MARCH SHOUT- Privileged to Welcome former COT Education and Learning Head.

For the March SHOUT! on Wednesday 12th March, we welcome speaker Anna Camplin who is offering us insights into Leadership in Occupational Therapy.

Anna Camplin is currently Quality and Governance Director for Kate Meads Associates, leading on the development of a quality and governance framework for an independent occupational therapy practice.

Her previous role was Head of Education and Learning for the College of Occupational Therapists. In this role Anna provided the strategic lead for education and learning in the UK for all members of the professional body and managed the education and learning services provided by the college for members and stakeholders (including Accreditation, Endorsement, student services and CPD).

Other roles have included working as Education Development Manager for COT,  a senior lecturer at both Canterbury Christ Church and Coventry Universities and before that she worked clinically in a variety of settings.

Anna will be sharing her insights and expertise in leadership in Occupational Therapy from her extensive experience and it will be a really good opportunity for all students whom are looking to get into leadership, and practitioners looking to further their careers who may already be in leadership. 

For tickets to this event email : shout.event@gmail.com

As usual the event begins at 6pm in the Robert Winston Building with refreshments from 5.30

Wed 12th FEB – SHOUT:Focus on Learning Disabilities

For the February SHOUT! on WEDNESDAY 12^th FEBRUARY, we welcome two speakers who are offering us new insights and perspectives on working with those who have Learning disabilities.

Whether you currently work with Service Users with Learning Disabilities, have an interest in working in this area, or simply want to find out about the role of an OT in this setting then this talk is for you!

Emma Stockdale

       The speakers come with diverse and varied experience of working in the field of Learning Disabilities, both prior to coming to Occupational Therapy, and in conjunction with their studies.  Emma Stockdale gained a degree in Music and subsequently used this to teach and facilitate workshops for those with Autism and learning disabilities. She is currently finishing her studies in OT alongside working as an OT assistant with adults with Autism, learning disabilities and Down syndrome and specialises in Rebound Therapy and the use of Intensive interaction to engage socially withdrawn service users.

Holly Fenton

To add a different dimension to the talk we also have another aspiring OT, Holly Fenton, whom has extensive years of experience as a support worker within the Health and Social Care Field; predominantly specialising in work with service users with complex needs and Autism. She pioneered an Occupational Therapy Assistant role when the company hired their first OT and has been trained in Makaton (language programme that uses signs and symbols) and Picture Exchange Communication. Further to this she has run therapy sessions within the setting on topics ranging from sensory interaction to cooking, and carved out and developed a careers pathway for individuals within the service.

Collectively Emma and Holly promise to give an interesting and

fresh insight into how to work as an OT in this area and will leave 

you feeling inspired about continuing/ beginning / looking  into a

 career within this field.

Look forward to seeing you there!

WEDNESDAY 12^th FEBRUARY 6pm start

For tickets email shout.event@gmail.com

Our January Event! CPD and Social Media!

Is your New Year's resolution to start compiling, or improve, your CPD portfolio? Then don't miss January's SHOUT event with the inspiring Clarissa Sorlei! 

This event is a great opportunity for students and clinicians alike to hear how Clarrisa uses social networking to boost her impressive CPD portfolio, and it might give ideas to get your own CPD off to a good start this year. Social media is an increasingly important tool for occupational therapists; come and learn how it relates to you and your practice.

Clarissa graduated in 2012 and worked in an adult acute (mental health) inpatient unit before starting her current post in an eating disorders service. Having moved frequently when she was younger, Clarissa is interested in the interplay between transitions and occupation.

Using Facebook and Twitter for professional networking throughout her time as a student significantly enhanced Clarissa's learning experience and identity as an occupational therapist. Social media continues to provide valuable opportunities and support as she navigates the transition from student to clinician.

Clarissa is a member of the #OTalk team that facilitates weekly Twitter chats about a variety of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science topics. 

She tweets as @GeekyOT and blogs at http://shamelessotgeek.wordpress.com.

We hope to see you there! 

Tonight! Be a Fire-starter at SHOUT!

Keith at the COT conference 2012

Tonight SHOUT welcomes inspirational speaker Keith Norman, back by popular demand! 

Don't miss this opportunity to stoke your inner passion for OT and career development with Keith's talk:

 “Be A Fire Starter: Using Occupation to Develop Self-esteem, Confidence and Enthusiasm” on Wednesday 11^th December 2013.

Keith qualified from Sheffield Hallam University in 2011. He joined a private hospital group as an Occupational Therapist in March 2012 and worked at a men's rehabilitation hospital for approximately 18 months before joining Irwin Mitchell LLP, one of the UK's largest law firms, as a Client Liaison Manager. In this role Keith represents clients with a range of acquired conditions including spinal injuries, amputees, traumatic brain injuries, lung cancer and cerebral palsy. Before qualification Keith worked as a support worker for adults with learning disabilities, as a rehabilitation assistant for a private company treating Brain Injury in the community and as a Senior Lecturer in Vascular Biology at the University of Sheffield.

Keith is an old friend of SHOUT, and his presentation on moving beyond mindfulness by being what you do was very well received earlier this year. In his latest talk Keith takes a critical look at the concepts of self-esteem, confidence and enthusiasm, explores how we and our clients can experience more of these phenomena and invites us to consider the role of occupation in the development of these attributes. You can follow Keith on Twitter @beingyourdoing.

The talk will take place in Robert Winston Building. Registration and light refreshments are from 5.30pm in the reception/cafe, with the talk starting at 6pm and finishing before 7.30pm. Costs: £2 for students and BAOT members and £3 for non-members.

As many may be aware, the BSc Occupational Therapy course has just gone through a re-approval process and there will be a talk to introduce the new programme which all are invited to attend. This will take place at 4pm before the SHOUT event also in the Robert Winston Building, in room F518 which we hope will be of interest to you.

Hope to see you there!

TRAMm Team Talk at Tomorrow's SHOUT!

Join us at SHOUT tomorrow night for our hotly anticipated interactive event with the TRAMm Team! 

On Wednesday 13th November Sarah, Deb and Roe will be speaking about their TRAMm Model and providing attendees with the chance to learn how to use the TRAMm tools. For clinicians and students alike, this is a great opportunity to find out more about this popular and user-friendly model and try out for yourself whether TRAMm can make your CPD recording easier and more effective.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a mandatory requirement of the Health and Care Professions Council and has been embraced by the College of Occupational Therapists. The TRAMm (Tell, Record, Activity, Monitor and measure) Model aims to provide a framework to guide both individuals and organisations, and enable them to maximize the potential of CPD. 

After a short overview of the model, you will be able to explore the application of the TRAMm Model, Trail and Tracker to your practice using the tools available. Opportunity for feedback and discussion regarding its future research and development will conclude the workshop.

About our speakers:

Sarah Lawson, a community occupational therapist with Chester West and Cheshire council who joined the TRAMm development group in 2010, is the lead designer of the TRAMm Tracker and TRAMm Trail. 

Deb Hearle is an occupational therapist and experienced educator and manager as well as Interprofessional Education Lead and Associate Director Undergraduate Studies at Cardiff University and has acted as mentor to the TRAMm design team since its inception as well as more recently joining the core TRAMm development group. 

Roe Morris, a community occupational therapist with Cheshire West and Chester Council, was the co-ordinator of the original TRAMm Model design team and remains part of the core TRAMm development group. 

The TRAMm team will also be joined by Gill Smith, a third year SHU occupational therapy student, who will briefly share a student's perspective in using the model for CPD.

Visit the TRAMm website http://www.trammcpd.com/ for more information. 

To book your place at this popular event email shout.event@gmail.com and your place will be confirmed.

The talk will take place in the Robert Winston Building at our Collegiate Cresent Campus. 

Registration and light refreshments are from 5.30pm in the reception/cafe, with the talk starting at 6pm and finishing before 7.30pm.Costs: £2 for students.

We hope you can make it and we look forward to seeing you there!

What is OT? Find out during OT Week 2013!

What is OT?? That's the question buzzing around Sheffield Hallam Collegiate Campus and local community this week as SHU OT students launch #OperationStealth to generate interest in finding out more about OT, or occupational therapy, during OT Week 2013.

The students, some of them SHOUT members, have set up OT in the Spotlight to promote OT and they've been out and about sneakily planting #WhatIsOT? cards to create a trend on Twitter - search the hashtag and discover for yourself!

Check out their video and get inspired to find out #WhatIsOT:

You can follow @spotlight_ot on Twitter and find them on Facebook: http://www.youtube.com/user/OTinthespotlight
Don't miss their fantastic personal video clips on their YouTube site sharing what OT means to them: http://www.youtube.com/user/OTinthespotlight

Gail Mountain at SHOUT tomorrow: Acute care for older people

Join us tomorrow night, Wednesday 23rd October, for our second event of the season "Acute care and older people" with Professor Gail Mountain.

Professor Mountain is Professor of Health Services Research (Assisted Living Research) at the University of Sheffield. She is the Director of the SMART Consortium and Principal Director of the KT-EQUAL Consortium which is engaged in the transfer of knowledge from research to benefit older and disabled people.

Professor Mountain is also an occupational therapist, practicing for 13 years before becoming involved in research. Her research interests, which reflect her occupational therapy background, are focused on improving the quality of life of older people through provision of appropriate interventions, good design and by facilitating participation.
To book your place at this popular event email shout.event@gmail.com and your place will be confirmed.

The talk will take place in the Robert Winston Building on Broomhall Road at our Collegiate Campus.
Registration and light refreshments are from 5.30pm in the reception/cafe, and the talk will start at 6pm and finish before 7.30pm.
Costs: £2 for students and BAOT members and £3 for non-members.

We hope to see you there!

And here's what we got up to last time with speaker Chris Mayers...

We had a fantastic evening with the wonderful Chris, and here is some of your feedback:

What did you think of the talk?

"Excellent and informative talk - Chris gave a full definition of spirituality and how it relates to OT"

"It was lovely to explore spirituality from a humanistic view rather than a religious one"

"It gave me hope that this sort of work can happen in OT"

"I learnt that it's important to be mindful of the client’s horizontal and vertical spirituality - different perspectives of spirituality"

"I studied philosophy of religion previously and found the link between spirituality and occupations. I found the definitions and assessment interesting"

What will you take into practice?

"I will think about my service user’s spirituality – remembering to discover what gives them a buzz!"

"The significance of quality of life – individual values. It is important to recognise a service user’s individual needs and the importance of assessing the significance of beliefs and values"

"The reference to the evidence base which identifies a correlation between meeting spiritual needs and better health"

"I will remember that the person has a spiritual core to acknowledge and will validate this as a ‘signpost’ to discovering their purposeful activities"

"Using questionnaires in practice – enabling my practice to be more client centres"