Introducing the South Coast Student AHP Conference 2019
An event to remember, by students, for students.
About South Coast Student AHP Conference 2019
The theme of this year's conference is "Communicaton"
Communication is an essential skill for any AHP to be able to do well, and the better it is done, the more effective we are.
The aim of this year's conference is to give you skills, tools and insight into becoming more adept at communicating with your patients/service users.
We have lined up a brilliant variety of speakers, all with fantastic knowledge and we hope you leave the day feeling more confident in your skills. This conference is open to all student AHPs, from Bournemouth, Southampton and Winchester Universities.
Speakers and Sponsors
Kate Dale - Keynote
We are delighted and honoured to introduce Kate Dale as our keynote speaker.
Kate is a communications specialist. She started out as a journalist and, from this, moved into specialising in digital and campaigns.
Her most recent work has been with Sport England where she is the campaign lead for the hugely successful "#ThisGirlCan" campaign which moves to get women more active.
Kate is an experienced speaker and we look forward to her insight on communication.
Speakers
Amanda Weaver
Amanda is the Professional Physiotherapy Lead for Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital NHSFT, and a Trust Change Champion, who has worked to develop the Staying Active Companions volunteer workforce at RBCH.
She is a Physiotherapist with extensive clinical and management experience, leading integrated therapy teams, and will be talking about inter-professional communication and how this affects patient care, maintains good professional relationships, and future challenges for students
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Louise Rich
Louise is a recently qualified Physiotherapist from Bournemouth University, curently working at RBCH.
She did her 3rd year "Innovations" project on communication in End of Life care and developed an idea for an e-learning module.
Since qualifying, she has been able to develop this project into a full online training program, which is being rolled out across the trust for all new preceptorship therapists joining RBCH.
She will be talking about the e-learning module, and how it has been developed and why therapy is important in end of life care .
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Chandos Green
Chandy attended Chicester University, and is a social work graduate.
However, his road to getting there has not been smooth. Having had two brain tumors by the age of 6, various operations, and mental health issues associated with going through such a difficult time so young, he has gone on to become an ambassador for The Brain Tumour Charity, run the London Marathon for the Lewis Moody Foundation as well as lecturing and advocating for young patients with long term health conditions. We look forward to his insight into communication from a patient perspective.
Workshop Speakers
The afternoon will split into 4 workshops, each 30 minutes long. Everyone will be able to do each workshop to maximise the variety of skills
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Sophia Roy will be teaching us some basic British sign language to help us communicate with deaf patients
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Danni Riley is a qualified SALT and will be teaching us skills employed by SALT's to communicate with patients who have communiction and swallowing difficulties
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Marta Paglioni is a Drama Therapist. Drama therapy enables clients to explore and communicate difficult experiences and engage in psychological, emotional and social changes.
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Dr Debbie Lane is a consultant physio and Therapies Clinical Lead at Yeovil Hospital. She will be leading a workshop that will explore the range of communication skills from telling to active listening.
Sponsors
The conference would not be able to happen without sponsors.
We are delighted and thankful for the support of the following people
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Bridges
Unison
SUBU
Bournemouth University
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
and Starbucks
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Companies and charities will have trade stands for you to view on the day, providing equipment and information on services.
We will also have research posters and other information stands available.
Event Details and Tickets
The Info you need
Registration and arrival drinks are from 09.00 till 09.25 and the day will finish around 16.45
The programme will be given to you on the day.
We want the conference to be as environmentally friendly as possible.
Presentation of a train and/or bus ticket used to get to the venue will be rewarded with a free re-useable Starbucks mug.
Parking is available onsite. A registration number is needed to register the car with the University, details will be asked when you purchase a ticket.
Lunch and coffee breaks will be provided. Please notify us of any dietary requirements.
Water fountains are available onsite so please bring a water bottle.
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All rooms are accessible by lift.
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If you have any more questions, please contact us.
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CPD Certificates will be emailed out after the event.
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The tickets will close at 12pm (Midday) on Friday 4th October.
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Click below to get your tickets.
Date: Saturday 12th October 2019 Location: Talbot Campus, Bournemouth University. BH12 5BB
