University of Derby - Occupational Therapy

Sian Burgess and Joan Howarth are looking for OTs who qualified between 2017 & 2022 to participate in a study about how graduates retain the concept of occupation & utilise this in practice. If this is you please see the flier and get in touch: [email protected]

The University of Derby Union of Students has held some awards recently, so here's our congratulations:
Community Awards 2024
Most improved society = Derby OT Society (DOTS)

Education Awards 2024
Student Personality of the Year = Alex Carvajal
Student Employability Award = Jodie Gregory
College of the Year = Health, Psychology and Social Care

Massive well done everyone!

Congratulations to one of our final year BSc students, Amanda Payne who has an article in this month's OT News on her sustainable uniform project, which will hopefully continue in subsequent years.

The recording of the recent graduation ceremony for our classes of 2023 has been published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4kKnXX2QZNo?si=qk4I0cvbeNOnVApI
As for the classes of 2022 - have you considered being a Practice Placement Educator?

Derby Graduation Ceremony 6: November 16 2023, 5pm Congratulations to all this year’s graduates who have showcased dedication and a commitment to excellence throughout their academic journey.College of Health...

Congratulations to all of our former students attending the graduation ceremony this afternoon. We're incredibly proud of all of you and those of us there can hopefully congratulate you in person!

For any of you unable to attend, there is a livestream:

Derby Awards Ceremonies Our Summer Awards Ceremonies will be held at Derby Arena between the 19-21 July 2023. 

NHS should rely more on occupational therapists, says Royal College of Occupational Therapists - RCOT

Did you celebrate World OT Day (27th Oct)? Here's what some of the OT staff had to say, and don't forget OT Week is coming up (6-12th Nov).

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If you're an experienced OT, please consider applying to join us:

Lecturer in Occupational Therapy You will join the teaching team delivering teaching, facilitating learning and engaging in the assessment processes across a range of modules/ subject areas on the undergraduate, postgraduate, professional and post-experience programmes.

A local organisation is recruiting and this could be perfect for an OT student to get experience working with young people and their families.

Wishing our graduates, students and colleagues a great couple of days at the OT Show.

Congratulations from the whole Occupational Therapy staff team to our classes of 2022 who graduated today! Those of us who were able to attend the ceremony were so proud and moved to witness the culmination of all your hard work! Feel free to share your photos with us here and/or on Twitter.

This week, for OT Week, we've given our Derby OT Twitter account to some of our students for a Twitter takeover. They've been posting some truly inspirational things. Find out more here:

Derby OT on Twitter “There's been a lot of talk around 's recently but we have one of our own planned for next week. As an tip, when faced with lots to do - we've delegated and got a team together. Watch this space to learn more. ”

Welcome to all our new OT students, and welcome back and good luck to returning students, both those studying on campus and those who started placements this week!

Message from Dr Lisa Ledger, Head of Discipline:

We have a wonderful opportunity for someone to author some modules for our Prosthetic and Orthotic modules, please can you share this link far and wide, we need the authoring to commence asap.

Authoring in Prosthetics and Orthotics You are invited for the following authoring opportunity within Prosthetics and Orthotics. 

Massive congratulations to our Head of Discipline, Dr Lisa Ledger, on attending her graduation ceremony for her PhD: Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences! We are so proud of you Lisa!

Congratulations to Dr Joan Howarth, who has been selected as one of 15 academics from across Europe to be part of the European network for Occupational Therapists in Higher education (ENOTHE) Tuning Task Force group.

The requirements of the group are:
-To revise the existing OT tuning competencies and add new competencies related to emerging practice areas.
-To update/develop Qualifications Reference Framework (with learning outcomes) related to bachelors, masters and doctoral qualifications as well as an Assessment Framework. Hence, ensuring alignment of professional education and employability skills.

A great opportunity for Joan to influence the work of ENOTHE following her PhD.

Massive congratulations to Dr Joan Howarth, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, who has recently celebrated her PhD at the University of Cumbria graduation ceremony. Joan's PhD is ground-breaking research in the field, with her Occupational Teaching Tool gaining national and international acclaim and we are so very proud of her achievements, huge well done Joan!

Congratulations to one of our MSc pre-reg students, Jessica Lancaster and her educator, Rachael Humpston (and me, which seems strange to say, Julie Bernstein), for an article in OT News, just out, on 'Supporting Identity in a High Secure Hospital'!

Congratulations to one of our Hand Therapy students, Vera van Heijningen and senior lecturer Anne Underhill, for their recent publication in the Journal of Hand Therapy: 'User experiences of digital prostheses in daily functioning in people with an amputation of thumb or finger.'
https://www.jhandtherapy.org/article/S0894-1130(22)00003-5/fulltext

User experiences of digital prostheses in daily functioning in people with an amputation of thumb or finger Digital amputation is a condition that is often seen in hand therapy practice. Clinical experience shows that hyperesthesia and loss of strength, grip, dexterity and appearance are the main complaints experienced by patients and shared with the hand therapist. Pillet et al.1 state that partial or t...

We’re all set up and ready to welcome potential applicants at our open day.

Happy New Year and good luck to our second year BSc students who have started placements this week!

Thank you to all our practice partners for helping support the future of the profession, once again under challenging circumstances.

The latest edition of OT News is out and features one of our MSc pre-reg graduates, Hannah Spencer, in a report on a panel discussion for the launch event, on pages 14-15.

Congratulations to our class of 2021 who are graduating right now! Livestream available here: https://www.iamagraduate.com/derby/

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We're delighted to celebrate our 2020 graduands today, in their long overdue graduation ceremony. Livestream available, ceremony starts 1pm: https://www.iamagraduate.com/derby/

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