🌟 April is FND Awareness Month - Let's Make a Difference!

Did you know that April is FND Awareness Month? 🧠✨ We've got an array of events lined up – from our Moveathon to our Light-up initiative, and loads more! See our website for more!

#FND

📣 Members! Come along to our next Research Café, where Dr Helen Atkin will be focusing on the theme Evaluating the impact of Patient and Public Involvement, followed by a group discussion.

🗓️ Wednesday 28 February, 12–1pm.

Find out more: loom.ly/kwbDIUg

Are you an OT considering #mentalhealth research?

We have a great new case study for you - Dr Catriona Connell works University of Stirling in the SACASR Stirling.

Catriona is also a GROW programme alumni!

Royal College of Occupational Therapists MOTION Research Drugs Research Network Scotland

Read more about Catriona here:
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/case-studies/c…

Sharing this framework again, as it is a very helpful tool in developing your research knowledge and skills, covering eight domains.
cahpr.csp.org.uk/content/cahpr-…

Calling #AHPs in the UK 🎺Separate Pay Spine for Nursing: Call for Evidence. Please take a few minutes to give your views on the Government survey: gov.uk/government/cal…

We want to recognise Grace Chugg, who has gone above and beyond in her work as an Advanced Speech and Language therapist. 'Research is important because it can help manage health inequalities in the NHS.' - orlo.uk/Research_Hero_…

Our conference is now open for registration – book your place now! As a Specialist Section – Mental Health member you can attend for free. Please do share this with your non-SS Mental Health OT colleagues as they can also pay to attend if they’d like to join us.

Occupational therapists interested in a research career - register for this webinar! 👇
Completing my PCAF was an amazing opportunity. Now 9 months into my NIHR doctoral fellowship. Happy to chat to anyone who wants to know more.

OTs under-represented on these excellent schemes

A great opportunity for occupational therapists 👇

Appropriately, I'm tweeting this from Boston, where I am shadowing some amazing OTs working in the field of #FND , Jess Ranford Julie MacLean, gaining understanding of new approaches, that I will take back to the UK.
So take a 👀

I'm spending #OT Week in Boston, observing OTs Jessica Ranford and Julie MacLean, and their pioneering work helping people with functional neurological disorder. Using my doctoral fellowship to better understand sensory treatment #FND #OT We are NIHR

For #OTWeek23 I'd really encourage all those in mental health to read this by Hollie. Perhaps the difference between activity and meaningful activity. 👇👇👇

themainoffenderblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/09/the…

Would you like to include more research in your role but not sure how to get started? Maybe you have an idea but unsure of funding options. The OT Practitioner Research Clinic is for you! Book online to have a chat with Chris Lovegrove and Katrina Bannigan FRCOT
otconference.wixsite.com/the-ot-res-con…

Really interesting study about clinical academic AHPs, and why they (we) keep pursuing these careers 👇
#resilience #curiosity #dontwaittobeinvited

Don't miss our next Research Café on Wednesday 27 September. ☕

We'll be discussing 'Searching for evidence' with RCOT Health Information Specialist, Caroline Coomber.

🕛 Drop in any time between 12–1pm.
🔗 loom.ly/kwbDIUg

Have you joined Research Connect yet?

💡 Our exclusive online community of RCOT members with an interest in research is fast becoming a hub of knowledge.

👇🏾 Like this 'Research Hack' blog series shared by Katie Thomson, Senior Lecturer at GCU Occupational Therapy.

loom.ly/WzO8GjY

Brilliant opportunity for an #AHP or anyone else interested in:
✅Undertaking an #NIHR -funded #PhD studentship
✅Improving #PatientSafety
✅ Gaining #BehaviourChange and #ImplementationScience expertise
✅ Joining Primary & Palliative Care @ Leeds, LUCID_Leeds and NIHR Yorkshire and Humber PSRC
findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

Mental health occupational therapists- are you Interested in doing research? Our MSc in Mental Health Sciences Research, offers high quality research training to clinicians; open until 28 July.

OTs help you to help yourself. It's not their job to 'train' you. They teach you how you can own your own body, how to listen to it, how to learn from it, how to work it so that it can work.