COURSES AND EVENTS authorities . Venue : Remote – you stay at home or the office . Time : 9.45am to 1.15pm . Cost : £ 36 for first 10 people £ 60 each for others ( incl . VAT ). Contact : Gabriella . Mak @ accessindependent . co . uk or tel : 01223 229 091 .
19 – 20 MAY 2021
Sit to stand and gait analysis for people with a neurological movement disorder NCORE Lecturers : Lucy Gwynne and Michelle Kudhail . This course will introduce you to the biomechanical analysis of sit to stand and walking looking at both kinematics and kinetics of normal and abnormal movement . It will also cover how to plan evidence based treatment programmes to aid those with a neurological movement disorder . CPD : 14 hours . Venue : London Road Community Hospital , Derby DE1 2QY . Cost : £ 220 . For more information and other events , email :
uhdb . ncore @ nhs . net or tel : 01332 254679 . www . ncore . org . uk
24 – 25 MAY 2021
Evidence-based practical application for the treatment of cerebral palsy : A two-day course for therapy assistants and technicians NCORE Course tutor : Dr Pauline Christmas . This course is designed for therapy assistants and technicians and offers a comprehensive overview of important aspects of therapy for the child with cerebral palsy . It is a practical course designed to apply the latest evidence to practice and uses a combination of lectures , video analysis , case presentations and practical sessions . CPD : 14 hours . Venue : London Road Community Hospital , Derby DE1 2QY . Cost : £ 150 . Contact : For more information and other events , email :
uhdb . ncore @ nhs . net or tel : 01332 254679 . www . ncore . org . uk
27 – 28 MAY 2021
BBTA clinical reasoning and systems control update NCORE Trainer : Sue Armstrong . This one and a half day course is for physiotherapists and occupational therapists who wish to improve their systems control knowledge , clinical reasoning and clinical confidence in neurorehabilitation . The course will include relevant neurophysiology , for example systems control , update on current understanding of postural and movement control with clinical application , and underpinning rationales for treatment . There will be two clinical workshops with clinical reasoning discussion and shared learning . CPD : 11.25 hours . Venue : London Road Community Hospital , Derby DE1 2QY . Cost : £ 220 . Contact : For more information and other events , email :
uhdb . ncore @ nhs . net or tel : 01332 254679 . www . ncore . org . uk
3 JUNE 2021
Introducing telehealth in paediatrics : Innovations to inform future practice RCOT Specialist Section – Children , Young People and Families Sam Armitage discusses introducing telehealth in children ’ s therapy services : learning from COVID innovations to inform future practice . Learning objectives : to gain new knowledge about telehealth in children ’ s therapy services and learning from COVID- 19 ; to gain information about , and access to , resources and tools to support the implementation of evidence in practice related to telehealth . Venue : Online . Cost : £ 5 . https :// bit . ly / 2WfGLGl
17 / 18 / 19 JUNE AND DAY 4 CONSOLIDATION 2 NOV 2021
The cognitive orientation to daily occupational performance approach Learning2Practice Dr Hortensia Gimeno and Anne Corbett MSc present an evidence -based training for occupational therapists and physiotherapists seeing adults / children with neurological or developmental disorders , to learn the CO-OP approach to enable client-centred skill acquisition , problem solving and generalisation and transfer of skills to real-world settings . Venue : online . Cost : £ 395 early bird before 05 / 05 / 21 after £ 495 late booking . Contact : info @ learning2practice . co . uk www . learning2practice . co . uk
14 – 15 JUNE 2021
Acupuncture for occupational therapists NCORE Facilitator : Richard O ’ Hara . This new , two-day introduction to acupuncture is designed specifically for HCPC registered occupational therapists and enables them to apply basic acupuncture in practice and has been awarded RCOT approved learning . The course teaches 10 of the most influential acupuncture points and their safe implementation in practice . It aims to help occupational therapists maintain occupation at the centre of practice within hand therapy and pain management . CPD : 14 hours . Venue : London Road Community Hospital , Derby DE1 2QY . Cost : £ 395 . Contact : For more information and other events , email :
uhdb . ncore @ nhs . net or tel : 01332 254679 . www . ncore . org . uk
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