Conference Programme

08.00 - 08.30

Registration 

08.45 - 09.00

 Welcome Address Leanne Topcuoglu, Chair of BAHT

09.00 - 10.15

Symposium 1 - Wrist Instability

Kinematics of the Wrist: - Sarah Mee, Consultant Hand Therapist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

What is carpal instability? Diagnosis and treatment decision process in Scapholunate Dysfunction  - Mr. Alex Lluch, Consultant Hand Surgeon and Co-Director Kaplan Institute, Barcelona

Carpal Instabilities: Rehabilitation - Christy Fowler Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Hands, Guys and St Thomas Hospital, London

10.15 - 10.45

Refreshment Break & Exhibitors

10.45 - 12.00

Symposium 2 - Entrapment Neuropathy 

Unlocking Neuroinflammation: Implications for Neuropathic Pain and Non-Surgical Interventions: - Professor Annina Schmid, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Negative electrodiagnostic tests in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and the relevance to practice for hand therapists: - Dr Eva Sierra Silvestre, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

What happens after carpal tunnel release? Wound care, driving, work and function: - Dr Lisa Newington, Clinical Lecturer - Hand Therapy Queen Mary University of London & Barts Health NHS Trust

12.00-12.45

Presidential Address:

Mr James Bedford, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Hand Surgeon,  Manchester 

12.45 - 14.00

LUNCH   *Including a demonstration by Performance Health* Kinesiology Taping in Hand Therapy - Introduction and Practical

14.00 - 15.00

Free Paper Session 

15.00 - 15.20

Refreshment Break & Exhibitors

15.20 - 16.20

Workshop 1

Workshop choices are now available - please check your emails & submit choices by Wednesday 25th September.

*Wrist Instability (Sarah Mee)

*Rehab of Carpal Instabilities (Christy Fowler)

*Practical Assessment of Entrapment Neuropathies (Meg Birks)

*Evidencing your continuing Professional Development (Deborah Miles and Pascalle Smith)

16.20 - 16.30

Comfort Break

16.30 - 17.30

Workshop 2

Workshop choices are now available - please check your emails & submit choices by Wednesday 25th September.

*Wrist Instability (Sarah Mee)

*Rehab of Carpal Instabilities (Christy Fowler)

*Practical Assessment of Entrapment Neuropathies (Meg Birks)

*Evidencing your continuing Professional Development (Deborah Miles and Pascalle Smith)

17.30

08.00 - 08.30

Registration 

08.30 - 08.45

 Welcome Address Leanne Topcuoglu, Chair of BAHT

08.45 - 10.00

Symposium 3 - Grafts, Flaps & Scars

Plastics Management of Grafts, Flaps and Scars: - Mr Stephen Southern, Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive, Burns and Hand Surgeon, Pinderfields Hospital - 20 mins

Scar  Evaluation: Dr. Donna Kennedy, Hand Therapist and Senior Clinical Academic for OT, NIHR, Imperial College Hospital, London  - 20 mins

Scar Management and Rehabilitation: - Dr. RuthAnn Fanstone, Lead Therapist at Katie Piper Institute  - 20 mins

10.00 - 10.30

Refreshment Break & Exhibitors

10.30 - 11.30

Symposium 4 - Hand Trauma 

POINT Trial Results- A multi-centre randomised trial of surgery versus non-surgical splint treatment for proximal phalanx shaft finger fractures: - Ms Alexia Karantana, Clinical Associate Professor in Hand Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham 

BAHT & BSSH Hand Trauma Standards. HandsFirst2 Quality Improvement Programme: - Leanne Topcuoglu, Miriam Parkingson BAHT Executive Committee, Mr James Bedford,  Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Hand Surgeon,  Manchester, 

11.35- 12.20

Key Note Address- My journey through hand therapy:

Sarah Mee, Consultant Hand Therapist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

12.20 - 13.20

LUNCH  

13.20 - 14.20

Free Paper Session

14.30 - 14.45

Refreshment Break & Exhibitors

14.45 - 15.45

Workshop 3

Workshop choices are now available - please check your emails & submit choices by Wednesday 25th September.

*Scar Management (Sophie Lalor and Laura Cooper)

*Therapy Management of Proximal Phalanx Fractures (Sarah Rodgers and Rebecca Lewis)

*X-Ray Interpretation of the Hand and Wrist (Hayley Smith)

*First steps in Research - Designing a Feasibility Study (Esther Williamson)

15.45 - 16.00

Comfort Break

16.00 - 17.00

Workshop 4

Workshop choices are now available - please check your emails & submit choices by Wednesday 25th September.

*Scar Management (Sophie Lalor and Laura Cooper)

*Therapy Management of Proximal Phalanx Fractures (Sarah Rodgers and Rebecca Lewis)

*X-Ray Interpretation of the Hand and Wrist (Hayley Smith)

*First steps in Research - Designing a Feasibility Study (Esther Williamson)

17.00pm