PROJECTS AND SPECIAL INTEREST AREAS
- Scar assessment and management (see info on M.A.P.S. assessment order)
- Clinical guidelines and patient information for hand therapy.
- Ongoing review and development of relevant patient handouts eg adjuncts to therapy, health education, community resource information etc.
- Development and standardisation of postural assessment tool for people with spinal cord injury.
- Use of an internationally standardised Occupational Therapy (OT) assessment A.M.P.S. (Assessment of Motor & Process Skills) in the acute and rehabilitation setting.
- Evidence based practice including collaboration with the Joanna Briggs Institute.
- Outcome measures development – including capture of patient reported outcomes via electronic notebook.
- Documentation guidelines.
- Discharge planning protocols.
- Best practice guidelines for home assessments.
- Student fieldwork supervision - teaching and learning styles.
- Ongoing commitment to supporting/ training therapists from other organisations wanting to further develop their skills in a specific clinical area.
- Staff participation and provision of student tutorials and workshops for School of OT, University of SA.
- Provision of lectures, seminars and workshops by staff at relevant professional education forums.
- Burn Education – involvement in Burn Unit outreach education.
- Hosting of Burns Therapist ListServ.
- Supporting spinal cord injury management in rural areas - eg Mount Gambier clinic.
- Hosting splinting training workshops.
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