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Conference Programme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 6th October

 

DAY

Friday 6th October

Symposia

Speaker

Friday

08:15   Registration

08:45   Welcome

Welcome Address

Leanne Topcuoglu

BAHT Chair

 

 

Symposium 1: In our Hands
09:00-10:10

The Sustainability Journey

Stuart Lane

Sustainability and Carbon Manager University Hospitals Dorset

 

 

Advancing Practice in Hand Therapy Staying Ahead

 

Bev Harden MBE

Deputy Chief Allied Health Professions Officer for England

 

Refreshment Break

10:10-10:35

Tea & Coffee

 

 

Symposium 2: It's all about the Base

10:35-11:45  

Thumb CMCJ Arthroplasty

Alex Nicholls

Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Limb Surgeon

 

 

The Maia thumb CMCJ
Arthroplasty: our Hand Therapy
Experience

Kevin Spear

Consultant Hand Physiotherapist

 

Presidential Address

11:50-12:30

Hand & Upper Limbs Transplants - Updates

Grainne Bourke

Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon

 

LUNCH

12:30-13:10

 

 

 

  12:30-13:00

Development Opportunites for Hand Therapists

Cate Allen

Clinical Specialist
and Programme
Leader for MSc
Hand Therapy

 

Research Updates

13:10-13:40

FIRST - A summary of the trial so far:

 

 

SCOOTT - Surgery versus Conservative
Osteoarthritis of Thumb Trial

Emma Bamford 

Extended Scope
Practitioner and
Associate Lecturer

 

Anna Selby

Research and
Postgraduate
Manager

 

FREE PAPERS

13:40-15:10

5 Free Paper Presentations

 

 

Refreshment Break

15:10-15:25

Tea & Coffee  

 

Workshop 1

15:25-16:25

 

 

Splinting with eco-friendly X Lite
(sponsored by Kinetec)

Ella Donnison
Occupational
Therapist

 

 

 

 

Splinting with Silver: a practical
workshop (sponsored by We
Design)

Jeanique van
Nieuwenhoven
Orthotist
Christina Macleod
Occupational
Therapist

 

 

BAHT Clinical Evidence
Committee: How to conduct a
small research project from
inception to publication

Victoria Jansen
Physiotherapist &
NIHR Fellow

Catherine Rolls
Physiotherapist
Cynthia Srikesavan
Senior Researcher
in Physiotherapy

 

 

Wound Care

Laura Cooper
Advanced Hand
Therapy and
Plastic Surgery
OT Practitioner

Sophie Lalor
Senior
Physiotherapist

 

Comfort Break

16:25-16:30

   
 

Workshop 2

16:30-17:30

Splinting with eco-friendly X Lite
(sponsored by Kinetec)

Ella Donnison

Occupational Therapist

    Splinting with Silver: a practical
workshop
Jeanique van
Nieuwenhoven
Orthotist
Christina Macleod
Occupational
Therapist
    BAHT Clinical Evidence
Committee: How to conduct a
small research project from
inception to publication
Victoria Jansen
Physiotherapist &
NIHR Fellow

Catherine Rolls
Physiotherapist
Cynthia Srikesavan
Senior Researcher
in Physiotherapy
    Wound Care Laura Cooper
Advanced Hand
Therapy and
Plastic Surgery
OT Practitioner

Sophie Lalor
Senior
Physiotherapist
 

Close

17:30

   
 

 

Saturday 7th October

DAY

Saturday 7th October

Symposia

Speaker

Saturday

08:15   Registration

08:25   Start Welcome

 

Welcome Address

Leanne Topcuoglu

BAHT Chair

 

 

Symposium 3(a):  Dont Let Nerves Get the Better of You

08:30-09:40 

 

 

Overview of brachial plexus
injuries and their management

Tom Quick
Consultant Peripheral Nerve Surgeon
and
Hazel Brown
Clinical Specialist Upper Limb
Physiotherapist

 

 

Symposium 3(b): The Campaign for Less Pain

09:40-10:15

Hand Osteoarthritis – Next Stop?

Ben Dean Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon

 

Refreshment Break

10:15-10:35

Tea & Coffee

 

 

Symposium 4: The dark side of the Lunate

10:35-11:45 

 

The ulnar side of the wrist:
anatomy and surgical
approaches

Carlos Heras-Palou Consultant
Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon

 

 

Rehabilitation of ulnar wrist
dysfunction

Duncan Pearson Specialist Physiotherapist

 

Keynote Address

11:45-12:25

Optimal Positioning - Minimal Waste

Margareta (Maggi) Persson

Certified Specialist Hand Therapist

 

LUNCH

12:30-13:20

 

 

 

FREE PAPERS

13:20-14:15

3 Free Paper Presentations

 

 

Refreshment Break

14:15-14:35

Tea & Coffee  

 

Workshop 3

14:35-15:35

 

 

Assessment and management of

ulnar wrist pain

Carlos Heras Palou
and
Duncan Pearson

 

 

Optimising successful and
sustainable splinting

Margareta (Maggi) Persson

    Robotics/Prosthetics
(sponsored by Össur)
Angel Galbert
PhD Student, Prosthetics & Orthotics CDT
Lesley Davidson PhD Student, Prosthetics & Orthotics CDT
    Leadership and emotional
intelligence; know yourself and
others
Anne Alexander
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in
Hand Therapy
 

Comfort Break

15:35-15:45

   

 

Workshop 4

15:45-16:45

Assessment and Management of Ulnar Wrist Pain

Carlos Heras Palou

Duncan Pearson

 

 

Optimising Successful & Sustainable Splinting

Margareta(Maggi) Persson

 

 

Robotics / Prosthetics

(sponsored by Össur)

Angel Galbert
PhD Student, Prosthetics & Orthotics CDT
Lesley Davidson
PhD Student, Prosthetics & Orthotics CDT

 

 

Leadership and emotional
intelligence; know yourself and
others

Anne Alexander

Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in
Hand Therapy

 

Close

16:45