Scotland Annual Meeting 2008

Practice development, NQPs and much more

Tuesday, 26^th August 2008
Ballroom, Murray Royal Hospital, Perth PH2 7BH
Registration 9.30am, 10.00am - 3.00pm (may be subject to change)

As well as discussing RCSLT priorities in Scotland over the next year, the theme for the day will be practice development. We will look at what it is about and what support is available for practice development in Scotland.

Speakers will include RCSLT Country Councillor Kay Fegan, QIS and RCSLT leads in practice development and members of the
Scotland Board.

Newly-qualified practitioners will also tell us about the practice development projects they have completed as part of "Flying start", for example.

This is also an opportunity to catch up on progress on the objectives discussed at last year's annual meeting, and to contribute to the RCSLT Scotland plan for next year.

Full details can be found on the agenda.

Presentations

• Scotland Board Pathway - Kay Fegan, Country Councillor for Scotland, RCSLT
• RCSLT Scotland achievements 2007-2008 - Kim Hartley, Scotland Policy Officer, RCSLT
• Ways of getting involved - Kim Hartley
• Practice education and practice development: collaborations between QIS and NES - Helen McFarlane, AHP Programme Director, NHS Education for Scotland
• Practice development in speech and language therapy (including integrated work with other AHPs) - Monica McTurk, Chief SLT, Head of Special Needs, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
• RCSLT and practice development: what support is available? - Catherine Dunnet, Speech and Language Therapy Lead in Practice Development, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and Scotland Rep. on RCSLT Professional Development and Standards Board
• RCSLT Project Information for Department of Health - Catherine Dunnet
• CPD Online links - Catherine Dunnet
• QIS Aphasia Project - Sheena Borthwick, SLT: Clinical Specialist in Stroke, NHS Lothian
• QIS Aphasia Project - Annette Cameron, SLT, NHS Grampian
• Practice development in action - Gillian Nixon and Rebecca Richardson, SLTs, NHS Tayside
• Practice development in action: background information - Gillian Nixon and Rebecca Richardson
  
• Flying Start / Practice Development Project: Early Communication Groups - Kristina Wagstaff, SLT, NHS Lothian
• NQP & Flying Start: one former NQP's perspective - Andrew Mowat, SLT, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
• The Development of a Band 5 Rotational Programme within Greater Glasgow & Clyde - Joanna Wallace, SLT, Elderly Rehabilitation, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

We also invite you to read the excellent Flying Start / Practice Development Projects which we were unfortunately unable to feature in the day's programme due to time constraints.