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Interdisciplinary Research Skills Workshops |
These two day workshops are open to occupational therapists, physiotherapists,
dietitians and speech and language therapists.
The workshops will be held in four locations in Ireland.
Applications for all four workshops are currently open until March 15th, 2012.
The dates and venues are;
- April 13th and 14th, 2012. Trinity Centre for Health Sciences,
St James Hospital.
- April 20th and 21st, 2012. Bru Columbanas.
Adjacent to Cork University Hospital, Cork.
- 11th and 12th May, 2012. University Hospital,
Galway.
- September, 2012. Planned for a Friday and Saturday.
Venue to be confirmed depending on interest in locations from applicants.
The facilitators for the training are from the Trinity Interdisciplinary Consortium (TICHE).
- Members and non members of AOTI are eligible to apply.
- AOTI will only manage OT applications.
- The other professional bodies will manage applications from their own professions.
- There is a 25 euro fee to attend the workshop.
- You do not need to pay this fee when you apply for the workshop. However, if you are allocated a place at the workshop, you will then be required to pay the fee.
- Applications close 15th March, 2012. Applications via email only
- Application forms can be found on the AOTI website at the bottom of the downloads section titled ' Interdisciplinary Research workshops application'.
- Applications should be emailed to Patricia in the AOTI office at
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Mark the subject line 'Research workshop and your prefered venue/date'
Further information re the workshops can be found on the AOTI website under downloads titled 'Interdisciplinary Research workshops Flyer'.
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COTEC Picture Poster Competition |
AOTI recently ran a Picture Poster Competition to jointly celebrate the European year of 'Active and Healthy Ageing' and the 25th anniversary of COTEC (The Council of Occupational Therapists for the European Countries). Entrants were invited to develop a poster to portray the theme of 'Active and Healthy Ageing and OT'. The winning entry was submitted by Ruth Usher on behalf of the OT Department in Anna Gaynor House, Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross. This poster was a collage of images of occupational therapists assisting older people to engage in a range of occupations. Ruth wins a ticket to the 2012 AOTI National Conference on 26th-28th April in Mullingar. Her winning poster will now represent Ireland in the international competition at the COTEC congress in Stockholm in May, 2012. (see www.cotec2012.se). The winner at the international level will receive a ticket to the 2016 COTEC-ENOTHE congress.
Congratulations to Ruth and the team at Harold's Cross on their winning entry and many thanks to all entrants.
Sarah Lee
AOTI CPD Officer. AOTI Alternate Delegate COTEC.
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Occupational Therapy Plays Critical Role in Healthy Ageing |
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Delegates at the annual conference of the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) will today, Friday 27th April, be presented with findings of a study that shows occupational therapists have a critical role to play in supporting healthy ageing and in enabling older people to maintain their health and independence for longer. The study highlighted how occupational therapists can support small, healthy lifestyle changes and involvement in meaningful activities which are critical to healthy ageing.
“The study shows that by helping older people to maintain a mix of physical, social, productive and spiritual activities as they age, Occupational Therapy can slow the decline normally associated with ageing and is a cost-effective method of enabling older individuals to maintain their health and independence at home”, said Katie Cremin, AOTI Spokesperson.
Keynote Speaker at the conference, Professor Jeanne Jackson, now Head of Occupational Therapy at University College Cork, will present the findings of her US study which researched the impacts of Occupational Therapy on older people living in the community. The study developed a new Occupational Therapy programme called ‘Lifestyle Redesign’ that helped older people acquire health-promoting habits and routines in their daily life, which improved their health and well-being.
The study had an emphasis on prevention and non-pharmacologic interventions and showed that the Occupational Therapy ‘Lifestyle Redesign’ programme had a very positive effect on the physical and mental health of older peoplein the study. Participants reported an increase in their level of independence, life satisfaction and vitality and a decrease in symptoms of depression and bodily pain.
"Occupational Therapy programmes such as the ‘Lifestyle Redesign’ programme are also beneficial for people with chronic physical or mental health conditions. Occupational therapists support people to adjust to the impacts on their lives of chronic conditions and enable them to live a life that is satisfying and meaningful despite their condition”, continued Cremin.
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AOTI Press Release March 12th |
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Press Release – Monday 12th March 2012
AOTI Strongly Welcomes Creation of New Occupational Therapy Posts in HSE Mental Health Services Nationally
The Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland strongly welcomes the announcement in the 2012 HSE Service plan of the creation of vital new Occupational Therapy posts in the public mental health system. This major announcement will see the filling of gaps in the allocation of required levels of occupational therapists in child, adolescent and adult community mental health services as outlined in A Vision for Change, the national mental health policy.
“This development coupled with the additional allocation of psychologists and social workers will significantly increase access to quality multidisciplinary mental health teams nationwide and this will deliver greater equity of access to specialist mental health interventions for service users and their families in their locality”, said Theresa Peacock, Chairperson of the AOTI Mental Health Advisory Group.
AOTI welcomes this development as a significant step forward in the implementation of A Vision for Change and look forward to supporting the Health Service Executive with the roll-out of the new posts and the ongoing implementation of A Vision for Change. There are sufficient numbers of occupational therapists available on HSE recruitment panels to take up these posts.
“Occupational therapists make a very significant contribution to Irish mental health services and offer service users meaningful occupation, greater independence, lifestyle redesign, recovery support and life skills acquisition. The primary goal of Occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in activities of everyday life so they are able to do what they want to do, need to do and are expected to do despite illness or disabilities”, continued Peacock.
For Further Information, contact:
Chairperson of Mental Health Advisory Group
AOTI – Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland
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