Yesterday, I attended my first meeting in my new role as Vice-Chair of my local Healthwatch network here in Leeds. I was also there in my role as a Mum, due to the fact that I didn’t have any childcare!…
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@HWLeeds #Healthwatch 1st meeting
Tagged with: access, HWLeeds, training, transport, volunteer LINk, Volunteer Offer
Posted in Commons, Digital Engagement, Healthwatch Leeds, Leeds
Posted in Commons, Digital Engagement, Healthwatch Leeds, Leeds
Sortition: selecting Board members for @HWLeeds
As I announced last week, I’m going to be the Vice-Chairperson on the new Healthwatch Leeds Board. Our new chair, Linn Phipps, and myself will be the only appointed board members, ten more people will sit on our Board, and…
Tagged with: Democracy, HWLeeds, Sortition
Posted in #sm4hwb, Commons, Digital Engagement, Healthwatch Leeds, Leeds, Social Inclusion
Posted in #sm4hwb, Commons, Digital Engagement, Healthwatch Leeds, Leeds, Social Inclusion
Falls Prevention with @clareRCGP on Twitter
Holistic care As regular readers will know, my main practice interest is in mental health, however, all OTs are trained in both mental and physical health. Providing holistic care to the people I’m working with is enhanced by this training.…
Tagged with: @clarercgp, @clarkmike, @helen_whiteside, @Vision2020UK, Applications to practice, education, Falls prevention, Guidance, RCGP
Posted in Commons, CPD, Evidence based practice, Interprofessional practice, Physical health, Twitter
Posted in Commons, CPD, Evidence based practice, Interprofessional practice, Physical health, Twitter
Mary Seacole school project
I’ve become aware of moves by Michael Gove to redesign the History syllabus for children in our schools. His idea seems to include the removal of many famous women, and people of Black and minority ethnic heritage from the histories…
Tagged with: Mary Seacole, Nursing, School Project, The Green Benches
Posted in Commons, Interprofessional practice, Reflection
Posted in Commons, Interprofessional practice, Reflection
What would a “Recovery Hub” look like?
I’m currently starting to ask people in online spaces that I visit what would be useful tools for them in their recovery from periods of mental distress. I want to post a copy of some conversations going on in groups…
Tagged with: Applications to practice, crowd source, disability, DPULO, Facebook, innovation, Mental Health, Recovery Hub, service re-design, Social Media, vocational rehabilitation
Posted in Commons, Occupational Therapy, Recovery
Posted in Commons, Occupational Therapy, Recovery
HealthHackday Sweden Video 3- Health Apps
Take some time out to watch this video from the fabulous Health Hackday being held 18th to 20th May in Stockholm, Sweden. Inspirational talks about how smartphones can be used to capture health goals, how game mechanics can be employed…
Tagged with: #mapsandapps, #MedEdMOOC, Connectivism, Digital Health Conference, Digital Health Hack, innovation, Video
Posted in Commons, CPD, Digital Engagement, Healthcare Apps, MOOC
Posted in Commons, CPD, Digital Engagement, Healthcare Apps, MOOC
#MindTech- Thoughts and Reflections
This post discusses the recent Mind Tech Unconference, a transcript of the back channel discussing the day can be found in my previous post https://claireot.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/mindtech-the-unconference-grabchat/ There are several issues that I immediately wished to comment on, namely, commissioning criteria in the…
Tagged with: #mapsandapps, @Puffles, Applications to practice, Christensen, Department of Health, innovation, Karen Middleton, Mental Health, Mindapples, Moodscope, Occupational Therapy, SocEnts, social enterprise
Posted in AHP, Anxiety, Commons, Conference, CPD, Depression, Evidence based practice, Inpatient Services, Recovery, Reflection, Social Media
Posted in AHP, Anxiety, Commons, Conference, CPD, Depression, Evidence based practice, Inpatient Services, Recovery, Reflection, Social Media
#MindTech: the Unconference Grabchat
Background I wasn’t able to get to the recent Mind Tech event, which I was really hoping to attend. However, I was able to blog about it to encourage others to attend, over on my digihealthcon.wordpress.com blog. Please see: http://digihealthcon.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/mind-tech-an-unconference/…
Tagged with: #mentalhealthpound, #MindTech, innovation, Mental Health, Mindapples, Moodscope, Social Media, social prescribing, Unconference, Web 2.0
Posted in Commons, Digital Engagement, Recovery, Stigma, Twitter, Web 2.0
Posted in Commons, Digital Engagement, Recovery, Stigma, Twitter, Web 2.0
A Health Commons using a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Approach
Considering the development of a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) for people within health and social care, I have noticed that some of the ideas of a Commons, a Peer-to-Peer Approach and Connectivism are not well understood, so I thought it would…
Tagged with: #MedEdMOOC, @DanMcquillan, Bauwens, Connectivism, Guidance, Health Commons, Michael Bauwens, P2P, Peer-to-peer, transformation
Posted in Commons, CPD, Digital Engagement, Interprofessional practice, MOOC, Twitter, Web 2.0
Posted in Commons, CPD, Digital Engagement, Interprofessional practice, MOOC, Twitter, Web 2.0
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