Evidence Based Practice Conference

2023 EBP Conference — 16-20 October 2023

National conference hosted by us: 2023 Evidence Based Practise (EBP) conference - Leaders in their field and inspirational research careers. 

We had a fantastic week hosting our 3rd FREE virtual EBP conference which this year went national! HUGE thanks to the fantastic host of speakers who engaged and inspired delegates and to everyone who attended. Over 650 tickets were allocated across the week and delegate feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

Please see the agenda below INCLUDING links to recordings and (where possible) presentation slides:

Day 1 - 16.10.23: Social & Community Psychiatry; Peri-natal mental health; Addiction; Psychosis and cognitive neuroscience

• Conference opener: Prof Peter Langdon — Professor in Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Psychology, University of Warwick; Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Honorary Associate Director of Research at HWHCT. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHtsR4U5bZY&t=0s 
• 'Youth mental health:  how did we get here?'  - Prof Swaran Singh - Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry, University of Warwick. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHtsR4U5bZY&t=480s 
• 'Reaching family members affected by substance use: a digital intervention'  - Dr Jan Larkin - Consultant Clinical Psychologist; Head of Psychology at Turning Point. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHtsR4U5bZY&t=2712s Presentation slides:  Jan Larkin_Supporting Family Members.pptx [pptx] 4MB
• 'Maternal and infant mental health, research into clinical practice' - Claire Marshall - Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Nurse and Clinical Lead with the Perinatal Mental Health Liaison Team. Hull, East Yorks, North and NE Lincolnshire. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASxnBCnN08c&t=0s Presentation slides:  Claire Marshall pmh and imh research to practice 111023.pptx [pptx] 22MB
• 'How I became a researcher in the field of psychosis and cognitive neuroscience'  - Dr Maria Dauvermam - Assistant Professor in Youth Mental Health, University of Birmingham. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASxnBCnN08c&t=1831s Presentation slides:  Maria Dauvermann EBP_Conference_161023_MD.pptx [pptx] 21MB

Day 2 - 17.10.23: Psychosis; Cognitive screening and rehabilitation; Dementia

• 'What have we learned after 25 years of early intervention in psychosis?'  - Prof Max Birchwood - Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Warwick. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPt8Ha14cek&t=0s Presentation slides:  Max Birchwood EBP conference 9 Oct 2023.pptx [pptx] 27MB
• 'Meeting Centres for people affected by dementia: you never know what's round the corner ' - Dr Shirley Evans - Director of the Association for Dementia Studies at the University of Worcester; leading expert in the UK on Meeting Centres for people affected by dementia. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPt8Ha14cek&t=2977s Presentation slides:  Shirley Evans 20231008 EBP International Conference sbe.pptx [pptx] 12MB
• 'Cognitive screening and rehabilitation in MS' - Prof Rosh das Nair - Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF, Norway; Professor of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at The University of Nottingham. Recording: https://youtu.be/x35gT2fSHzo            Presentation slides:  Roshan das Nair HWHCT NHS Meeting Cognitive Screening and Rehabilitation 17 Oct 2023.pptx [pptx] 12MB

Day 3 - 18.10.23: Inspirational research career journeys 

• 'A clinical academic career; from curious undergraduate community nurse to Professor of Palliative Care'  - Prof Catherine Evans - Professor of Palliative Care, King’s College London; Cicely Saunders Institute; Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care; and Honorary Nurse Consultant, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. Recording: https://youtu.be/NcVo1f1CsPY Presentation slides:  Catherine Evans ClinicalAcademic_Journey_CEvans_18.10.2023.pptx [pptx] 34MB
• 'Finding my path to community-based research: 51 years in the making ' - Sarah Ellison - Research and Effectiveness Lead Neighbourhood Care Group, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust. Recording: https://youtu.be/uNumo73qBIw Presentation slides:  Sarah Ellison EBP research Presentation.pptx [pptx] 15MB
• 'From Plato to psychiatry via psychosis - looking back and looking forwards as Bipolar UK's first Director of Research'  - Tania Gergel - Head of Research at Bi-Polar UK; Honorary Senior Research Fellowship in the Divisions of Psychiatry at UCL. Recording: https://youtu.be/5E0x3FuMOtU
• 'From family carer to researcher: My journey into the dementia homecare research sphere'  - Dr Monica Leverton - Research Associate - NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Post-Doctoral Fellow – NIHR ARC South London & NIHR SSCR, King's College London. Recording: https://youtu.be/ZFbkK1Ddq3I Presentation slides:  Monica Leverton SLIDES Inspiring research careers.pptx [pptx] 26MB

Day 4: 19.10.23: Dietetics; Rehabilitation & Conditioning; Community based research; the RIVA study

• 'The pathway to becoming a clinical academic lead at Great Ormond Street Hospital' - Dr Graeme O’Connor - Clinical Academic in Paediatric Dietetics,  Research Lead for Dietetics and Lead Dietitian for Paediatric Intensive Care at Great Ormond Street Hospital Foundation Trust; Honorary Research Associate - Institute of Child Health/ University College London. Recording: https://youtu.be/ZCY-ur0pDfs Presentation slides:  Graeme O'Connor Top Of Your Game - Research Dietitian.pptx [pptx] 623KB
• 'Translating evidence-based practice from elite sport to patient populations; everyone is an athlete' - Prof Claire Minshull - Rehabilitation & Conditioning Specialist – founder of www.getbacktosport.com Recording: https://youtu.be/_8qeKxXkPuM 
• 'Excluded Citizens – Hard to Reach or not Reached out to Hard Enough?'  - Prof Eleanor Bradley - Professor and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange, University of Worcester; Dr Peter Unwin - Principal Lecturer in Social Work, Department of Social Work, University of Worcester. Recording: https://youtu.be/NlDfdryCpTs Presentation slides:  UPDATED EB and PU HWHACT conference presentationsub3.pptx [pptx] 147KB
• 'The RIVA study: Evaluating models of health based independent domestic violence advisor provision in maternity settings'  - Dr Fiona Challacombe, Clinical Lecturer, King's College London. Recording: https://youtu.be/LIX370AOT_Q Presentation slides:  Fiona Challacombe Hereford pres 19Oct 2023_RIVA.pptx [pptx] 4MB

Day 5: 20.10.23: EBP - what's happening here at HWHCT

• 'NHS Early Rehabilitation Gym Strength Class: MSK-HQ Changes, Patient Satisfaction and Ongoing Self-Management for Mixed Ages and Musculoskeletal Conditions'  - Simon Meadows - Clinical Lead Physiotherapist, HWHCT. Recording: https://youtu.be/_CcPrXmULls
• ‘Neighbourhood Mental Health Team Occupational Matters Programme’  - Abigail Brown - Occupational Therapist, Hereford Neighbourhood Mental Health Service, HWHCT. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv-CDyeFEk0&t=0s 
• 'Exploring links between hearing loss and Dementia in adults with Down Syndrome'  - Saffron Davies - Community Learning Disability Nurse, South Worcestershire Community Learning Disability Team, HWHCT. Presentation slides:  Saffron Davies Slides for EBP conference.pptx [pptx] 6MB
• 'Health Inequalities: Adult Obesity within Physiotherapy, PhD Research Overview'  - Paul MacDonald - Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner, HWHCT. Recording: https://youtu.be/HfWY4d4zyVc Presentation slides:  Paul MacDonald EBP Presentation Paul MacDonald Physio Obesity.pptx [pptx] 12MB
• 'Behavioural therapy for anxiety amongst autistic adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities'  - Prof Peter Langdon - Professor in Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Psychology, University of Warwick; Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Honorary Associate Director of Research at HWHCT. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv-CDyeFEk0&t=1860s 

 

Attendence Certificates: 

As mentioned at the conference certificates of attendance are available upon request for CPD files. In order to receive a certificate the conference feedback form needs to be completed including Q7 which relates specifically to attendance certificates and how to receive yours.

N.B – please note that we can ONLY send conference attendance certificates if email addresses are given at the appropriate question on this feedback form. We are unable to automatically email certificates using the email address held on Eventbrite for this event. We have received certificate requests without an email address so are unable to provide certificates. Please contact me directly if this applies to you: mailto:alice.madden1@nhs.net

EBP* Virtual Conference: 10 - 13 October 2022

Huge huge HUGE thanks to all our fantastic speakers and everyone who attended the EBP conference. We hope everyone found the sessions informative and useful.

The agenda was as per below. Recordings of each session were made and are now available. Please find the links below.

Monday 10.10.22:

Session 1: What is Research? 12noon – 1pm

12noon – 12.05pm: Welcome and housekeeping

12.05pm – 12.20pm: What is research and why does it matter? - Stuart Banham (Chief Pharmacist): https://youtu.be/Ng0gR_zqXDc

12.20pm – 12.45pm: What’s the difference between service evaluation, clinical audit and research? What’s in it for me and my patients including underserved communities – Sam Topping (Research & Development Manager): https://youtu.be/2vLTFv1diKA

12.45pm – 12.55pm: Where does research take place? Inc research outreach work done so far – Alice Madden (Research Project Support Officer): https://youtu.be/LC1fIgIjJko

12.55pm – 1pm: Final questions and close

Session 2: Who does Research? 1.30pm – 2.45pm

1.30pm – 1.35pm: Welcome and housekeeping

1.35pm – 2pm: Who’s who and who does what in the research world. Launching the research collaborator role. What is a PI (Principal Investigator)? - Sam Topping (Research & Development Manager): https://youtu.be/-fq28PJtamU

2pm – 2.15pm: My experience of being a PI for the 1st time working on BEAMS-ID – Katherine Byron-Daniels (Clinical Psychologist): https://youtu.be/Lv3EmRBIJaI

2.15pm – 2.30pm: My experience of being a PI - currently on ADEPP – Barny Major (Consultant Psychiatrist, Associate Medical Director, Herefordshire Mental Health and LD services): https://youtu.be/AtySTf0tFQg

2.30pm – 2.40pm: My experience of being a PI for the 1st time working on EDGI – Matt Rae (Clinical Lead North & West Herefordshire Neighbourhood Mental Health Service): https://youtu.be/3Jyw1oLboIE

2.40pm – 2.45pm: Final questions and close

Tuesday 11.10.22:

Session 3: EBP showcase within HWHCT: 12noon – 1.15pm

12noon – 12.05pm: Welcome and housekeeping

12.05pm – 12.25pm: Gaining a global perspective on Occupational Therapy Research – Alice Turnbull (Service Lead for Paediatric Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy): https://youtu.be/Ov3UmpdhBbg

12.25pm – 12.45pm: Dietetic Research Opportunities – Marti van der Linde (Community Paediatric Dietitian Worcestershire North): https://youtu.be/Hvsvw_iIrBs

12.45pm – 1.05pm - Measuring the Impact of the Kids on the Move Virtual Intervention Programme for Children and Families within the Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service – Louise Boother (Specialist Occupational Therapist in Additional Services, Innovation and SEND): https://youtu.be/I7fTYhkTw4A

1.05pm – 1.15pm: Final questions and close

Wednesday 12.10.22:

Session 4: Developing my own Research: 12noon – 1.15pm

12noon – 12.05pm: Welcome and housekeeping

12.05pm – 12.25pm: How to get started; developing an idea; Associate Principle Investigator (PI) role – Sam Topping (Research & Development Manager): https://youtu.be/lwf-QUSTgEQ

12.25pm – 12.40pm: Associate PI for the ADEPP Study – Kieran Groom (CT3 Doctor in CAMHS): https://youtu.be/esy3w0Yx83c

12.40pm – 1.10pm: My research story so far… - Peter Langdon (Honorary Associate Director of Research; Consultant Clinical Psychologist and CI (Chief Investigator) leading national studies focused upon improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and/or autism): https://youtu.be/Tnf3FEkmudk

1.10pm – 1.15pm: Final questions and close

Thursday 13.10.22:

Session 5: Putting Research findings into Practise: 12noon – 1.15pm

12noon – 12.05pm: Welcome and housekeeping

12.05pm – 12.30pm: Measuring the impact of the change from face-to-face to virtual appointments evaluation – Sam Topping (Research & Development Manager): https://youtu.be/H76KjPB2Tkk

12.30pm – 1pm: Experience of the RADAR study - Barny Major (Consultant Psychiatrist, Associate Medical Director, Herefordshire Mental Health and LD services): https://youtu.be/w3WBqy3ovso

1pm – 1.15pm: Final questions and close

 

*EBP = Evidence Based Practise

Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Conference: 16-18 November 2021

Our inaugural research/EBP virtual conference was a huge success! We had 41 people attend at least 1 of the sessions and the feedback so far has been great. Huge HUGE thanks to everyone that attended and to our wonderful presenters without whom this event wouldn’t have taken place:

• Simon Meadows (Clinical Lead Physiotherapist)
• Simone van Dalen (Physiotherapy Team Leader)
• Clare McFadyen (OT at New Haven)
• Rosie Callaghan (Tissue Viability Lead Nurse)
• Martha van der Linde (Community Paediatric Dietitian)
• Chrissy Walker (OT Neighbourhood Team 1)
• Alice Turnbull (Service Lead for Paediatric OT and Physiotherapy)
• Emma Jesic (Specialist Paediatric OT & OT Lead for Neurodevelopment)
• Nicola Bundy (CAMHS Practitioner)
• Abigail Matthews (OT in Hereford Neighbourhood Mental Health Service)
• Dr Kerry Gaskin (Head of Department - Midwifery and CPD; Principal Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice,from the University of Worcester)
• Cliff Lewis (Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner)

Your insightful presentations gave us all food for thought and really demonstrated how staff from all across HWHCT are constantly striving to improve patient care. Thank you.