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June 2020
**BAHT Webinar Series 2020 **
 
With Government advice warning against all public gatherings for the foreseeable future, we made the decision to cancel the BAHT conference 2020 in Southampton. 
 
Instead, we are planning to deliver a programme of online lectures and webinars on the theme 'Demystifying the Difficult'. The programme, intended to start in summer 2020 and spread across the year, will consist of sessions which can be individually booked.

BAHT membership discount will apply and we are hoping to deliver parts of the programme free of charge. We will be in touch with further details in due course.
Message from EFSHT Congress Organising committee.... 

** FESSH-EFSHT face to face Congress 2020 Basel is cancelled. **

However, there will still be the possibility of attending symposium the session organisers have put together. These will be in the form of a web based congress held 1st-4th September 2020. The sessions will be held late afternoon to allow for maximum attendance. They will publish more information and a details programme over the coming weeks. 
 

BSSH trauma committee 


The BSSH trauma committee would like another hand therapist to join. They are looking at standards/trauma prevention and regional networks. It involves 2 meetings per year face to face and zoom meetings in between. The next zoom meeting will be the 20th July
BAHT President 2020

We are excited to announce the new president of BAHT as Ms Grainne Bourke. 

Ms Grainne Bourke has been a consultant Plastic surgeon in Leeds since 2004. She is active nationally and internationally in teaching, training and developing plastic, hand and cosmetic surgery. She has specialist interested in Children’s Hand surgery, major nerve injury and microsurgery. She is involved in the national hand transplant service based in Leeds. She continues to publish her innovative work in peer review journals and is author to many book chapters including chapters in the Oxford Textbook of Plastic Surgery and the Oxford textbook of Neurosurgery. She has been an invited speaker at national meetings for BAAPS, BAPRAS and BSSH.


Ian McNab will be handing over to her during our first webinar series episode in July
Up coming courses 2020-2021
 
  • BAHT Level II Management of Thumb Conditions
When: 10th-12th September 2020
Where: Wrightington Hospital, Hall Lane, Appley Bridge, Wigan, EN6 9EP
Contact: website: www.neshands.co.uk  email: anne.page@wwl.nhs.uk tel; 01257 256274
 
  • Level II Radiographic Imagining of the Hand   **POSTPONED **
When; 30th September – 2nd October 2020
Where; University of Derby Enterprise Centre, 67 Bridge Street, Derby, DE1 3LD
 
  • Level I Introduction to Hand Therapy  **CANCELLED **
When: 4th-6th November 2020
Where: University of Derby Enterprise Centre, 67 Bridge Street, Derby, DE1 3JD  
 
  • Level II Assessment and differential diagnosis of the hand
When: 13th-15th November 2020
Where: TBC
Contact: email; n.glassey@ntlworld.com   tel; 07901 1500713
 
  • Level II Management of the Wrist
When: 3th- 5th December 2020
Where; Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan, Dublin
Contact: website: www.neshands.co.uk  tel: 020 3488 3848
              or; email: claredooley@rcsi.ir    tel: +353 1 402 2148
 
  • Level II Management of the PIPJ
When: February 2021 (Date TBC)
Where: William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0LZ
Contact: website: www.neshands.co.uk tel: 020 3488 3848
             or; email: harriet.edwards@nhs.net
 
  • BAHT Level II Fractures
When: Early 2021
Where: FPS, Hutton Grove, North Finchley, N12 8DR
Contact: website: www.neshands.co.uk   tel: 020 3488 3848
 
  • Level II Management of the Burn Injured Hand and Upper Limb
When: May 2021 (Date TBC)
Where: TBC
Contact: email; n.glassey@ntlworld.com   tel: 07901 1500713
 
  • BAHT Level I Hand Therapy 
When: 16th-18th May 2021
Where: FPS, Hutton Grove, North Finchley, N12 8DR
Contact: website; www.neshands.co.uk  tel: 020 3488 3848
 
  • BAHT Level II Fractures
When: Early 2021
Where: FPS, Hutton Grove, North Finchley, N12 8DR
Contact: website; www.neshands.co.uk  tel: 020 3488 3848
 
 
BAHT Bursaries


Level I Courses
We are aware there are no level I courses running this year at the moment due to COVID19. please do not apply for a bursary for a level I course until one is advertised again.

Level II Courses 
At present a number of  Baht level II courses are postponed so please check whether your course is running before you apply for a bursary. 

 
Clinical Evidence Committee Update


BAHT 2020 annual conference

The BAHT 2020 annual conference, ‘Demystifying the Difficult,’ will be presented as a Webinar Series and the call for abstracts is now open! The deadline for submission is Friday 4th September 2020.
 
Abstracts must be plain text (no tables, references or colours) and 300 words maximum, title excluded.
Please structure your abstract as follows:
  • Title
  • Objectives: 1-2 sentences that clearly indicate the main study question(s) and its clinical importance
  • Methods: Sufficient information to describe experimental design and analysis
  • Results: Objective data in answer to the study question(s). Data collection may be in process but must be completed by the presentation.
  • Conclusions: Conclusions that are directly supported by the study results and their implications for clinical practice.
 
Please email your abstracts as a word file to baht.cec@gmail.com by the 4/9/20 deadline. Send two copies, one including author(s) names and affiliations and an anonymous copy for peer review. Authors will be informed of the outcome of their application by Monday 5th October 2020, the dates for the free paper presentations will be 24th & 26th November.
Please format the author(s) and affiliations as follows:
Authors – First name and surname, no titles or qualifications. Use superscript numbers to indicate different institutional affiliations e.g. Joanna Bloggs1
Affiliations – Name of department, name of hospital/academic institution, city, country e.g. 1 Hand Therapy, St Elsewhere Healthcare NHS Trust, Nowhere Town, UK
 
We look forward to hearing from you!! If you have any queries, please contact: baht.cec@gmail.com
 
 
Free paper presentations:
These will be held on the  24th & 26th November with the  evenings starting at 7.30pm. More information to follow.
 
 


BAHT 2020 Research Grant
Congratulations to the winner of the 2020 BAHT Research Grant, Dr Lisa Newington! Lisa plans to conduct a Delphi study of hand therapists, hand surgeons and general practitioners to answer the question “Return to driving and work after carpal tunnel release: what should we advise our patients?”.  The results of her work are much anticipated by the Hand Therapy community!
 


 
 
Flexor tendon Survey of current practice 
The team at the Pulvertaft Hand Centre are currently looking at rehabilitation for flexor tendon repairs. They are hoping to gain a snapshot of current practice regarding rehabilitation regimes, commonly used splint materials, and rehab time frames.  
They would be very grateful if 1 member from each unit would complete the survey below - more details can be found in the introduction to the survey, many thanks to those who have already completed the survey. 
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2CM7VGT 
Please contact Emma Bamford with any questions.
 
 
Top Tips for Peer Reviewers
The Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) offers a Top Ten Tips series which provide advice on key topics for novice, early career and experienced researchers. “Becoming a Peer Reviewer” may be of interest to BAHT members and can be found here: 
https://cahpr.csp.org.uk/content/cahpr-top-ten-tips#anchorlinkname1
 
 
This month’s Open Access Paper

Claire Seymore’s 1996 paper, “Striving for Quality: A Personal experience of re-organising the Service for Patients with Hand Injuries”, The British Journal of Hand Therapy, 1(1), 9–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/175899839600100405
 

Meet The Education Subcommittee...….

 

Debbie is a Physiotherapist and Accredited Hand Therapist who has been on the education committee since 2012.  She started her hand therapy career at St George’s Hospital in London in 2008, before moving to a role setting up a new hand therapy service at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in 2015.  Debbie was involved in organising and running a BAHT level I course whilst at St George’s and has since developed level II courses in acupuncture, paediatric hand therapy and splinting independently.  Having always had a keen interest in education, Debbie moved into a full-time academic role at the University of Essex in 2018 whilst continuing some clinical hand therapy work alongside this for Ramsay Healthcare.

Contact: baht.exams@gmail.com
Would you like to join the BAHT committee and help promote hand therapy nationally and internationally? We are looking for new members to join us. Contact bahthandtherapy@gmail.com to express your interest in joining. 
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