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LEARNING ZONE
LEARNING ZONE
CPD COURSES AND EVENTS
Inclusion of courses and events not run by RCOT
does not imply endorsement of them.
For further information on advertising contact: David Agyei on 020 7450 2341 or email: [e-mail]
4 AND 5 OCTOBER 2018
Trusted assessor training: Simple
aids of daily living, level two
DOTS Disability CIC
This two-day OCN London accredited
course provides competence and
confidence to enable staff to assess for,
prescribe and install simple aids of daily living
equipment. Our training was developed with
funding from the Office for Disability Issues. A
‘Train The Trainer’ option is also available.
Venue: The Bridge, Littledown Centre,
Chaseside, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 7DX.
Cost: £300 plus VAT. Contact: Karen, tel:
01202 771 336 or email: karen@
dotsdisability.co.uk
22 OCTOBER – 31 DECEMBER 2018
Distance learning courses and
recorded online training in the
assessment and treatment of
neurological injury
Brain Tree Training
Instructors: Kit Malia and Anne Brannagan.
Home/work based study courses. Designed
to help you understand and apply key areas
with your patients. Expert guided tuition via
assignments and recorded online training.
Emphasis on practical application in the
areas of cognition, executive function,
behaviour and awareness following brain
injury. Venue: Home/work based study.
Cost: £10 to £252.50. Visit: www.
braintreetraining.co.uk or tel: [phone]
25 OCTOBER 2018
Navigating the airport? Helping
your clients with physical and
hidden disabilities access air travel
QEF Accessible Aviation
This course is designed for occupational
therapists, specialist travel operators and
healthcare professionals who support their
clients to make life choices, and wish to
develop their knowledge and understanding
of services available at airports. With UK
airports, airlines and service providers we
take you on a journey through the airport so
you can see how services are provided for
disabled passengers. Venue: Birmingham
Airport. Cost: £95 exc VAT. Contact:
[e-mail] or link to
https://qef.org.uk/our-services/qef-
accessible-travel/training-and-consultancy
26 OCTOBER 2018
Pain networking event for
occupational therapists
RCOT Specialist Section – Trauma
and Musculoskeletal Health
An event for occupational therapists to
network, who have an interest and work
within the field of pain. This can include
educational, social, health and private
practice. All attendees to bring a case
example to use and discuss. CPD Certified
Attendance. Venue: RCOT, London
Bridge. Cost: Members of Specialist
Section Free; non-members £35. Contact:
[e-mail] for all
bookings and enquiries.
29 OCTOBER 2018
How to be an independent OT
Access Independent Ltd
Looking to have better work/life balance,
wishing to work as an independent
practitioner? This workshop aims to equip
any occupational therapist with the
essentials of working independently
including: demystifying tax, VAT, insurance;
what to charge, effective credit control and
bookkeeping; identifying your USP/how to
set yourself apart; selling effectively, use of
social media; diversifying your skills;
network with an independent practitioner.
Venue: Weetwood Hall, Otley Rd, Leeds,
LS16 5PS. Cost: £120 for first 10 people,
standard rate £170, includes lunch etc. For
more details and booking go to: https://bit.
ly/2Ot7WIs and queries to: stephen.
[e-mail]
30 OCTOBER 2018
Social and therapeutic indoor
gardening course
POP Gardens Limited
To provide an overview of how horticultural
interventions have historically had and still
do have an important place in the NHS and
wider health and care system: to introduce
simple activities; to highlight health and
safety considerations with respect to indoor
gardening; www.popgardens.co.uk. Venue:
Trebah Gardens, near Falmouth, Cornwall.
Cost: £168.76. Visit: www.eventbrite.co.
uk/e/social-therapeutic-indoor-gardening-
course-for-group-work-tickets-48946937608
31 OCTOBER 2018
Networking day for occupational
therapists working in cardiology
and respiratory
RCOT Specialist Section – Oncology
and Palliative Care
A networking day to coincide with the
launching of the new Cardiology and
Respiratory Clinical Forum as part of the
RCOT Specialist Section – Oncology and
Palliative Care. Venue: Royal College of
Occupational Therapists, London. Cost:
Free for specialist section members; non-
members £35 (to include specialist section
membership for one year. Contact: Sarah
Quinlan, email: [e-mail], tel:
01244 365662 or Clare Grundy, email:
[e-mail], tel: [phone].
Visit: www.rcot.co.uk/about-us/specialist-
sections/oncology-and-palliative-care-rcot-ss
2 NOVEMBER 2018
Masterclass: Occupational therapy
for adult acquired apraxia
Facilitated by Thérèse Jackson, Thérèse
Lebedis (nee Jackson), consultant
occupational therapist for stroke in NHS
Grampian, this masterclass will provide an
evidence based review of occupational
therapy for the assessment and treatment
of adults with apraxia following stroke/brain
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