This one day course will provide a comprehensive overview of occupational therapy assessments. Participants will gain knowledge on how assessments are used to support client centred occupational therapy practice.

• Struggling to decide which assessments to use or how to support your team effectively? Eager to explore assessments like WHODAS 2.0 or the Letter Form assessment? Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to delve into assessment strategies, goal setting, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement.

  In this workshop, you’ll:

  ✅ Identify your own barriers and facilitators to routine assessment.

  ✅ Evaluate the quality of assessments.

  ✅ Engage with and practice common occupational therapy assessments.

  ✅ Share methods to implement best practices for standardised assessments.

  ✅ Learn how to access research evidence, critique research, and drive positive change in your workplace through quality improvement initiatives.

  🔥 What to Expect:

  👉 Engaging discussions on assessments, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement.

  👉 Hands-on activities to hone your skills.

  👉 Networking opportunities to connect with fellow occupational therapists committed to excellence.

  💡 Why Attend?

  ✨ Boost your confidence and enhance your strategies for routine assessment, goal setting, and evidence-based practice

  ✨ Enhance your skills to make a meaningful impact on your practice and workplace.

  Secure your spot now! Limited seats available.

This workshop will be suitable for all clinical levels. Later year students (4^th year students or 2^ndyear Masters of OT students) may also attend.

About the presenter :-

 Dr Wales is an experienced occupational therapist having worked in the area of disability, acute healthcare, home modifications, falls prevention, and low vision and blindness services. Dr Wales’s current research is reimagining how clinicians assess clients’ individual occupational therapy needs, helping to improve their safety and life outcomes. Dr Wales focuses on exploring how better assessment helps inform occupational therapy practice, allowing for individualised therapy plans, focused service delivery and in turn cost-effective practice. Dr Wales is an expert in the application of the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments having conducted multiple systematic reviews on a range of standardised assessments.  Dr Wales is also interested in innovative service delivery for older adults and creating work-ready occupational therapists in residential aged care settings through student-led clinics. Recently, Dr Wales was acknowledged as a leading early career researcher by Occupational Therapy Australia receiving the 2021 Early Career Researcher Award and as University of Newcastle’s up-and-coming researchers when she was invited to participate in the University’s ThinkWell Early and Mid-Career Women’s Development Program.