News from Annual Conference 2009
Appropriate outcome measures are OT specific>>
Appropriate outcome measures for occupational therapy practice are ones that measure OT specific rather than generic outcomes, according to a joint annual conference workshop...
Creating a ‘seismic shift’ in practice>>
The research conducted in the US around lifestyle redesign will create a ‘seismic  shift in occupational practice’ in the future...
Educate and train to avoid stigmatising older adults with HIV>>
In a second keynote address at the College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section – HIV/AIDS, Oncology and Palliative Care annual conference in Brighton, Will Chegwidden looked at the central role occupational therapy...
New Service Level Agreement (SLA) with Unison announced at Annual Conference 2009>>

It was announced at the BAOT/COT’s annual general meeting, held in Brighton on Wednesday 24 June, that an agreement has been reached with Unison that secures the long-term future of the partnership, following a concerted period of negotiation...
Now is the time for occupational therapy>>
 
From the thought provoking plenary sessions and the Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture, through to the United Kingdom Occupational Therapy Research Foundation debate, there was a clear message at this year’s Annual Conference: now is the time for occupational therapy...
 
Julia Scott CEO reflects on the key message to emerge from this year`s exceptional Annual Conference>>
Older people and those with learning disabilities should ‘participate in the widest range of activity society has to offer’>>
Baroness Sally Greengross, President of the College of Occupational Therapists, told delegates at annual conference it is vital that older people and those with learning disabilities ‘participate in the widest range of activity society has to offer’...
OTs ‘do not have much time to get our houses in order’>>
OTs ‘do not have much time to get our houses in order’ as the Department of  Health starts to roll out its Transforming Community Services (TCS) programme, delegates at the COT annual conference were told...
OTs called upon to influence the cancer rehab agenda>>
Justine Palin, associate director – supportive and palliative care, from the National Cancer Action Team, urged OTs to consider how, as individuals, they can support the cancer rehabilitation agenda locally.
OTs have a role to play in palliative care for people with dementia>>
OTs have a role to play in palliative care for people with dementia by proposing ways of addressing maladaptive behaviour that do not involve drugs, says an expert...

Submit an abstract to the 34th Annual Conference in 2010 and promote your work to an international audience>>
Annual Conference 2010 includes the annual conferences of two Specialist Sections: Older People and HIV/AIDS, Oncology and Palliative Care...