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PROJECTS AND SPECIAL INTEREST AREAS

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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