Online postgraduate course on e-health

Get your ram ready. The Peninsula Postgraduate Health Institute is inviting applications for postgraduate study of e-health via a new online module. This module will be mainly given by synchronous interactive live webcasts to your Internet connected computer. The sessions will be 2-5pm (British Time) on 10 Wednesdays from October (i.e. 8, 15, 22, 29 Oct, 5, 12, 19, 26 Nov, 3, 10 Dec 2008). The module will be given by Professor Ray Jones, Drs Maged Kamel Boulos, and Inocencio Maramba. You can find out more about them here.

The module is at postgraduate level and aims to give students an appreciation of e-health, in particular how information and communication technologies can be used to manipulate information for both population health need assessment and to support patient groups and communities. The module is available to students taking various Masters programmes at the Peninsula Postgraduate Health Institute (PPHI) (www.pphi.ac.uk) including those taking a Masters in Public and Community Health. In total they are aiming to have 20 students on the module from a range of health and social care disciplines and from a range of countries. In addition to PPHI Masters students they are also inviting others who wish to take the module as a ‘stand alone’ module. This can either be as an assessed module (which you may be able to have credit-transferred to another Masters degree) or as a non-assessed module (certificate of attendance only) for your continuing professional development. The fees for this module are the same for all students regardless of whether they are UK or overseas: £220 assessed, and £190 for non-assessed.

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May 27, 2008 | Filed Under Continuing Education, Events, Making Ends Meet | 1 Comment 


NZAOT National Conference 2008

The NZAOT Conferences are held biennially and complement the biennial NZAOT Clinical Workshops.

The NZAOT Conference 2008
“Inspiration – Energy – Action” 
September 4-6 in Palmerston North

The Conference organisers are expecting over 200 registrations from occupational therapists throughout New Zealand, and some from the Asia-Pacific region. The programme will be a mixture of plenary sessions; concurrent presentations; workshops and a Trade Exhibition.

Palmerston North, with its central position and easy access for national and international travel, promises to attract record numbers of occupational therapists. The spacious Convention Centre provides a convenient location close to a range of amenities.

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May 26, 2008 | Filed Under Continuing Education, Events, News, Occupational Therapy | 1 Comment 


“Party without pain”, say physiotherapists - a guide for festival-lovers

Party and festival lovers will often find themselves suffering from preventable injuries such as sprains, strains, and other soft tissue injuries, which were shown to have high incidence in events such as Glastonbury, the Isle of Wight Festival, Download, Latitude and Womad. To address this, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has produced a festival survival guide. Read up on this guide and save yourself on medical costs and not put a dent on your checking account.

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May 25, 2008 | Filed Under Making Ends Meet, Patient Education, Physical Therapy | 1 Comment 


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