tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69360015999018914332024-03-13T02:40:22.149+00:00The Assistive and Healthcare Technologies blog...combines the expertise of three research groups at the University of Sheffield: Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Group (RAT Group), the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH) and the Telehealth and Care Technologies theme of CLAHRC YH (http://clahrc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15381218656452708513noreply@blogger.comBlogger1144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-28235006157015539502023-12-06T13:58:00.002+00:002023-12-06T13:58:19.025+00:00Doing a Systematic Review: A Student's Guide<p> <a class="XqQF9c" href="https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/catch/news/doing-a-systematic-review" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; outline: 0px; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="puwcIf C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-size: 24pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Doing a Systematic Review: A Student's Guide</span></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0iU_bIIscpY2OUBM9X6uHEB-r-gFpctimCxY_Y8bslAdkNpzES2sen4otnvdTsa5_Kczm7gZ-kgw8IewoN3lw2O211gNigWPjxqXrVkdGmohjIyHe16bOTPc-PRp4H4wmsv1gHNTVUf8cqkvgKOycVFQnKQlKRXUaJ-uRvYKmV2aFSiY9RQI4PzZPn0/s1794/Systematic%20Review%20Book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1794" data-original-width="1280" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0iU_bIIscpY2OUBM9X6uHEB-r-gFpctimCxY_Y8bslAdkNpzES2sen4otnvdTsa5_Kczm7gZ-kgw8IewoN3lw2O211gNigWPjxqXrVkdGmohjIyHe16bOTPc-PRp4H4wmsv1gHNTVUf8cqkvgKOycVFQnKQlKRXUaJ-uRvYKmV2aFSiY9RQI4PzZPn0/w315-h442/Systematic%20Review%20Book.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">CATCH Research Associate, Gerlinde Pilkington, has chapters published in a systematic review book for students. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This practical guide has been written by a team of experienced academics including CATCH member, Gerlinde Pilkington. The book covers every step of the systematic review process, from planning to dissemination and will help students to:</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">• Work with qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods data</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">• Understand the how-to of systematic reviews with a range of real-life examples and case studies</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">• Learn from students who have been in their shoes with FAQs taken from actual supervision meetings </span></p><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The book will not only support students to overcome common challenges and pitfalls, it will give them the knowledge and skills to produce an excellent review. </span></p><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Alongside updated examples and case studies, this 3rd edition includes two new chapters to help students write and register their review protocol and understand and synthesise data from correlational and experimental studies. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The book is accompanied by an online guide for teaching, including videos, example documents, further reading, software recommendations and weblinks.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span></div><br /><p><br /></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-59365710067775397072023-11-28T12:45:00.002+00:002023-11-28T12:45:32.716+00:00NIHR awards £42m to new centres to develop innovative technology solutions to improve healthcare <p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">NIHR Devices for Dignity MIC, hosted by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, awarded £3m for pioneering HealthTech Research Centre to support people with long term health conditions <br /><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_fUp7tMqqLciUXE5TA4IFeGMLS2zQB7ux6ByqEXFXWajQNZsL1tkXAw6WeId0X2KEu8Tj3BzepCjxzQzPtIULBdtBPFDCaoxcvYZHdSbzT5NNrKuhP_xiH5si1rAVOeudcotUXxXibA1rmd88iVOMF6TLpKTsmNY_aG2cH1CmTodkbMJY5l2cCoQd2w/s2377/AT%20funding.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="2377" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_fUp7tMqqLciUXE5TA4IFeGMLS2zQB7ux6ByqEXFXWajQNZsL1tkXAw6WeId0X2KEu8Tj3BzepCjxzQzPtIULBdtBPFDCaoxcvYZHdSbzT5NNrKuhP_xiH5si1rAVOeudcotUXxXibA1rmd88iVOMF6TLpKTsmNY_aG2cH1CmTodkbMJY5l2cCoQd2w/w543-h286/AT%20funding.PNG" width="543" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">The NIHR has awarded almost £42 million (£41,790,690) to establish 14</span><span class="gBYvFf C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">new centres across England that will drive life-changing research into health technologies.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">From 1 April 2024, the 14 new NIHR HealthTech Research Centres (HRCs) will work with businesses to support the development of medical devices, diagnostics and digital technologies.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">These technologies will enable people to:</span></p><ul class="n8H08c UVNKR " style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-type: square; margin: 6px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15pt; outline: none; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">better monitor their health</span></p></li><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 6px 0px 0px 15pt; outline: none; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">diagnose ill health sooner</span></p></li><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 6px 0px 0px 15pt; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">improve management of conditions including cancer, dementia, cardiovascular and respiratory disease</span></p></li></ul><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">The HRCs will also work with companies to develop and test products to support rehabilitation and help those with social care needs to maintain their independence. They will work closely with carers, patients and users at all stages.</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Each HRC will be hosted by an NHS organisation in England, bringing industry, academia and the health and care system together. The HRCs will:</span></p><ul class="n8H08c UVNKR " style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-type: square; margin: 6px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15pt; outline: none; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">drive innovation and efficiency</span></p></li><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 6px 0px 0px 15pt; outline: none; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">bring new technologies to those who need them most</span></p></li><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 6px 0px 0px 15pt; outline: none; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">support the health and care workforce to reduce workload</span></p></li><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 6px 0px 0px 15pt; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">help alleviate pressures on the health and care system</span></p></li></ul><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">The HRCs will keep the UK at the forefront of research and the place companies want to come to in order to invest in the development of health technologies.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.92; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Please read more </span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://devicesfordignity.org.uk/2023/11/devices-for-dignity-awarded-3m-for-pioneering-healthtech-research-centre-to-support-people-with-long-term-health-conditions/" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Arial; text-decoration-line: underline;">here</span></a><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;"> and find a full list of the new HealthTech Research Centres </span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-awards-42m-to-new-centres-to-develop-innovative-technology-solutions-to-improve-healthcare/34832" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Arial; text-decoration-line: underline;">here.</span></a></p></div><p><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-45769826736397455292023-11-16T11:20:00.000+00:002023-11-16T11:20:03.552+00:00Professor Rebecca Palmer has been awarded a Fellowship to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists <p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">Professor Rebecca Palmer has been awarded a Fellowship to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists for her outstanding contribution to the profession.<br /><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eIS4M88DN8Wj-l-d3zb7eC7p7zP229O0Ji4SIwCoywFVMqyYlg90JBRYlZN6Ev8RmrO4jMq691mrFZmr2n3AdVUnx063SdtkY3qw5Y8v9cZlSbJHsI2pMwwdWlyyrMjG8VcNLS9d-r9w3DmhfKEhj0jlEw-uQkQXrB0Un3rhra8xv74tfHI-7kwSRSU/s640/R%20Palmer%20Fellowship.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">RCSLT Honours and Giving Voice Awards 2023</span></div></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 2.1; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The RCSLT Awards are an opportunity to recognise the achievements of members and celebrate those who have supported and championed speech and language therapy and made a difference to the lives of service users. </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529;">The Honours</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529;">awards</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529;"> recognise leaders at all levels within and outside the profession who have made outstanding contributions for the benefit of service users and the profession itself. </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 2.1; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The RCSLT awards ceremony took place on 6 October 2023.</span></p><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 2.1; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529;">Read more </span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.rcslt.org/get-involved/rcslt-honours-and-giving-voice-awards-2023/#section-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; text-decoration-line: underline;">here.</span></a></p></div><p><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-7340993106206932552023-10-10T13:37:00.001+01:002023-10-10T13:37:14.290+01:00New publication: Effectiveness of Computer-Tailored Health Communication in Increasing Physical Activity in People With or at Risk of Long-term Conditions<h1 class="zfr3Q duRjpb CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" id="h.u13l6em3j1jb_l" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 48pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 0.84; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; pointer-events: none; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;"><span class="CGqCRe C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">New publication: Effectiveness of Computer-Tailored Health Communication in Increasing Physical Activity in People With or at Risk of Long-term Conditions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis</span></div></h1><div><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;"><span class="CGqCRe C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMMaCz1BGFKauRuKXvXEcvuGUWKTc8HJYeoPvTFSpdOR_Bs_f6Fdvql1vTb6fc3AbYxwN74hw-jAAVIH9eOnzZrEui_Y5lvEt-GSFfuaM_7W5oRMAT8lZvkwtDWn8PrxZaZuyQVbjMErZBEG-4l8aFqG1YZ90ZeoRmQWmZQ-k6ISex4WCsZiVh8u7tvs/s1692/JMIR%20L%20Hao.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1692" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMMaCz1BGFKauRuKXvXEcvuGUWKTc8HJYeoPvTFSpdOR_Bs_f6Fdvql1vTb6fc3AbYxwN74hw-jAAVIH9eOnzZrEui_Y5lvEt-GSFfuaM_7W5oRMAT8lZvkwtDWn8PrxZaZuyQVbjMErZBEG-4l8aFqG1YZ90ZeoRmQWmZQ-k6ISex4WCsZiVh8u7tvs/w583-h302/JMIR%20L%20Hao.PNG" width="583" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><div><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div>CATCH member Longdan Hao and colleagues have a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.</span></div></div><div><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Background:</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Regular physical activity (PA) is beneficial for enhancing and sustaining both physical and mental well-being as well as for the management of preexisting conditions. Computer-tailored health communication (CTHC) has been shown to be effective in increasing PA and many other health behavior changes in the general population. However, individuals with or at risk of long-term conditions face unique barriers that may limit the applicability of CTHC interventions to this population. Few studies have focused on this cohort, providing limited evidence for the effectiveness of CTHC in promoting PA.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Objective:</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to assess the effectiveness of CTHC in increasing PA in individuals with or at risk of long-term conditions.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Methods:</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate the effect of CTHC in increasing PA in people with or at risk of long-term conditions. Hedges </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">g</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> was used to calculate the mean effect size. The total effect size was pooled and weighted using inverse variance. When possible, potential moderator variables were synthesized, and their effectiveness was evaluated by subgroups analysis with </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Q</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> test for between-group heterogeneity </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Q</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 6.3pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: sub;">b</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">. Potential moderator variables included </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">behavior change theories and models</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> providing the fundamental logic for CTHC design, </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">behavior change techniques and tailoring strategies</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> to compose messages, and </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">computer algorithms</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> to achieve tailoring. Several methods were used to examine potential publication bias in the results, including the funnel plot, Egger test, Begg test, fail-safe N test, and trim-and-fill method.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Results:</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">In total, 24 studies were included in the systematic review for qualitative analysis and 18 studies were included in the meta-analysis. Significant small to medium effect size values were found when comparing CTHC to general health information (Hedges </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">g</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">=0.16; </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">P</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><.001) and to no information sent to participants (Hedges </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">g</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">=0.29; </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">P</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><.001). Half of the included studies had a low to moderate risk of bias, and the remaining studies had a moderate to high risk of bias. Although the results of the meta-analysis indicated no evidence of publication bias, caution is required when drawing definitive conclusions due to the limited number of studies in each subgroup (N≤10). Message-tailoring strategies, implementation strategies, behavior change theories and models, and behaviour change techniques were synthesized from the 24 studies. No strong evidence was found from subgroup analyses on the effectiveness of using particular behaviour change theories and models or from using particular message-tailoring and implementation strategies.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Conclusions:</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This study demonstrates that CTHC is effective in increasing PA for people with or at risk of long-term conditions, with significant small to medium effects compared with general health information or no information. Further studies are needed to guide design decisions for maximizing the effectiveness of CTHC.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a254c; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e46622/" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; text-decoration-line: underline;">Please read the full review here</span></a></p></div></div><div><div class="CjVfdc" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;"><span class="CGqCRe C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></div>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-32597121491400416382023-09-14T10:58:00.003+01:002023-09-14T10:58:48.296+01:00CATCH member, Dr Kate Fryer, receives Faculty Early Career Research Prize<p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">CATCH member, Dr Kate Fryer, receives Faculty Early Career Research Prize for outstanding contribution to the Faculty<br /><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qGNXRisblxPAWz2Cd6RqREWSdCUD_GPCi-MheLFR1yXK7i4OVDXUlN7GXEG82uOVW3e3RMfVlqVGKUMGDwBX9zTZu_LgghB09w1llSMzyw9t4uogulq3XZTg5d5f7YpZO-aBGifIi7LXJ4qGJDgkagWMgyXkvEDxPzKF_UCwLK5Way6uPGExY--tI90/s987/Kate%20Fryer.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="968" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qGNXRisblxPAWz2Cd6RqREWSdCUD_GPCi-MheLFR1yXK7i4OVDXUlN7GXEG82uOVW3e3RMfVlqVGKUMGDwBX9zTZu_LgghB09w1llSMzyw9t4uogulq3XZTg5d5f7YpZO-aBGifIi7LXJ4qGJDgkagWMgyXkvEDxPzKF_UCwLK5Way6uPGExY--tI90/w416-h424/Kate%20Fryer.PNG" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health appreciates the outstanding contributions that contract research staff make to the Faculty. The remit of this prize is to reward outstanding contributions as an early career researcher in any of the four categories: Leadership, Research, Teaching and Wider Participation.</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr Kate Fryer developed a valuable PPI resource for the University of Sheffield as manager of the Deep End Research Alliance project. The impact of her work is national and very inspiring. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Quote from Kate </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">“The Deep End Research Alliance is an amazing team to be a part of, and it is a great honour to receive this prize in recognition of my leadership within the team. I'm excited to continue developing my career in inclusive research with supportive colleagues.”</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Congratulations to Dr Kate Fryer!</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Please see more</span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://express.adobe.com/video/xUVJ7px4sUoIQ" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> here.</span></a></p></div><p><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-17003435525592503442023-09-05T11:46:00.002+01:002023-09-05T11:46:31.685+01:00EMERGENCE Social Robotics Workshop and EMERGENCE Telepresence Robotics Workshop <p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">EMERGENCE Social Robotics Workshop and EMERGENCE Telepresence Robotics Workshop </span></p><p><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUczLLKaEk1oHwb2Ml8xCyxJdGZPnFVe0RfzFQVk0iR6bsL_flHzuoTH97RivSqhxUNCEtdIBla78sFhJQlP2e_ujTMc0QBTNLCpYQ3JrLV6RSzeazxnkbS3b4UbW_2zUZ4-ieC-F5Pa77r6ATYE44h_NfiC4xhm-u7UztHIYJ7JYqBsI_VW2i6ltk4g/s810/Emergence%20robotics.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="810" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUczLLKaEk1oHwb2Ml8xCyxJdGZPnFVe0RfzFQVk0iR6bsL_flHzuoTH97RivSqhxUNCEtdIBla78sFhJQlP2e_ujTMc0QBTNLCpYQ3JrLV6RSzeazxnkbS3b4UbW_2zUZ4-ieC-F5Pa77r6ATYE44h_NfiC4xhm-u7UztHIYJ7JYqBsI_VW2i6ltk4g/w396-h345/Emergence%20robotics.PNG" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="jgG6ef C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f5496; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">About this event</span><span class="jgG6ef C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f5496; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Social Robotics Workshop </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The EPSRC NetworkPlus</span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.emergencerobotics.net/" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></a><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">EMERGENCE</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> will run a workshop from the University of Hertfordshire’s main campus in Hatfield, on </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">September 15th</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">, between 10AM and 4PM. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The objective of the EMERGENCE network is to drive world-class advances in healthcare robotics research and development to support people living with frailty within communities in the UK. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The workshop is part of a series of workshops designed to understand how health and social care professionals can benefit from using assistive robotics on their own terms. Empowering health and social care professionals through digital technologies has long been a goal in health and care policy. As governments invest in post-pandemic digital transformation, ensuring workers are empowered and not excluded by technology is more urgent than ever. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The focus of the workshop will be </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #005597; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">social robotic technology.</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #005597; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.emergencerobotics.net/events-and-network-activities/social-robotics-workshop" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Please read more and register here</span></a></p><div><br /></div><div><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="jgG6ef C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f5496; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">About this event</span><span class="jgG6ef C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f5496; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> - </span><span class="jgG6ef C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f5496; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Telepresence</span><span class="jgG6ef C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f5496; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> Robotics Workshop </span></p><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The EPSRC NetworkPlus</span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.emergencerobotics.net/" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></a><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">EMERGENCE</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> will run a workshop from the University of Nottingham Jubilee campus, on </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">October 13th</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">, between 10AM and 4PM. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The objective of the EMERGENCE network is to drive world-class advances in healthcare robotics research and development to support people living with frailty within communities in the UK. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The workshop is part of a series of workshops designed to understand how health and social care professionals can benefit from using assistive robotics on their own terms. Empowering health and social care professionals through digital technologies has long been a goal in health and care policy. As governments invest in post-pandemic digital transformation, ensuring workers are empowered and not excluded by technology is more urgent than ever. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The focus of the workshop will be </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #005597; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">telepresence robotic technology</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.emergencerobotics.net/events-and-network-activities/telepresence-robotics-workshop" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Please read more and register here</span></a></p></div></div><p><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-59252395204993614372023-08-31T14:16:00.002+01:002023-08-31T14:16:29.561+01:00EMERGENCE Trailblazers Online Webinar<p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">EMERGENCE Trailblazers Online Webinar</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8WBriokz7yIO2DX7mdQycV0iTQLacWbjySKg8u1t34oAuSQtjjm7GzNCCyBQRN9XZxR6kozqNnSKC2CEmGitntSHxaoi6eyGluKS74P4m2LDXgSrh4hn_8n6y5ZXC7LEjlr-udH-tr_wQeeaiY_a1WHUGnTx00kECULDQfWjQlv7W460QmFglrKQZUg/s810/Emergence%20robotics.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="810" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8WBriokz7yIO2DX7mdQycV0iTQLacWbjySKg8u1t34oAuSQtjjm7GzNCCyBQRN9XZxR6kozqNnSKC2CEmGitntSHxaoi6eyGluKS74P4m2LDXgSrh4hn_8n6y5ZXC7LEjlr-udH-tr_wQeeaiY_a1WHUGnTx00kECULDQfWjQlv7W460QmFglrKQZUg/w402-h350/Emergence%20robotics.PNG" width="402" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The EMERGENCE Healthcare Technologies Network+ will hold a webinar on </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Tuesday 12th September 2023</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> featuring a number of key speakers to complement the themes of our trailblazer projects funded by the first Robotics for Frailty Challenge funding call. Each trailblazer project team will present the challenges, opportunities, aims and objectives of their projects along with an update of their progress to date. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The webinar will also include opportunities for networking with other attendees to allow for further in-depth exploration of our trailblazer themes. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Confirmed Keynote Speakers:</span></p><ul class="n8H08c UVNKR " style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-type: square; margin: 6px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30pt; outline: none; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 5pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Professor. Roy Sandbach OBE, Newcastle University</span></p></li><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 6px 0px 0px 30pt; outline: none; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 10pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Professor. Filippo Cavallo, University of Florence, Italy</span></p></li><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 6px 0px 0px 30pt; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 10pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Philippa Hemmings, UKRI</span></p></li></ul><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please find out more </span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.emergencerobotics.net/events-and-network-activities/emergence-trailblazers-webinar" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; text-decoration-line: underline;">here and register</span></a></span></p></div><p><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="CjVfdc CJIdie" jsaction="touchstart:UrsOsc; click:KjsqPd; focusout:QZoaZ; mouseover:y0pDld; mouseout:dq0hvd;fv1Rjc:jbFSOd;CrfLRd:SzACGe;" jscontroller="Ae65rd" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;"><span class="CGqCRe C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></div>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-82892137297143884342023-06-29T12:06:00.002+01:002023-06-29T12:06:12.629+01:00Mobile Technology and delegated work in specialist community services: the EnComPass Integration project<p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">Mobile Technology and delegated work in specialist community services: the EnComPass Integration project<br /><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9gl6nb5Bk_FzRuFOf46PX3u1wrpbGVVf0hrTitfSa1RZglhHg57lAHOBFUTThljs_LYACvMgc9CASwTYP3vyDMGEDD84OuyNg8r6MGPzJlBoii3-e3zocdztQgqUg2_OLq2mcfSIZYVAEYQMskUH64e-RR7dju2mSEBTpUnrA-azXN7cDO-Mh9KgAso/s1563/NIHR%20Digital%20Tech%20in%20NHS.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1563" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9gl6nb5Bk_FzRuFOf46PX3u1wrpbGVVf0hrTitfSa1RZglhHg57lAHOBFUTThljs_LYACvMgc9CASwTYP3vyDMGEDD84OuyNg8r6MGPzJlBoii3-e3zocdztQgqUg2_OLq2mcfSIZYVAEYQMskUH64e-RR7dju2mSEBTpUnrA-azXN7cDO-Mh9KgAso/w447-h281/NIHR%20Digital%20Tech%20in%20NHS.PNG" width="447" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><p></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The NIHR published an NIHR Evidence Collection on Digital technology in the NHS: reducing staff pressures, improving care.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This features CATCH research paper titled</span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://spcare.bmj.com/content/bmjspcare/early/2021/12/15/bmjspcare-2020-002288.full.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Mobile technology and delegated work in specialist community services: the EnComPaSS Integration project."</span></a></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Using new technologies in the NHS could bring multiple benefits. They could save healthcare professionals’ time, increase the number of people a skilled professional can support, and enable more sustainable workforce models. At the same time, they can promote safer and more personalised care. The latest Collection brings together NIHR research demonstrating how digital technology can improve care while reducing the demands on staff.</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Please read more</span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/collection/digital-technology-in-the-nhs-reducing-staff-pressures-improving-care/?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=digital-technology" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc aw5Odc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> here.</span></a></p></div><p><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-15705628344421244902023-06-07T12:05:00.003+01:002023-06-07T12:05:47.426+01:00Incorporating VoIce acTivated communication aids into Everyday communication <p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">INVITE study will be presented in a lightning talk at the Communication Matters conference in Leeds, 10-12th September 2023</span></p><p><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6fQrWW5eBff1zRJTiXDUt-23iNAlPBz9fk5ct1JEKWTt9LXiT8slLGAMN9m4Iv52NcPQUPQAXh8hFaoAUwHrhoxjzuZnYYe2_oXvy-qR5m_-QvN15Orlr_B-zIAJYp_4p43BG3tg4vcEGIMMCmlvpUzzIEZw7Rz0qtWbGms9LjMbGBtB2e2plje7/s259/Invite%20logo%201.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="259" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6fQrWW5eBff1zRJTiXDUt-23iNAlPBz9fk5ct1JEKWTt9LXiT8slLGAMN9m4Iv52NcPQUPQAXh8hFaoAUwHrhoxjzuZnYYe2_oXvy-qR5m_-QvN15Orlr_B-zIAJYp_4p43BG3tg4vcEGIMMCmlvpUzzIEZw7Rz0qtWbGms9LjMbGBtB2e2plje7/w402-h354/Invite%20logo%201.PNG" width="402" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" id="h.qzlr0pqccejk" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.32; margin: 8pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">The Communication Matters International AAC Conference is the UK's leading annual AAC event, with a diverse programme of presentations, posters, plenaries and an exhibition held over two and a half days.</span></p><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0pt 0pt 11pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The conference provides a unique forum to meet and exchange information with representatives from all disciplines associated with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), including AAC users, parents, personal assistants, professionals and suppliers of AAC equipment. Communication Matters encourages and supports AAC users to attend.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0pt 0pt 11pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">This year's conference will be held at the University of Leeds, a prestigious 'world class' conference venue. Integral to the conference will be the supplier exhibition in Parkinson Court, with a cafe and lounge area for delegates. Residential accommodation will be in the Storm Jameson Court hall of residence (or close by), which is at the centre of the pedestrianised campus and a short distance from the seminar rooms, dining room and exhibition. The transport links to Leeds are very good, with a nearby airport and train station.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0pt 0pt 11pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The conference will open on Sunday 10th Sept at 13.00 for registration. The last session on Tuesday 12th Sept will be at approximately 15.30. The conference aims to welcome over 400 attendees, which will include 80+ presentations, a very popular exhibition of the UK's leading suppliers of AAC products, social events and more. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0pt 0pt 11pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0pt 0pt 11pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Please find out more <a href="https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/9795/home/">here.</a></span></p></div><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span><p></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-35927025652565793122023-06-06T11:44:00.003+01:002023-06-06T11:44:24.815+01:00New publication: A qualitative study exploring the effect of communicating with partially intelligible speech<p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 48px; font-weight: 700;">New publication: A qualitative study exploring the effect of communicating with partially intelligible speech</span></p><p><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 48px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUr1o_WtaBSFkbTw1U36seqAse_yOy7ifBkOC03Nl0Buh-tofFn8fis22D_KJdt0F89bQ-zYCV8scinTJiHPwmwDMu2PHTVoMo2h1z0tfiuAeWM_aQ3yrhh76MdZFgZxuUk_QXK3LoYB5L3Ft0h9ntWWOgF7MoLDduL7f7lQvcpJQR_HDgwwX72LH/s2008/Speech%20publication.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="2008" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUr1o_WtaBSFkbTw1U36seqAse_yOy7ifBkOC03Nl0Buh-tofFn8fis22D_KJdt0F89bQ-zYCV8scinTJiHPwmwDMu2PHTVoMo2h1z0tfiuAeWM_aQ3yrhh76MdZFgZxuUk_QXK3LoYB5L3Ft0h9ntWWOgF7MoLDduL7f7lQvcpJQR_HDgwwX72LH/w531-h307/Speech%20publication.PNG" width="531" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><section class="yaqOZd" id="h.464a7660f4ff513e_16" style="background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 1.5rem; padding-top: 1.5rem; position: relative; table-layout: fixed; text-align: left; width: 1216px;"><div class="mYVXT" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 1216px;"><div class="LS81yb VICjCf j5pSsc db35Fc" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1280px; outline: 0px; padding-left: 48px; padding-right: 48px; width: 1216px;" tabindex="-1"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ktthjf-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc SQVYQc" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 1120px;"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 14px; padding-right: 14px;"><div class="" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsname="F57UId" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 1280px; width: 1092px;"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb wHaque g5GTcb" id="h.464a7660f4ff513e_13" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 1092px;"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1092px;"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 8px; position: relative; width: 1092px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px 0pt; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px 0pt; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">CATCH members and colleagues have a paper published in the Augmentative and Alternative Communication Journal.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="yaqOZd" id="h.464a7660f4ff513e_9" style="background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; font-family: sans-serif; padding-bottom: 1.5rem; padding-top: 1.5rem; position: relative; table-layout: fixed; text-align: left; width: 1216px;"><div class="mYVXT" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 1216px;"><div class="LS81yb VICjCf j5pSsc db35Fc" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1280px; outline: 0px; padding-left: 48px; padding-right: 48px; width: 1216px;" tabindex="-1"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c Ktthjf-AhqUyc-qWD73c JNdkSc SQVYQc" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 1120px;"><div class="JNdkSc-SmKAyb LkDMRd" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 14px; padding-right: 14px;"><div class="" jsaction="zXBUYb:zTPCnb;zQF9Uc:Qxe3nd;" jscontroller="sGwD4d" jsname="F57UId" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="oKdM2c ZZyype Kzv0Me" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 1280px; width: 1092px;"><div class="hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd jXK9ad D2fZ2 zu5uec OjCsFc dmUFtb wHaque g5GTcb" id="h.464a7660f4ff513e_12" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 1092px;"><div class="jXK9ad-SmKAyb" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1092px;"><div class="tyJCtd mGzaTb Depvyb baZpAe" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 8px; position: relative; width: 1092px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; vertical-align: baseline;">Few studies have investigated how individuals with partially intelligible speech choose to communicate, including how, when, and why they might use a speech-generating device (SGD). <br /><br /></span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; vertical-align: baseline;">This study aimed to add to the literature by exploring how this group of individuals use different communication strategies. Qualitative interviews were carried out with 10 participants with partially intelligible speech with the aim of investigating participants’ perceptions of modes of communication and communication strategies. Transcripts were analyzed using Framework Analysis to investigate the role of SGDs alongside other communication strategies. Factors that influence why, when, and how a person chooses to communicate were identified and these were interpreted as an explanatory model of communication with partially intelligible speech. Participants described how they made the decision whether to attempt to communicate at all and then which communication method to use. Decision-making was influenced by the importance of the message, how much time is available, past experience, and the communication partner. Each communication attempt adds to an individuals’ experience of communicating and influences subsequent decisions. <br /><br /></span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; vertical-align: baseline;">This study suggests that individuals with partially intelligible speech are at risk of reduced communication environments and networks and that current SGDs may not be designed in a way that recognizes their particular needs. </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; vertical-align: baseline;">Please read the full paper<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/07434618.2023.2206910?needAccess=true&role=button"> her</a></span><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/07434618.2023.2206910?needAccess=true&role=button">e.</a></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 48px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-17155005691815687332023-06-01T11:53:00.001+01:002023-06-01T11:53:12.336+01:00CATCH member, Natalie Jones, has been honoured for her significant contribution to the Allied Health Profession<p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">CATCH member, Natalie Jones, has been honoured for her significant contribution to the Allied Health Profession</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr67Z5ulDA9g-ks0H1PmSi1gvcpmo20GQ9EUZc-yQ0DTltlT02HfRoGqbcEqruuv4GM7cepm6tMrG_lFtlOES3rqIvHECIAkgi7afGcPc6hNI1NdRvqi8CCE91aWPX0OytsjPVsJbwrSX9BrICFOEUbSRJeJ_ukotbwvYxL_YhDLIcpgh6Xalrr9Zq/s1067/Nat%20Jones%20OT.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1067" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr67Z5ulDA9g-ks0H1PmSi1gvcpmo20GQ9EUZc-yQ0DTltlT02HfRoGqbcEqruuv4GM7cepm6tMrG_lFtlOES3rqIvHECIAkgi7afGcPc6hNI1NdRvqi8CCE91aWPX0OytsjPVsJbwrSX9BrICFOEUbSRJeJ_ukotbwvYxL_YhDLIcpgh6Xalrr9Zq/s320/Nat%20Jones%20OT.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px;">Natalie Jones, an occupational therapist pioneering research into important psychological and social aspects of life after a stroke, has</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px;">received a national accolade for her outstanding contribution to the profession.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0pt 9pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277;">Natalie, a Clinical Academic Occupational Therapist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, was awarded a Royal Occupational Therapists’ Merit Award in recognition of her “positive influence nationally and internationally as a clinical academic, and contributions as a researcher and as a professional lead for services”.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0pt 9pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277;">Natalie, whose career in the NHS spans 28 years, received the accolade for her research on aspects of stroke rehabilitation including eating and drinking skills, using innovative technologies to enhance patient care, and her role in taking on a first-of-its-kind research therapist role at the National Institute for Health and Care Research Sheffield Clinical Research Facility.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0pt 9pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277;">As well as bringing opportunities for therapists to work in research, the role has led to the launch of several large studies for stroke patients. This includes studies which looked at how vagus nerve stimulation could be used to improve persistent arm weaknesses experienced in stroke survivors.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0pt 9pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277;">Natalie has been instrumental in developing and designing the Breakfast Group Interventions in Stroke Rehabilitation (BISTRo) study. This study aims to find out if intensive interventions in a breakfast group format delivered by a range of healthcare professionals over five weekdays can improve outcomes for patients rehabilitating after a stroke.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0pt 9pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277;">Natalie has completed a review of allied health professional roles working in primary care in general practice and her work in primary care has led to the creation of seven new occupational therapist posts. Natalie is an associate lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University and has recently supported undergraduate occupational therapist students to undertake leadership placements in primary care. She was also awarded a prestigious National Institute for Health Research and Care/Health Education England clinical doctoral research fellowship in 2020.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0pt 9pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial; font-weight: 700;">Natalie Jones, Clinical Academic Occupational Therapist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277;">“I am delighted to have received this recognition from the Royal College of Occupational Therapists. Throughout my career I have been driven to make a meaningful contribution to improving the lives of stroke survivors and advancing the evidence base for my profession, so to be recognised and nominated by my colleagues in this way is true privilege.”</span></p><div><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #747277;"><br /></span></div>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-88783428405463706092023-04-27T11:50:00.003+01:002023-04-27T11:50:48.851+01:00Exploration of verbal descriptions and dynamic indoors environments for people with sight loss <p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">Exploration of verbal descriptions and dynamic indoors environments for people with sight loss </span></p><p><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wrZ49VmvthwJjZB4vqTDkOJljHf-OaX02Xo55-5fkpGtd_zZ7HKQIpuHtbvpKXIU6a9FtsNjYFL0qo_1tq-NXsAn9LblXN2C0xX3-6l3wK7xciw2_IfPpi3-4ARo0kvlVNVsUvZZOT6gAVy8H9wtxjM5FPr2fB9eegHV2sYozKUjCfS9-5-hl5F7/s2171/PCudd%20publication.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2171" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wrZ49VmvthwJjZB4vqTDkOJljHf-OaX02Xo55-5fkpGtd_zZ7HKQIpuHtbvpKXIU6a9FtsNjYFL0qo_1tq-NXsAn9LblXN2C0xX3-6l3wK7xciw2_IfPpi3-4ARo0kvlVNVsUvZZOT6gAVy8H9wtxjM5FPr2fB9eegHV2sYozKUjCfS9-5-hl5F7/w466-h249/PCudd%20publication.PNG" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;">This</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;"> study explored the navigational challenges of an unfamiliar room (with moving furniture and people) and what verbal guidance would be useful for visually impaired people(VIPs). </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;">A mainly qualitative approach of observation and interviews with ten VIPs revealed a lot about the challenges, guidance content and delivery. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;">Further research is indicated to explore effective implementation.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;">Please read the full publication<a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544549.3585883"> here.</a></span></p></div><p><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-82053792009630635932023-04-27T11:44:00.007+01:002023-04-27T11:44:45.595+01:00INcorporating VoIce acTivated communication aids into Everyday communication<p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">INcorporating VoIce acTivated communication aids into Everyday communication</span></p><p><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirczASH2471qlnLhlwllLL4TMX7vuT2xHHBRzo-Vcfw2wqY6Bu8xhHnSLFHCRWdP0YPkiu1rD4sNlkUF3wA9eKfVG-GAV-4Q3dtICJGtjrWt0Ci2_CTlGeCM0yWo-nUMRw0Z8issOfTxopRq4v1XrQmVX0nmIPcCOt25dOfj03JmwkZ741jhlJO8cs/s128/INVITE%20logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="113" data-original-width="128" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirczASH2471qlnLhlwllLL4TMX7vuT2xHHBRzo-Vcfw2wqY6Bu8xhHnSLFHCRWdP0YPkiu1rD4sNlkUF3wA9eKfVG-GAV-4Q3dtICJGtjrWt0Ci2_CTlGeCM0yWo-nUMRw0Z8issOfTxopRq4v1XrQmVX0nmIPcCOt25dOfj03JmwkZ741jhlJO8cs/w251-h221/INVITE%20logo.png" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 0px 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">Following the development of the VocaTempo voice input voice output communication aid app, which employed a user centred design in partnership with Therapy Box, we are now evaluating how people with dysarthria incorporate voice input voice output communication aids into their communication. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">We will be recruiting 20-30 people, and asking them to use VocaTempo, or another VOCA app called VoiceItt for 6 months. We hope to find out more about who will use these apps, how they will use them, and what support they need to maximise benefit from them. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">We will also be running focus groups with health professionals who provide communication aids, to look at service level issues relating to the use of such apps.</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"> </span></p></div><p><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-85624195592666776552023-04-04T13:44:00.001+01:002023-04-04T13:44:20.108+01:00Robotics for Frailty Challenge Funding Call 2<p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">EMERGENCE - Robotics for Frailty Challenge Funding Call 2<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UQL-QgcZc88Gkq1JEr--AkpnfeOciKuRdkPKdgJxPHYfACjtB4ZSm1h0902w-iLt_q-mNq4tSkZUhQJPGy0E5xEK6wzjIezYxPnL3hqbaR1NWrBiospUVkBxUqqKGnRBDS3AAANkb3Ojum8YW329R3Bj-l2-MrtBa2SQvSC3-gSsSnxyawr7-SmO/s810/Emergence%20robotics.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="810" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UQL-QgcZc88Gkq1JEr--AkpnfeOciKuRdkPKdgJxPHYfACjtB4ZSm1h0902w-iLt_q-mNq4tSkZUhQJPGy0E5xEK6wzjIezYxPnL3hqbaR1NWrBiospUVkBxUqqKGnRBDS3AAANkb3Ojum8YW329R3Bj-l2-MrtBa2SQvSC3-gSsSnxyawr7-SmO/w409-h356/Emergence%20robotics.PNG" width="409" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We are delighted to announce our second Robotics for Frailty Challenge funding call. We are looking to fund research-driven proposals that engage with the themes which have emerged from the network's requirement-gathering activities and which will advance the state of the art in robotics towards transforming health and social care, with an emphasis on real-world adoption and deployment. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">In this second round of funding, the network is looking to fund:</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">1 large project (up to £50,000 at 80% FEC)</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Up to 5 smaller focused studies (each between £10,000 and £25,000 at 80% FEC)</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We have identified key areas for the second funding call which clearly address gaps in the current research on assistive robotics and frailty:</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Up to £50,000 funding projects to explore or develop one of the following:</span></p><ul class="n8H08c UVNKR " style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-type: square; margin: 6px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30pt; outline: none; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 5pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Safety for assistive robotics technologies aimed at people with lived experience of frailty (PWLEF), to enable long-term autonomy including areas such as fail-safe design, situation awareness, automated risk assessment and smart sensing</span></p></li><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 6px 0px 0px 30pt; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 10pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Accessible Human-Robot Interaction, taking into consideration multi-modal and intuitive interaction to address cognitive, sensory and physical impairments.</span></p></li></ul><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">£10,000 - £25,000 funding for focused studies to explore or develop:</span></p><ul class="n8H08c UVNKR " style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-type: square; margin: 6px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30pt; outline: none; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 5pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Regulatory Frameworks for deployment and integration of assistive robotics</span></p></li><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 6px 0px 0px 30pt; outline: none; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 10pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Benchmarking datasets to support the development of accessible HRI</span></p></li><li class="zfr3Q TYR86d eD0Rn " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 0; margin: 6px 0px 0px 30pt; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 10pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Scoping research </span></p></li></ul><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt 15pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">- When does an assistive robot become a medical device?</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">- What CPD is needed to support future care professionals?</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">- What are the challenges for enabling human agency in shared decision-making for assistive robotics technology to support PWLEF?</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">All of the projects and studies will need to include a strong component of engagement with people with lived experience of frailty, health and social care professionals and relevant stakeholders.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">We will also support and encourage engagement with our existing funded pilot projects. </span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Following attendance at our </span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.emergencerobotics.net/events/co-creation-methodology-workshops" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #004479; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">co-creation methodology workshop</span></a><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> in Hertfordshire on 27th April 2023, participants will be eligible to apply for feasibility funding via the Robotics for Frailty Challenge Call.</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.emergencerobotics.net/activities/robotics-for-frailty-challenge-funding-call/robotics-for-frailty-challenge-funding-call-2">Register Here</a></span></p></div><p><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-21758223987257772062023-03-07T14:16:00.005+00:002023-03-07T14:16:40.778+00:00Sheffield Robotics and CATCH Seminar: Care Robot Development - The Korean Experience<p><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">Sheffield Robotics and CATCH Seminar: </span><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;">Care Robot Development - The Korean Experience</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OIjiS5i5802zUp1rZzdgOKaBwyIstMObPJTn7XoyVbUAp0FUxAs1LS3Lx40-64_OriNAyR0fV0FBhRgij0kuglFaDOWbddlkAX_-GFeE5tsjg4tzmyTYOFMOCiP1cN4geQSM2jBKC6LsKGkI7aoWxbk5hjIh-9U7GUNUINXCz_9vKCZEJtwb_hA1/s1175/Robotics.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="1175" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OIjiS5i5802zUp1rZzdgOKaBwyIstMObPJTn7XoyVbUAp0FUxAs1LS3Lx40-64_OriNAyR0fV0FBhRgij0kuglFaDOWbddlkAX_-GFeE5tsjg4tzmyTYOFMOCiP1cN4geQSM2jBKC6LsKGkI7aoWxbk5hjIh-9U7GUNUINXCz_9vKCZEJtwb_hA1/w520-h195/Robotics.PNG" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">Care Robot Development: The Korean Experience</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">Won-Kyung Song, PhD, National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea</span></p><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">Date: </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">Friday 24th March 2023</span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">Time: </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">10.00am -11.00am</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;"> Location: </span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;">Pam Liversidge Building, Floor A, Lecture Theatre 01</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;"> (located on the corner of Broad Lane and Newcastle Street)</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">Join remotely via: </span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://meet.google.com/gmk-ezrg-gwb" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; text-decoration-line: underline;">https://meet.google.com/gmk-ezrg-gwb</span></a></p><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">As the Korean population rapidly ages, there is an increasing demand for caregivers. This threatens to leave people with severe disabilities or elderly people with mobility problems without adequate support. To address this issue, we are identifying suitable types of care robots for care applications and conducting user participation research to develop future care robots. We have identified nine types of care robots that are suitable for Korean care demands. Through a public-private partnership model that includes user participation, we are conducting discussions with caregivers, care recipients, and other relevant stakeholders. We are developing care robot devices for transfer, posture change, toileting, and feeding with the cooperation of universities, companies, and hospitals. We recognize the importance of an environment conducive to successful care robot use and have created three smart care spaces at the National Rehabilitation Center in Korea. These spaces are used to evaluate the usability of various robots or devices, with different sizes and purposes. We have surveyed and analyzed various services, including public coverage, and are providing smart care space information to local governments that require help when installing similar spaces in the future. Finally, I will mention our new care robot 5-year plan that begins this year.</span></p><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">This seminar is supported by a joint Medical Research Council/Korea Health Industry Development Institute MRC-KHIDI Partnering Award “Robotics for health and social care in a multicultural perspective”, and by the EPSRC NetworkPlus “EMERGENCE: Tackling Frailty - Facilitating the Emergence of Healthcare Robots from Labs into Service” (</span><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.emergencerobotics.net/" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; text-decoration-line: underline;">https://www.emergencerobotics.net</span></a><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">).</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p class="zfr3Q CDt4Ke " dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">If you would like to talk with Dr. Song and his colleagues during his visit to Sheffield, please contact Stephen Potter (</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial;">stephen.potter@sheffield.ac.uk</span><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">).</span></p><div><span class="C9DxTc " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div></div><p><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt;"><br /></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-296149330092809832023-01-05T14:15:00.002+00:002023-01-05T14:15:33.085+00:00Smart about Ageing<p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Smart about Ageing</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjI9o1f9ZWjNJfXViUQiwQjZYGkIJDgO2qkxilGBQNy0dbBbiPDNybvuRE6fu9ta1KwskyffxmUgml2ZweEEFyCHLnfbvX01ogMp6X7VOzhxuE3o1mFildtZ1RLqEfkAUQxeTcZM1x4zcqBUykaiH5j7VhhCx4qBe4vQNYMgOZnbbadDRg0mHReOC/s711/TELLAB.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="711" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjI9o1f9ZWjNJfXViUQiwQjZYGkIJDgO2qkxilGBQNy0dbBbiPDNybvuRE6fu9ta1KwskyffxmUgml2ZweEEFyCHLnfbvX01ogMp6X7VOzhxuE3o1mFildtZ1RLqEfkAUQxeTcZM1x4zcqBUykaiH5j7VhhCx4qBe4vQNYMgOZnbbadDRg0mHReOC/w624-h265/TELLAB.PNG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">CATCH members, Professor Mark Hawley and Dr Stephen Potter are working with Astraline and Johnnie Johnson to deliver a trailblazing research project that enables organisations and researchers to test technology and ideas, in an ethically governed Independent Living Lab. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px 0pt 11pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Awarded and funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust, TELLAB (Technology-Enabled Living Lab for Ageing Better) aims to help develop smart technologies for supporting older people to live independently and well. The funding supports academic researchers, working with community organisations and older people themselves, to undertake an innovative programme of study.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px 0pt 11pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">TELLAB is led by Professor Mark Hawley and Dr Stephen Potter, both of CATCH, with Astraline and Johnnie Johnson Housing as partners. The research aims to understand the healthy ageing needs and aspirations of older people from diverse backgrounds, and translate these into criteria for evaluating innovative assistive technologies.</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px 0pt 11pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.tsa-voice.org.uk/news_and_views/tsa-member-news/new-smart-about-ageing---astraline/">Please read more here.</a></span></p></div><p><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-13791445884230736852023-01-04T13:07:00.001+00:002023-01-04T13:07:22.594+00:00New publication: The CFHealthHub Learning Health System: Using Real-Time Adherence Data to Support a Community Practice to Deliver Continuous Improvement in an Archetypal Long-Term Condition <p><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">New publication: The CFHealthHub Learning Health System: Using Real-Time Adherence Data to Support a Community Practice to Deliver Continuous Improvement in an Archetypal Long-Term Condition </span></p><p><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mNlqcJ7a-7OmNrAwhaeLAtfcWtD3tT6CqL6qNiOiU4OJYVjpM1EcmZHSk4xZ5wjb-nt8vv3n1bD5wzg8_EJp_R2lpmL_epiJDynWnZZNEzsJ5CoNSm80UcCxuApEm7H6C2rpNYHgo31XQcGCOZjq-XOp4-joF8TAWnh-km8lRkKX2XFjUosSJnTQ/s1482/R%20Sandler%20publication.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="1482" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mNlqcJ7a-7OmNrAwhaeLAtfcWtD3tT6CqL6qNiOiU4OJYVjpM1EcmZHSk4xZ5wjb-nt8vv3n1bD5wzg8_EJp_R2lpmL_epiJDynWnZZNEzsJ5CoNSm80UcCxuApEm7H6C2rpNYHgo31XQcGCOZjq-XOp4-joF8TAWnh-km8lRkKX2XFjUosSJnTQ/w636-h218/R%20Sandler%20publication.PNG" width="636" /></a></div><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">CFHealthHub is a learning health system active in over 50% of adult CF Centres in England, supporting people with CF to develop habits of self-care around adherence to preventative inhaled therapy. This is achieved through the delivery of a behaviour change intervention, alongside collection of objective adherence data. As is common to long-term conditions, adherence to prescribed therapy is low, despite clear evidence of beneficial long-term impact on outcomes. This article explains how CFHealthHub is underpinned by coherent conceptual frameworks. We discuss how application of implementation and quality improvement strategies has facilitated CFHealthHub’s progression from a pilot study to a large, randomised control trial and now to a learning health system, becoming embedded within routine care. CFHealthHub is now able to support real-time health technology assessments, quality improvement and research trials and is in the process of being implemented in routine clinical care across participating centres.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/1/20">Please find the full article here.</a></span></p><br /> <p></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-8945270068881898162022-10-20T14:22:00.001+01:002022-10-20T14:22:21.666+01:00Robotics for Frailty Challenge Funding Call<p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Robotics for Frailty Challenge Funding Call</span></p><p><br /></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">We are delighted to announce our Robotics for Frailty Challenge funding call. We are looking to fund research-driven proposals that engage with our findings and advance the state of the art of robotics towards being capable of transforming community health and care, with an emphasis on real-world adoption and deployment.</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial;">For more information, background and full details relating to the Robotics for Frailty Funding Call read our</span><span class=" aw5Odc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Arial; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y5eBN-CkguSQ46wwhbCc4Zp8r5J56Cqr/view" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a></span><span class=" aw5Odc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Arial; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y5eBN-CkguSQ46wwhbCc4Zp8r5J56Cqr/view" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">Information for Applicants.</strong></a></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 0px 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class=" jgG6ef" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #005597; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">Key Dates:</strong></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;">Announcement of funding call: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">28/09/2022</strong></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;">Robotics for Frailty Challenge Network event: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">28/09/2022</strong></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;">Deadline for Registrations for Co-Creation Methodology Workshops: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">30/10/2022</strong></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;">Co-Creation Methodology Workshops: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">03/11/2022 - 16/11/2022</strong></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;">Deadline for submission of Initial Proposal: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">30/11/2022</strong></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;">Notification of proposal outcome: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">22/12/2022</strong></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;">Co-creation workshops: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">09/01/2023 - 20/01/2023</strong></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;">Deadline for submission of Full Proposal: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">15/02/2023</strong></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 2.00004; margin: 9pt 0pt 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;">Latest date for project commencement: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a296b; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">01/04/2023</strong></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-21990741905414601092022-09-21T12:24:00.005+01:002022-09-21T12:24:50.250+01:00EMERGENCE Event<p> <span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">EMERGENCE Event: Healthcare Technologies Network+ Robotics for Frailty Challenge</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-NJBwp7Mhu9Gg-BtM6p6WmegSxFEgThkOqElSIOsMamXATy9QnMF4pog2BHxDkKbW9Q4mnuoaAH29ufGfjQA6m33aDKkdTgf6gd8dNZ2Hf99sDwn_wjxKhC7las25P8v8b-hNya3irAjbm5JXlYngWDEEolnTQDpfVQiwUiqM3qTrd1UOwNLiAi4/s1439/Emergence.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1439" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-NJBwp7Mhu9Gg-BtM6p6WmegSxFEgThkOqElSIOsMamXATy9QnMF4pog2BHxDkKbW9Q4mnuoaAH29ufGfjQA6m33aDKkdTgf6gd8dNZ2Hf99sDwn_wjxKhC7las25P8v8b-hNya3irAjbm5JXlYngWDEEolnTQDpfVQiwUiqM3qTrd1UOwNLiAi4/w481-h301/Emergence.GIF" width="481" /></a></div><span style="color: #39364f; font-family: Roboto, Arial; font-size: 17pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">
About this event</span><p></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">With a focus on tackling frailty and facilitating the emergence of healthcare robots from labs into service, the EPSRC EMERGENCE Healthcare Technlogies NetworkPlus project has been set up to foster and facilitate innovative research and development of healthcare robotic solutions so that they can be realised as pragmatic and sustainable, providing personalised, affordable and inclusive health and social care in the community.</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">We have been running workshops with people with lived experience of frailty, and our clinical and care-provider partners, to gain a deeper understanding of the current health and social care challenges associated with assessing and managing the care of people with lived experience of frailty in the community.</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">Our work so far has helped to highlight some of the actionable requirements that we hope will inspire novel research; enabling engineers to develop appropriate healthcare robotics solutions. Having completed this first phase of our work we are poised to launch our call for pilots.</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">As part of this we are organising this public facing hybrid event (On Jubilee Campus and Online) on Wednesday 28th September 2022 13:00-16:00.</strong></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">You can find more information abour our network on our website </span><span class=" aw5Odc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencerobotics.net%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw1LjqKHwlryc5HvzYBaet_F" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.emergencerobotics.net/</a></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">At this event you will have an opportunity to hear about the findings from our work so far and our upcoming funding call from the project team, as well as challenges and barriers to designing and deploying robotics technologies from invited experts on ageing-related research and robotics.</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><strong style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">Event Schedule</strong></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">:</span><span class=" aw5Odc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencerobotics.net%2Fevents%2Femergence-health-technologies-network-event&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw2isHCQBAt0bBqa6__dCZFX" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencerobotics.net%2Fevents%2Frobotics-for-frailty-challenge&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw1uZxdu2hwOOFxs7apF6X7s" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.emergencerobotics.net/events/robotics-for-frailty-challenge</a></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">This event is organised as part of the </span><span class=" aw5Odc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencerobotics.net%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw1LjqKHwlryc5HvzYBaet_F" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">EPSRC Emergence Network</a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;"> led by the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with the Univesity of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, University of Hertfordshire and Heriot-Watt University.</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">Event Organisers:</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class=" aw5Odc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e7132f; font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><a class="XqQF9c" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.turing.ac.uk%2Fpeople%2Fpraminda-caleb-solly&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw1ur4mLrnHN3p19262L70QV" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Praminda Caleb-Solly,</a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;"> Rebekah Moore; Mark Hawley, Stephen Potter, Alessandro Di Nuovo, Farshid Amirabdollahian, Mauro Dragone</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;">Refreshments and snacks will be provided.</span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin: 18pt 0pt; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f7287; font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergence-healthcare-technologies-network-robotics-for-frailty-challenge-tickets-407340244637">Please follow this link to register. </a></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-9502277497339942652022-09-21T09:52:00.002+01:002022-09-21T09:52:11.152+01:00New publication: The impact of autonomy at work on dementia family carers' ability to manage care related emergencies, and use technology to that end: semi-structured interviews in Scotland<p> <span class=" CGqCRe" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New publication: </span><span class=" CGqCRe" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">T</span><span class=" CGqCRe" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he impact of autonomy at work on dementia family carers' ability to manage care-related emergencies, and use technology to that end: semi-structured interviews in Scotland
</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4XFUNS7gdyDdx6o_ns93TEudc99Erlm5-mqDOxgeuC7KJ2u9gzBI-RgyD9kdBoofRioD1kfeF85SrkW-DsqND1pJ56jYDMWbWhLJLFf_ZlhF7S8GMqEX7c4_3NgGQBgsz7oqzUw2FLclI3c9peh6vUIaUOB3vzGX5E3eg3myFOwCgPomt-4Emf76/s331/Alice%20publication.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="257" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4XFUNS7gdyDdx6o_ns93TEudc99Erlm5-mqDOxgeuC7KJ2u9gzBI-RgyD9kdBoofRioD1kfeF85SrkW-DsqND1pJ56jYDMWbWhLJLFf_ZlhF7S8GMqEX7c4_3NgGQBgsz7oqzUw2FLclI3c9peh6vUIaUOB3vzGX5E3eg3myFOwCgPomt-4Emf76/w313-h404/Alice%20publication.GIF" width="313" /></a></div><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></em></p>CATCH member, Dr Alice Spann, and colleagues have an article published in the Journal Community, Work and Family. </em><p></p><p><span class=" CGqCRe" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Most people with dementia (PwD) are cared for by unpaid family carers, many of whom must balance caring with paid work. This regularly entails dealing with care-related emergencies (CRE). This study aims to explore the impact of carers’ autonomy at work regarding breaks, schedule, and place on their ability to manage CRE, and use technology to that end. We conducted interviews with 16 working carers of PwD in Scotland. Data were analysed thematically to identify key themes. Autonomy at work appeared on a spectrum from no to complete autonomy. Carers’ position on this spectrum was often dynamic and determined by the nature of their work, their workplace culture and regulations, and their line managers' support – or clients in the case of self-employed carers. Break autonomy allowed carers to use technology to be notified of and delegate the CRE response. Schedule autonomy allowed for an in-person response to CRE. Place autonomy allowed carers to work and care simultaneously, which enabled them to manage CRE immediately but presented them with additional challenges. Distance between workplace and PwD's residence impacted carers’ ability to manage CRE, despite having complete autonomy. Implications for healthcare professionals, service providers, employers, policymakers, and technology developers are presented.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13668803.2022.2117589">Please read the full article here.</a></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-68587196185510226832022-09-21T09:49:00.002+01:002022-09-21T09:49:40.707+01:00New publication: Benefits and Barriers of technologies supporting Working Carers<p><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">New publication: Benefits and Barriers of technologies supporting Working Carers
</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHbPWuXHrWRdWA77jjjYoQ7htfJu591wCsH22Bjq-rlJSFBpkgrHTjiQgWpjw_vaIb7DI3dqWQbYc_RoRn6kge4zE5xUtrOSrWs4_KUjwvBxkcABaA76OUFmchwqSdgjFJoHBpQvEOXJvM3q6jLVAaIa0uqNSnQxoGwyJqmkjmglclcxd2n2TYyah/s1425/Benefits%20and%20Barriers.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="1425" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHbPWuXHrWRdWA77jjjYoQ7htfJu591wCsH22Bjq-rlJSFBpkgrHTjiQgWpjw_vaIb7DI3dqWQbYc_RoRn6kge4zE5xUtrOSrWs4_KUjwvBxkcABaA76OUFmchwqSdgjFJoHBpQvEOXJvM3q6jLVAaIa0uqNSnQxoGwyJqmkjmglclcxd2n2TYyah/w554-h201/Benefits%20and%20Barriers.GIF" width="554" /></a></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></em></span></p>Health and Social Care in the Community publish a thesis article by CATCH member</em></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">s which was funded by the School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield and Zuyd University of Applied Sciences</em></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </em></span><p></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Combining work and care can be very challenging. If not adequately supported, carers’ employment, well-being and relationships may be at risk. Technologies can be potential solutions. We carried out a scoping review to find out what is already known about technologies used by working carers. The search included academic and grey literature published between January 2000 and June 2020. Sixteen relevant publications were analysed and discussed in the context of the broader discourse on work-care reconciliation. Technologies discussed can be classified as: (a) web-based technologies; (b) technologies for direct communication; (c) monitoring technologies; and (d) task-sharing tools. Technologies can help to make work-care reconciliation more manageable and alleviate psychosocial and emotional stress. General barriers to using technology include limited digital skills, depending on others to use technologies, privacy and data protection, cost, limited technological capabilities, and limited awareness regarding available technologies. Barriers specific to some technologies include work disruptions, limited perceived usefulness, and lacking time and energy to use technologies. More research into technologies that can address the needs of working carers and how they are able to use them at work is needed.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="CDt4Ke zfr3Q" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.656; margin: 12pt 0pt 0pt; outline: none; padding-left: 0pt; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hsc.13421">Please read the full article here. </a></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-53810068484869055942022-06-29T11:09:00.001+01:002022-06-29T11:09:30.086+01:00New publication: User attitudes towards virtual home assessment technologies <p><b><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">New publication: User attitudes towards virtual home assessment technologies</span></span><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ykKtd-VSZtj-w77CGyAHrTijKp4GfBV7ZB-3dbzR4J2N-m_SsApcGtOx-0CZ5QG-FIpRqayyILDhXKF8U-IxElcqMLpyXf5zg-DyXoarqgiHvisBkNvJ7vPl7t-D8n_V96kyWHWrI_iGD275eh0MEUIsM3aEH_0adsw5fs0B8hbNzCh4MuMWzkPt/s1139/PCudd%20publication.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1139" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ykKtd-VSZtj-w77CGyAHrTijKp4GfBV7ZB-3dbzR4J2N-m_SsApcGtOx-0CZ5QG-FIpRqayyILDhXKF8U-IxElcqMLpyXf5zg-DyXoarqgiHvisBkNvJ7vPl7t-D8n_V96kyWHWrI_iGD275eh0MEUIsM3aEH_0adsw5fs0B8hbNzCh4MuMWzkPt/w392-h268/PCudd%20publication.GIF" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">CATCH member Dr Peter Cudd and colleagues have a new published study in the Journal of Medical</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engineering and Technology</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telehealth has long been highlighted as a way to solve issues of efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare and to improve patients’ care and has become fundamental to address patients’ needs during the COVID-19 pandemic; however previous studies have shown mixed results in the user acceptance of such technologies. Whilst many previous studies have focussed on clinical application of telehealth, we focus on the adoption of telehealth for virtual assessments visits aimed to evaluate the suitability of a property where a patient is discharged, and eventual adaptations needed. We present a study of stakeholders’ attitudes towards such virtual assessment visits. The study has been carried out with healthcare professionals and patients and allowed us to identify user attitudes, barriers and facilitators for the success of virtual assessment visits from the point of view of healthcare professionals and patients. Finally, we discuss implications for designers of telehealth services and guidelines that can be derived from our study.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please read the full article<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03091902.2022.2089250"> here.</a></span></div><br /><span style="color: #cf112a; font-family: "IBM Plex Sans"; font-size: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-90243426498565660872022-01-11T10:01:00.000+00:002022-01-11T10:01:03.674+00:00New publication in BMJ Journals – Mobile technology and delegated work in specialist community services: the EnComPaSS Integration project<p><span style="color: #ef3d54; font-family: "TUOS Stephenson", Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">CATCH members Dr Steven Ariss and Professor Sue Mawson, along with colleagues from St Luke's Hospice and Liverpool John Moores University, have a new study published in BMJ Journals, Supportive and Palliative Care. This study demonstrated that digital health technology, designed for remote working, can support flexible, scalable models of community health services, involving a more junior workforce. Concurrent improvements in patient experience and reduced use of emergency services were observed.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ef3d54; font-family: "TUOS Stephenson", Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaSiQPWA_rsJRiHvm1aN7qI1XzDCzO548StsGAJkNj4bJiGsW1FFjWaPn4i2NUqERBxjEVXM9P1HzffZvTUfhMJuXM4o8IAvibKqYGI0bA1Yu4y8OaylJNew7LuZJYZz1knFjNQYH44gVh7nLOw5NVZ7uigdKlxzdekcr83xtDkKrNd3v0LHohH61W=s2205" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="2205" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaSiQPWA_rsJRiHvm1aN7qI1XzDCzO548StsGAJkNj4bJiGsW1FFjWaPn4i2NUqERBxjEVXM9P1HzffZvTUfhMJuXM4o8IAvibKqYGI0bA1Yu4y8OaylJNew7LuZJYZz1knFjNQYH44gVh7nLOw5NVZ7uigdKlxzdekcr83xtDkKrNd3v0LHohH61W=w525-h269" width="525" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="subsection" id="sec-1" style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif;"><p id="p-2" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The current UK healthcare workforce crisis is particularly severe in community services. A key limitation with traditional service-delivery models is the reliance on practitioners with levels of training and experience to enable them to operate independently. This paper describes a real-world evaluation of the implementation of digital health technology designed to provide remote, real-time support and task delegation in community palliative care services. It explores the ability of technology to support sustainable community workforce models and reports on key indicators of quality and efficiency.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="subsection" id="sec-2" style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><p id="p-3" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The study was a mixed-methods, theory-driven evaluation, incorporating interviews, observations and analysis of routine data. The focus of this paper is the reporting of findings from pre–post implementation comparison and interrupted time series analysis. Data include community hospice service visits, hospital use by hospice patients and patient reported experiences.</span></p></div><div class="subsection" id="sec-3" style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><p id="p-4" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The digital health intervention allowed the service to include a more junior workforce requiring fewer joint visits. No negative changes in hospitalisation were observed and patients reported experiences improved. Changes in hospital non-emergency bed days were inconclusive. However, emergency department admissions reduced significantly. The cost per hour for visits reduced from £16.71 to £16.23 and annual savings of £135,153 are estimated for reduced emergency admissions.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The evaluation demonstrates the value of digital innovation to support programmes of service redesign and begin to address the healthcare workforce crisis, while having a positive economic effect and indicating an improvement to patient experiences.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please find the full article <a href="https://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2021/12/15/bmjspcare-2020-002288">here.</a></span></p></div></div><p><span style="color: #ef3d54; font-family: "TUOS Stephenson", Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-60825401802224446052022-01-05T10:59:00.004+00:002022-01-05T10:59:32.581+00:00Frontiers in Psychology, New Publication – Technology for Healthy Aging and Wellbeing: Co-producing Solutions<p><span style="color: #ef3d54; font-family: "TUOS Stephenson", Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">University of Sheffield colleague, Dr Matthew Bennion, has a new article published in Frontiers in Psychology and the publication follows on from research produced by the CATCH THAW (Technology for Healthy Ageing and Well-being) project.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ef3d54; font-family: "TUOS Stephenson", Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWs4fGf17kDo-nUh3o_tJw1IMw0A1_KO1_qGJ_iBAbsy2TEHcFuCP3rM5aG1Ep8GoAO-8fN5R2Mr748ffMkHMY1g-YCxrDlrwzm_Boms77rOFlGIPzJa2n23v3QKRC-Uha9fgImkD1vRZUxTbL-r67zwIkmwlq9U5hfbjkyD0c8j7sGVdw6EJvmKbC=s1727" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="1727" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWs4fGf17kDo-nUh3o_tJw1IMw0A1_KO1_qGJ_iBAbsy2TEHcFuCP3rM5aG1Ep8GoAO-8fN5R2Mr748ffMkHMY1g-YCxrDlrwzm_Boms77rOFlGIPzJa2n23v3QKRC-Uha9fgImkD1vRZUxTbL-r67zwIkmwlq9U5hfbjkyD0c8j7sGVdw6EJvmKbC=w531-h317" width="531" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Methods to facilitate co-production in mental health are important for engaging end users. As part of the Technology for Healthy Aging and Wellbeing (THAW) initiative two interactive co-production workshops were organised, to bring together older adults, health and social care professionals, non-governmental organizations, and researchers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;">In the first workshop, two activities were used: Technology Interaction and Scavenger Hunt, to explore the potential for different stakeholders to discuss late life mental health and existing technology. In the second workshop, Vignettes were used, Scavenger Hunt, and Invention Test to examine how older adults and other stakeholders might co-produce solutions to support mental wellbeing in later life using new and emerging technologies.</p><p style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;">In this paper, authors share the interactive materials and activities and consider their value for co-production. Overall, the interactive methods were successful in engaging stakeholders with a broad range of technologies to support mental health and wellbeing and in co-producing ideas for how they could be leveraged and incorporated into older people’s lives and support services. Researchers offer this example of using interactive methods to facilitate co-production to encourage greater involvement of older adults and other under-represented groups in co-producing mental health technologies and services.</p><p style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;">Please find the full article <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.745947/full">here.</a></p></div><p><span style="color: #ef3d54; font-family: "TUOS Stephenson", Georgia, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936001599901891433.post-40889556919658342032021-12-08T11:03:00.001+00:002021-12-08T11:03:26.379+00:00VocaTempo app included on the UNICEF App Catalogue<p><span style="color: #ef3d54; font-family: "TUOS Stephenson", Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">UNICEF has published its App Catalogue: a library of reliable disability-inclusive digital applications supporting children, adolescents, caregivers and front line workers. VocaTempo, the voice input augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app developed by CATCH and Barnsley Hospital’s Assistive Technology Team working with Therapy Box Ltd, has been included in this catalogue.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ef3d54; font-family: "TUOS Stephenson", Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhy3izHjeYFdsksI2Z_-4MY_XFrUqd7gS4cHZBpmXk-LS3oF8O_BGbxLtC0g6vjZ-EH7OOpiUy4Dr7UkXqRtvVxHHWGrZ-dVqvRmb5pes1wNa7MShXcHawR2Ae2chKRHEE5N9vBJ2231cQ9ejHUHGzRFYs33JxxFM_VOOO4Y_AkRPS7Kgp953XgGNmm=s619" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="619" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhy3izHjeYFdsksI2Z_-4MY_XFrUqd7gS4cHZBpmXk-LS3oF8O_BGbxLtC0g6vjZ-EH7OOpiUy4Dr7UkXqRtvVxHHWGrZ-dVqvRmb5pes1wNa7MShXcHawR2Ae2chKRHEE5N9vBJ2231cQ9ejHUHGzRFYs33JxxFM_VOOO4Y_AkRPS7Kgp953XgGNmm=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The Unicef App Catalogue is a collection of apps developed by the public and private sector and assessed by Unicef for functionality, use by children, and accessibility. They have brought together a series of child-friendly and inclusive apps, including VocaTempo, to support children and their families.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;">VocaTempo is the world’s first voice input augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app. It is designed for people with dysarthria and allows them to use voice commands to speak phrases. The catalogue says that ‘VocaTempo quickly learns to recognise your vocalisations – simply click to record your speech and save it. If you’re not happy with the recording you can review or re-record at any time. When you’ve recorded eight different recordings of each vocalisation you can use your speech to select phrases on screen. The more vocalisations you save the more phrases you are able to choose from and speak. VocaTempo also continually learns to improve its recognition of your voice. Each time you use the app to speak these recordings are saved and used to help VocaTempo recognise your speech in the future. You can also easily delete them or turn the continuous learning feature off.’</p><p style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><em>This app is featured in the UNICEF App Catalogue. It has been assessed by UNICEF for functionality, use by children and accessibility. This assessment does not constitute ongoing endorsement of the app content or assessment of cost.</em></p><p style="color: #808285; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><em>For more details please visit<a href="https://www.unicef.org/appcatalogue/"> www.unicef.org/appcatalogue</a></em></p></div><p><span style="color: #ef3d54; font-family: "TUOS Stephenson", Georgia, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>CATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08558939624505296943noreply@blogger.com0