research-led student projects for occupational therapists – £2,000 International Travel Award Sarah McGinley International Days at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), Ghent, Belgium – £750 The Constance Owens Liverpool Award for Service Development Victoria Carruthers The use and effectiveness of an Early Supported Discharge model within the Traumatic Brain Injury Population; a narrative literature review – £996 Vanessa Abrahamson Continuing Professional Development – £750 Pearson Award Constance Owens Early Researcher Award Elaine Mc Mahon National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT) in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA in April 2020 – £750 Hazel Douglas Retrospective review of current practice in Perth and Kinross to inform guidelines around referral to occupational therapy for specialist assessment for people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment who are still driving – £5,000 OTnews March 2020 47

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