COTEC-ENOTHE Conference: CONNECTING: Education/Practice/Research and Policy

With conference season in full swing, Kerry Sorby reflects on Team YSJOT’s time at COTEC-ENOTHE 2016 last week! Have a read…

The first joint congress for Council of Occupational Therapists for European Countries (COTEC) and European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE) was held at the National University of Ireland in Galway, from 15^th -19^th June 2016. It was a congress attended by occupational therapists working in clinical practice, management, education and research. The conference provided an excellent opportunity for delegates to showcase examples of good practice, network and also learn from others from across Europe.

A team of 9 YSJ staff and students attended and presented at the conference.

Staff: Dr. Alison Laver Fawcett, Caroline Wolverson, Fiona Howlett, Karen Wilson, Kerry Sorby and Maria Parks.

Graduates: Eden Marrison and Lorna Rand.

Student: David Jamieson, UK and COT student representative.

Students enjoying Conference! From left: Lorna, Eden, and David.

Staff and students presented/co-presented 13 presentations:

5 posters, 4 papers and 4 workshops. A number of our presentations involved disseminating work from our programme Students as Co-Researcher projects:

http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/pdf/SCoRe%20poster%20SIPPS%20project.pdf

And the University’s Students as Researchers Scheme:

http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/add/add/learning-and-teaching/student-engagement/students-as-researchers-scheme.aspx

During the conference the team were sharing their experiences by using the conference hashtag: #COTEC_ENOTHE 16.

Here are some of the highlights: https://storify.com/kerrysorby/cotec