Occupation

Abstracts Wednesday 29 June 2016
Scott SD, Albrecht L, O’Leary K, Ball GDC, Hartling L, Hofmeyer
A, Allyson Jones C, Klassen TP, Burns KK, Newton AS, Thompson
D, yden DM (2012) Systematic review of knowledge translation
strategies in the allied health professions. Implement Sci 7(70).
Srivastava A, Thomson SB (2009) Framework Analysis: A
Qualitative Methodology for Applied Research JOAAG 4(2).
Keywords
Long term conditions, Research, Pathways or models of service
delivery, NHS
Contact E-mail Addresses
jain.holmes@nottingham.ac.uk
Author Biographies
Jain Holmes qualified as an occupational therapist in 1990,
published a book called Vocational Rehabilitation in 2007.
She is now a doctoral student at the University of Nottingham
and the recipient of a UKOTRF and University of Nottingham
funded studentship. Jain’s PhD is focussed on the barriers and
facilitators to implementing vocational rehabilitation with people
who have a traumatic brain injury. She is a co-applicant on the
Facilitating Return to work through Early Specialist Health-based
interventions (FRESH) study a feasibility randomised control
trial with a nested qualitative process evaluation involving 102
working age people with traumatic brain injury.
Julie qualified as an OT in 1980 and completed a PhD at
University of Nottingham in 2013 entitled: Return to work after
Traumatic brain injury: A cohort comparison study and feasibly
economic analysis.
She currently works as:-
• An OT in the Nottingham Traumatic Brain Injury Service,
Nottingham University Hospitals. My main interest is
vocational rehabilitation.
• A research OT on the Facilitating Return to work through
Early Specialist Health based interventions (FRESH) study at
the University of Nottingham and recently won funding from
UKOTRF for a follow up study of her original PhD participants.
Session 33.1
Is technology the manual handling keystone for
occupational therapists?
Webb J, Harrison D, University of Salford
Background: Manual handling is intrinsic to occupational therapy
assessment and intervention, including the training of others
(COT, 2011). Safer moving and handling is an integral part
of care with a range of legislation and guidance available to
protect the health and well-being of employees and service users
(Health and Safety at Work etc. Act,1974, The Manual Handling
Operations Regulations,1992, The Care Act, 2014). Research
suggests that, in order to decrease risk of injury, educators
of healthcare professions should teach Safe Patient Handling
techniques as standard of practice (Menzel et al., 2007).
Feedback from practice educators, (and students themselves)
suggests that students and new graduates are not prepared
sufficiently for practice in the moving and handling of people.
Methods: Experimental design, randomised trial comparing 2
groups of students investigating the impact of a web based
manual handling system on student skill levels, number of errors
and perceived level of confidence, compared with the traditional
moving and handling undergraduate training at the University of
Salford, U.K.
Participants: 243 students, 18 trained assessors and 9 patients.
Results/Conclusions: Results demonstrate statistically
significantimprovements across all tasks in all year groups
highlighting interesting comparisons with traditional training
compared with the multifaceted approach within the web based
system to accommodate different learning styles and promote
problem solving.
Service Users: The increased competency of therapists will
facilitate meeting the personalisation agenda within the Care
Act (2014) whilst promoting enablement, patient safety, tissue
viability and harm free care with service users.
Key areas were identified that improve clinical skills for
therapists, reducing risk of injury and improved communication
that will positively impact confidence levels, sickness absence,
workplace wellness, and supervision levels.
References
College of Occupational Therapists (2011) Manual handling –
Guidance 3. London: College of Occupational Therapists Ltd.
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (1974), c.22. Available
at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/37/contents
(Accessed: 11 August 2015).
Health and Safety Executive (2004) Manual handling: manual
handling operations regulations 1992 (as amended).Guidance
on regulations. (L23) 3 rd ed. London: HSE.Handling Operations
Regulations,1992
Menzel, N., Nelson, A. L., Waters, T. R., Hughes, N., Hagan, P.
C., Powell-Cope, G., Thompson, V. (2007). Effectiveness of an
evidence-based curriculum module in nursing schools: Targeting
safe patient handling and movement. International Journal of
Nursing Education Scholarship, 4(1), 1–19
The Care Act (2014) Available at: https://www.gov.uk/
government/publications/care-act-2014-part-1-factsheets
(Accessed: 11 August 2015).
Keywords
Occupational therapists, Research, New science and technology,
Education
Contact E-mail Addresses
j.webb@salford.ac.uk
Author Biographies
Jo-Anne Webb, MSc, PGCAP, Dip COT ROT, FHEA qualified
as an Occupational Therapist in 1996, gaining her MSc in
Health Practice in 2002. Prior to moving into education, Jo
has significant experience in physical disability with clinical
specialisms in orthopaedics and rheumatology, splinting, the role
of the O.T. in continence, moving and handling and community
rehabilitation. Jo’s most recent research projects have included
moving and handling, tissue viability and single handed care.
Deborah Harrison, RGN, PGCPMH, Dip S.M. initially qualified as
a nurse in 1987, working across the NHS and social services in
rehabilitation and the elderly, since studied and gained additional
qualifications in Manual Handling, Vocational Rehabilitation
Ergonomics and Psychology. Deborah has extensive experience
and knowledge in the field Manual Handling and as a Work
Place Adviser across the Social care, Health and Education
sectors.
Deborah recognised the link between workplace health and
sickness absence developed strategies and receiving the Leading
the NHS in Workplace Well-being award.
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