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Falls Prevention with @clareRCGP on Twitter

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Claire — 3 Comments

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

How can the Health and Wellbeing Board in Leeds use Digital and Social Media? #sm4hwb

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Claire — 9 Comments

I was asked to gather a group of people together in Leeds, to talk with my local Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) members about how digital and social media could help them support the population in meeting health outcomes. Why…

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Posted in #sm4hwb, Digital Engagement, Digital Inclusion, Evidence based practice, Healthcare Apps, Leeds, Social Isolation, Social Media, Social Media Surgery, Web 2.0

#MindTech- Thoughts and Reflections

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Claire — 2 Comments

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

What should be included in a #MedEdMOOC? Social Media in Continuing Professional Development

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Claire — 12 Comments

After previously considering what a MOOC for OT, and indeed for healthcare should look like, I am delighted to report that plans are underway to develop the first MOOC for Healthcare Professionals and other interested people, and the name chosen…

Tagged with: #MedEdMOOC, Applications to practice, EBP, education, Peer supervision, Social Media, Web 2.0
Posted in CPD, Evidence based practice, Reflection, Risk, Social Media

An Experiment in the use of Social Media in Clinical OT Practice: Growing Together (2) Putting down roots

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Claire — 2 Comments

I reflected in my earlier post about my experience with a Gardening project run within my NHS Foundation Trust, in which we used digital tools including Social Media in an innovative way to further the aims of the group. I…

Tagged with: Applications to practice, cooking, DADL, gardening, information governance, Mental Health, Occupational Therapy, social inclusion, therapeutic intervention
Posted in Digital Engagement, Evidence based practice, Occupational Therapy, Recovery, Risk, Social Inclusion, Uncategorized

An Experiment in the use of Social Media in Clinical OT Practice: Growing Together (1) Planting the seed

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Claire — 4 Comments

As a mental health OT, and an advocate for delivering services for people through multiple channels (including the use of Social Media), I am sometimes challenged as to how and why this is possible or indeed, desirable. The identified risks…

Tagged with: Allotment, Applications to practice, DADL, gardening, Growing Together, Mental Health, Occupational Therapy
Posted in Evidence based practice, Inpatient Services, Occupational Therapy, Recovery, Risk, Social Inclusion, Social Media

Inpatient’s Smoking Rights- Join the Debate #inpatientssmoking

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Claire — 21 Comments

Today I want to blog about the effect of reading this link, supplied by the excellent Marion Janner, founder of Star Wards. Star Wards is a scheme developed to address the simple changes that can be made in order to…

Tagged with: #inpatientssmoking, @loveartsleeds, Applications to practice, Guidance, Mental Health, smoking
Posted in Addiction, Conditions in Mental Health, Evidence based practice, Inpatient Services, Reflection, Risk, Society

Social Media and the Medical Profession

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Claire — 19 Comments

I have followed with interest an excellent reflective post by Anne-Marie Cunningham, who wrote about some “overheard” Tweets from doctors, who were using language that some people could be offended by. “The terms used were ‘labia ward’ and ‘birthing sheds’…

Posted in Blogging, Evidence based practice, Facebook, Reflection, Social Media, Social Media, Stigma, Twitter, Uncategorized

Using Facebook to foster social interaction in older people after acquired brain injury. Anita Hamilton 2011

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Claire — 1 Comment

I have found a great example of how we can use Social Media (in this case, Facebook) to foster social engagement in older adults after acquired brain injury. A.hamilton festival of teaching 2011 View more documents from Anita Hamilton As…

Tagged with: @VirtualOT, acquired brain injury, Applications to practice, disability, EBP, education, Facebook, Occupational Therapy, older adults, older people, online technology, Social Media, stroke, Web 2.0
Posted in Acquired brain injury, Digital Inclusion, Evidence based practice, Facebook, Occupational Therapy, Recovery, Social Isolation, Social Media

Excuse me, I think I just did a MOOC.

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Claire — 8 Comments

I stumbled across this description of a MOOC when reading this OT blog last week. Blimey. I thought. That’s what I’ve been looking for. In fact, that’s what I’ve been doing! In fact, I haven’t. Not by a long chalk.…