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July 2024
Southern Region TU meeting 04.07.2024: 11.00 – 12.30
This meeting is for local Southern Region TU Reps to meet to discuss local TU issues. Cases can also be discussed for support and advice.
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BIOS Annual Conference & AGM – Thursday 11th & Friday 12th July 2024
The BIOS Conference, to be held at the Pendulum Hotel in Manchester on the 11th and 12th July 2024, promises to be a fantastic couple of days in this exciting and vibrant city. The Conference will cover a range of topics, including, but not limited to, core orthoptics, research, the support workforce, stroke, and career development. On both days there will be multiple opportunities to interact with fellow orthoptists, through case discussion presentations, panel discussions and social activities, giving delegates the opportunity to share knowledge, learning and experience. We are delighted to say this year’s Gail Stephenson Lecture will be presented by [...]
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Northern Heads of Service meeting online – 18th July 2024
Update from services Plans for future clinical meetings
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Northern Autumn Clinical Meeting – 6th September 2024 (online)
Clinical meeting. 6th September 2024 - 1.30 to 4.30 pm Draft agenda 1.30 Welcome 1.35 Fiona Bush, Stockport: Public Health in Orthoptics – Addressing Health Inequalities, Sustainability and Primary Vision Screening Mapping 1.50 Georgina Fray, Salford: Behavioural side effects of atropine eye drops 2.15 Laura Haslam, Leeds: Mental Capacity Act and the learning disability clinic Jenny Earl, Newcastle: Orthoptic led squint listing pathway 3.10 Tea break 3.25 Interesting cases session from Preston, Alder Hey and Stockport Interesting case of acute 3rd nerve onset in small child Interesting case – the hazard of assuming (TED turned bilateral 4th) Interesting case of Ocular Neuromyotonia [...]
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BIOS Career Development Framework members workshops – Various dates (online)
We’re running three workshops between 12th -24th September 2024 to give members the opportunity to feed into the early stages of our new BIOS Career Development Framework. The new resource will help to improve visibility and support recruitment, retention, career progression, and learning and development across all career levels. This project is being funded through the NHSE Education Reform Programme and, to lead it, we’ve commissioned The Creative Health Alliance to work with us. The co-founders - Dr Stephanie Tempest, Dr Jo Watson and Dr Beverley Durrant - join us as experienced registered health professionals who have all worked across sectors and [...]
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Clinical tutors forum: “Failing to fail students” – 13th September 2024 (online)
Online forum for Orthoptic clinical tutors. Aim is to provide opportunity to discuss topics relevant to the provision of clinical placements for undergraduate and postgraduate orthoptic students. This forum will focus on the importance of grading students accurately on placement with particular emphasis on how the “failing” student. Agenda: • 12:30-12:35- Introduction: Michael Harmsworth • 12:35-12:12:45: Talk on failing to fail students • 12:45-13:25 Open discussion amongst clinical tutors with opportunity to ask questions University representatives. • 13:25-30: Suggestions for topics of next forum & Close meeting.
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BIOS Stroke and Neuro-rehab CAG study day 2024 – 19th September 2024 – Face to Face
The morning session will include presentations from speakers on up-to-date research, national and international guidelines, and invited topics. The morning will also include brag and steal short presentations from submitted abstracts. The afternoon will be a participatory workshop to develop resources. Programme for the day: Registration at 9am. Presentations start from 9.30 and are detailed below: Mr Tom Hayton, Neurologist ,Queen Elizabeth Hospital Brain Injury & Neurorehabilitation Professor Fiona Rowe, University of Liverpool Inclusion of Orthoptics within SSNAP Dr Sam Strong, Optometry and Visual science, Aston University Visual perception- Impact of pathology on perception Dr Lauren Hepworth, University of Liverpool IVIS [...]
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Midlands and East Regional Meeting – 24th September 2024 (online)
Meeting with Midlands and East Heads/Leads of Service to discuss local matters and share information Agenda to follow.
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BIOS – NHS Scotland Autumn Clinical Meeting – 29th October 2024
BIOS Scottish Clinical Meeting Agenda to be confirmed
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BIOS Town Hall meeting
A key focus of the BIOS Strategy 2023-28 is to continue to increase our professions' and BIOS's visibility. An important component of this is to try and increase our visibility to members, to highlight the enormous amount of work that we're doing to push the development of the profession forward, and to ensure we are representing our members and advocating for our profession. Part of that plan is our new Town Hall events. These will take place twice per year, online, and will be an opportunity for the BIOS team to update members live on the work and developments that have [...]
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