Initiate, Participate, Achieve

Program

Conference Award Information

OT Australia NSW-ACT Conference 2009 is pleased to announce the following awards. Please indicate that you wish to nominate for an award by emailing otnswact@thinkbusinessevents.com.au by Friday 6 November 2009 OR on the first day of the Conference when you register.

Best Oral Presentation

The award of “Best Oral Presentation” will be available to delegates who present an oral presentation or workshop at the OT Australia NSW-ACT Conference2009. Candidates will be judged on originality and quality of the research, the applicability of the results, quality of presentation and ability to rationalise their work.
For judging criteria – please see the rating forms attached

Best Poster Award

This award will be presented for the best poster by a delegate. Candidates will be judged on originality and quality of the work, the applicability of the work and quality of presentation.
For judging criteria – please see the rating forms attached

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Thursday 12 November 2009
9.00am	Opening National Hospital Reforms – The Future of Healthcare in Australia Janet Anderson Keynote Address – Assoc Prof Jacinta Elston Bayside 204
10.30am	Morning tea
11.00am	Breakout 1 Bayside 201 MENTAL HEALTH	Breakout 2 Bayside 202 PAEDIATRICS	Breakout 3 Bayside 203 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY	Workshop 1 Bayside 204 EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
	Lyndal Sherwin & Mironne Golan A Step Forward to Mental Health Recovery-Oriented Services - Occupational Therapy and the Collaborative Recovery Model.	Iona Novak Effectiveness of occupational therapy home program intervention for children with cerebral palsy: a double blind randomised controlled trial	Julia Schmidt Memory Compensation using a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA): Pushing the boundaries of occupational therapy to allow full participation in everyday life after brain injury.	Annie McCluskey Implementing evidence in practice: A workshop for clinicians and managers
	Marjan Verbeek Sharpen your pencils and pack your bags - incomplete course completion. Why are mental health in-patients leaving supported education - Case Study.	Sarah McGarry The Smart Wheelchair: Is it an appropriate mobility training tool for children with cerebral palsy?	Susan Arnold Factors influencing case management time for those with TBI.
	Melissa Aguey-Zinsou Promoting Social Inclusion for People with mental Health Problems: Do we need 24/7 occupational therapy services?	Cally Smith Validity of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire Fine Motor subsection with infants who have undergone major surgical intervention	Julia Schmidt Improving Self-Awareness in People with Brain Injury using Video Feedback: Protocol for a double blinded randomised controlled trial.
	Yvette Black Facilitating a breakfast preparation group in a rural mental health facility to achieve positive outcomes and experiences for inpatients.	Melissa Foster & Rachelle Coe Occupational therapy and child care centres in the Bankstown area: Understanding local child care worker's perspectives.	Michelle Turnbull Does Case Management increase participation and function after traumatic brain injury? A systematic review.
12.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm	Breakout 4 Bayside 201 MENTAL HEALTH	Breakout 5 Bayside 202 PAEDIATRICS	Breakout 6 Bayside 203 UPPER LIMB	Workshop 2 Bayside 204 PULSE OXIMETRY
	Melissa Buduls Healthy Lifestyle Interventions for People with a Mental Illness	Adrienne Thorne Investigating Pretend Play Development in Pre-schoolers with an Acquired Brain Injury.	Bianca Kinnear Assessment Protocol for Occupational Therapy after Botulinum Toxin A Injections to the Upper Limb.	Helen Antcliffe Workshop; Living and Working with Oxygen - OT use of new technology to optimize function!
	Sarah Lambert Richmond Fellowship NSW; Young Women's Dual Diagnosis Project.	Melinda Conroy, Susan Lowe & Dr Christine Chapparo Designing contextual playground skills camps for school students who are unhappy, anxious and angry	Natasha Lannin Increasing the intensity of hand therapy to improve function after stroke.
	Francesca Coniglio Peer Support Within Clubhouse: A Grounded Theory Study	Kitty-Rose Foley Gross Motor Abilities in Girls and Women with Rett Syndrome: A Longitudinal Video Study	Stephen Isbel Improving upper limb function after stroke: A home-based and self-directed trial of constraint induced movement therapy.
	Marc Reynolds Seclusion Reduction project for NSW Adult mental health inpatient Units.	Anna Urbanowicz Does the use of equipment and respite influence the well-being of parents with a daughter with Rett syndrome?	Natasha Lannin To stretch or not to stretch? The conundrum of managing contracture in neurological rehabilitation.
3.00pm	Afternoon tea
3.30pm	Breakout 7 Bayside 201 EVALUATION & EVIDENCE	Breakout 8 Bayside 202 EDUCATION	Breakout 9 Bayside 203 DEVELOPING WORKFORCE CAPACITY	Workshop 3 Bayside 204 PROFESSIONAL RESILIENCE
	Jill Hummell Applying the WHO International Classification of Function with a Community Therapy Team	Carrie Withers Experiencing the Occupational Therapy curriculum - students perspectives	Jane Gamble Aspects of OT Management Capacity: NSW OT Managers' Perceptions	Michelle Bihary Professional Resilience and Wellbeing: Sustainable Occupation for OTs
	Lindy Clemson The HOME Project: Understanding best practice for occupational therapy pre-discharge home visits.	Ev Innes Development of an Occupational Therapy Program at a Regional NSW University Based on the ICF: Report of the First Year	Cassandra Seah The transition of graduates of the Master of Occupational Therapy to practice.
	Sam Fairhall "Beyond the Cushion" Pressure Care and Occupational Therapy - the theory underpinning the practice.	Sue Holley Shaping Future Practice: Developing an Occupational Therapy Clinical Education Program	Linda Walters Clinician-Academic Research Collaboration. An Evidence-Based Exploration of Processes & Models For Practice
	Amanda Timmer Use of the Patient Specific Outcome Measure as a Client Centred Evaluation of Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation	Susan Ryan, Carol Hills & Sarah McMullen-Roach Creating Professional Identity: Initiating and Participating with Gen "Y" occupational therapy students	Iona Novak Education with employer support improves practitioners evidence based practice knowledge and behaviours
5.00pm - 6.00pm	Welcome Reception
7.00pm	Conference Dinner - Steynes Ship at Darling Harbour

Friday 13 November 2009
9.00am	Keynote Speaker Dr Iona Novak Nationalisation 'Road Show' - Peta Raison, OT Australia - President - Jan Erven, OT Australia - NSW President - Thomas Bevitt, OT Australia - ACT President Bayside 204
10.30am	Morning tea
11.00am	Breakout 10 Bayside 201 OCCUPATIONAL REHAB	Breakout 11 Bayside 202 MENTAL HEALTH - CHILDREN	Breakout 12 Bayside 203 PROFESSIONAL ISSUES RESEARCH	Workshop 4 Bayside 204 ABSTRACT REVIEWING
	Carole James The effect of load on kinematics of the waist to shoulder lift during the WorkHab Functional Capacity Evaluation.	Tracey Fay & Kerry Gwynne Occupational Therapy Practice in Child Mental Health: early intervention with vulnerable families and children	Sally Denshire Remembering Camperdown: Auto-ethnographic tales of an occupational therapist	Lynette Mackenzie Achieving quality occupational therapy practice: Enhancing your thinking and critical review skills
	Jessica Drysdale Test-Retest Reliability of the Valpar Component Work Sample 8 (Simulated Assembly) [VCWS8]	Michelle Kightley Outcome measurement pilot: Effectiveness of a holiday program for people with a mental illness and their Carers	Jill Hummell Management practices: Enhancing the workplace integration of occupational therapists in their first year of employment
	Carole James Return to Work Coordinators - contributions to the occupational rehabilitation process for injured nurses	Kate Piromalli Occupation Interrupted: Exploring the impact of past trauma on parenting & childhood occupations.	Kirsti Haracz Increasing the Participation of Men in Occupational Therapy
	Belinda Shepherd Using the Accent Domestic Assistance Matrix (A.D.A.M.) to undertake a retrospective audit of medicolegal reports to quantify domestic assistance using a risk matrix.	Michelle Kightley Do we extend core OT principles of Client Centred Practice into Service evaluation?	Sue Holley A New Opportunity for Occupational Therapy: The Development of a Clinical Capability Framework
12.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm	Breakout 13 Bayside 201 COMMUNITY COMPLEX CARE	Breakout 14 Bayside 202 NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION	Breakout 15 Bayside 203 AGED CARE	Workshop 5 Bayside 204 MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
	Natalie Hamam Investigating the sexual activities of adults with physical impairments	Alison King An observational study of patient activity levels in a co-located acute and rehabilitation stroke unit	Eneida Mioshi Rate of change of functional abilities in frontotemporal dementia	Simon Raine Motivational Interviewing and Occupational Therapy
	Josephine Mortimer Beyond Home Hazard Reduction: the role of OT in the falls prevention team	Rebecca Lochlin Task-specific practice of dressing tasks improved dressing performance and scores on the Functional Independence Measure after stroke	Collette Davies Participation in ward occupations: Could a focus on occupational performance during acute illness facilitate early discharge home?
	Rina Ting The Work of Occupational Therapists in Prescribing Assistive Technology Devices (ATDs) for Older Adults: A Collective Case Study	Megan Gozzard What and how do healthy adults write?	Michelle Bissett Is old cool? Students' knowledge of and attitudes towards older people.
	Leah Wiseman & Tracey Parnell An occupational perspective of overweight and obesity	Necie Au Can you read your client's handwriting? An investigation of adult handwriting legibility measures.	Wan Ying Tan Validation of the disability component of the Late-life function and disability instrument (LLFDI) among community-living older adults
3.00pm	Afternoon tea
3.30pm	Hypothetical Panel: 2020 Vision – the future in sight Mr Tom Bevitt, President OT Australia ACT Ms Carol Crocker, State Manager NSW/ACT, Work Solutions, Health Services Australia Group Professor Anthony Mader, Professor in Health Informatics, School of Computing & Mathematics, University of Western Sydney Dr Lynette McKenzie, Senior Lecturer, Master of Occupational Therapy (GEM Program) Co-ordinator Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney Ms Lisa Nolan, Director, Recovery Station Dr Greg Stewart, Director of Population Health, Planning and Performance, Sydney South West Area Health Service Facilitator: Ms Joy Pennock, Chief Executive Officer, OT Australia NSW Awards Presentation Bayside 204
5.00pm	OT Australia NSW – AGM registration and refreshments
5.15pm - 6.15pm	OT Australia NSW – AGM

Key Dates:

Abstract submission opens: 30 April 2009
Abstract submission closes: 9 June 2009
Author notification: 16 July 2009
Early Bird Registration Deadline 9 September 2009

Please note that numbers are limited for some workshops. Delegates are advised to turn up on time for their preferred session as they can attend on a ‘first come, first served basis’.

INAUGURAL CONFERENCE FOR OT AUSTRALIA NSW–ACT 2009

12 – 13 November 2009 Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour.

News & Updates

Notice Board

Conference Managers

Initiate, Participate, Achieve

Program

Conference Award Information

Best Oral Presentation

Best Poster Award

Key Dates:

OT AUSTRALIA NSW, Australian Association of Occupational Therapists - NSW

OT AUSTRALIA ACT, Australian Association of Occupational Therapists - ACT

OT Australia NSW-ACT 2009