Occupation

Abstracts
Posters
Hearle, D Lawson, S and Morris, R. (2015) A Strategic Guide
to CPD for Health and Care Professionals: The TRAMm Model.
Keswick: M&K Publishing (In Press)
Lawson, S., Hearle, D .and Morris, R. (2015). How to Measure
your Continuing Professional Development and how the TRAMm
Model can help. College of Occupational Therapists 39th Annual
Conference and Exhibition. Brighton.
Walker LO, Avant KC (2010) Strategies for Theory Construction
in Nursing, 5th ed. Harlow. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Keywords
Occupational therapists, Service improvement or transformation,
Professionalism, Other
Contact E-mail Addresses
HearleD@Cardiff.ac.uk
Author Biographies
Deb Hearle is an occupational therapist and experienced
educator and manager and currently a Senior Lecturer at
Cardiff University. She has been teaching undergraduate and
postgraduate health and care professional students for over 20
years, to include all aspects of professional development. Deb
runs study days and postgraduate courses which contribute
to CPD and accredits professional courses alongside the
HCPC where CPD is a requirement. She is a member of the
TRAMmCPD development team.
Sarah Lawson is a community occupational therapist with
Cheshire West and Chester Council. She has been an
Occupational Therapist for 6 years and spent the last 8 years
working in social services and is currently Regional Forum Lead
for the British Association of Occupational Therapists North West
Regional Committee. Sarah is the lead designer of the TRAMm
Tracker and TRAMm Trail and as part of the core TRAMmCPD
group, Sarah also leads on the website design and manages
TRAMmCPD’s social media presence.
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Moving concepts to reality PEOP in practice
Spencer M, Love2meetu
Our unique models of practice are essential tools which enable
us to fully articulate occupational therapy. However the models
are often cited initially to students theoretically without context
during their training, and for some remain an abstract theory.
This poster aims to bring to life the PEOP model (Christiansen et
al 2011) with an illustration of its use within the community.
As occupational therapy continues to expand into new and
diverse areas clinicians are required to explain the nature and
role of occupational therapy to people who have never heard of
the profession, and have many misconceptions about our role
and function.
Contextualising the profession within a model of practice that
is clear and easy to understand is essential. We have to explain
the underpinning philosophy, the breadth and depth of the
profession to our clients and potential employers. We need to do
this in language which simplifies and illuminates the concept of
occupation.
Now more than ever occupational therapists need to explain a
complex role quickly and succinctly. Models of practice should
enable us to do this with confidence.
References
CHRISTIANISN, Charles, BAUM, Carolyn. M and BASS, Julie
(2011). The Person-Environment-Occupational Performance
(PEOP) Model. In: DUNCAN, Edward. A.S. (eds.). Foundations
for Practice in Occupational Therapy, 5th ed., London, United
Kingdom, Elsevier Ltd, p93–105.
Keywords
Occupational therapists, Service improvement or transformation,
Occupational therapy models and theory, Voluntary/third sector
services
Contact E-mail Addresses
margaret@ot360.co.uk
Author Biographies
I have been practising clinically for over 30 years, and worked as
a senior lecturer for 23 years.
I provide supervision to occupational therapists working in the
NHS, charities, private companies and independent practitioners.
The clinicians are specialists in eating disorders, older adult
mental health, acquired brain injury, transgender, drug and
alcohol, youth offenders, acute forensic mental health and
learning disabilities.
Clinically my background is working with people with learning
disabilities. I am an accredited sexual health trainer with the
Department of Health and with a male occupational therapist
run relationship and sexuality workshops for people with
learning disabilities.
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Whole systems pathways of care – occupational
therapists need to stand up and be counted
Stuart-Neil L, UCLPartners
Occupational therapists are increasingly aware of the need to
ensure sufficient evaluation and promotion of our role. The
role has led to a number of projects looking at pathways of
care for older people, as part of her role within an Academic
Health Science Network (AHSN). However, despite being an
occupational therapist by background, she has generally found
a lack of engagement from therapists in ensuring that they are
part of such a whole systems approach. This issue of confidence
in highlighting our potential contribution was indeed also raised
at the 2015 COT conference (OTNews, July 2015).
This poster will describe some of the whole systems pieces of
work that the author has been involved in (e.g. an evaluation of
a frailty pathway through system mapping and interviews with
patients within an A&E department to investigate whether actual
pathways of care matched what would have been expected
within that system.) Some of the opportunities where elements
of occupational therapy practice could been highlighted as either
a contributory factor or as a potential solution will be discussed.
It is hoped that this will encourage delegates to consider how
their role and profession fits into some of the wider discussions
around services and pathways of care, with the aim of
encouraging them to identify opportunities where they might
take more of an active role in such evaluation and discussions
within their local services and organisations.
References
OTNews conference report (2015) OTNews 23(7): 16
Keywords
Occupational therapists, Service improvement or transformation,
Pathways or models of service delivery, Inter-agency
Contact E-mail Addresses
laura.stuart@uclpartners.com
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