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Dear BioMech-L Members,
Following on from the success of the past two years, the interdisciplinary Irish Posture and Mobility Network (IPMN), together with the Engineers Ireland Seating and Mobility Interest Group (SMIG), will be co-hosting a third seminar day on the subject of Posture and Mobility on Monday 24th January 2011.
The seminar will follow the format of previous years; platform presentations of 15mins each throughout the day, with a mid-morning plenary session. Presentations will focus on issues relating to both Clinical Practice and Engineering Design. Presentation titles given below:
10.10 Computer simulation of the behaviour of foams used for pressure relief seating, Conor Briody, PhD Engineering Research Student, DIT, Dublin
10.25 Risk assessment in a community setting, Jennifer Clarke, PCCC O.T., Dublin South City
10.40 Static mechanical testing of wheelchair seating systems, Richard Collier, Research Engineer, TCD
10.55 Development of a wheelchair seating service to adults within a HSE community O.T. setting, Bernie Flannery, Mary Ryan & Marion Smyth, PCCC O.T.’s, Galway
11.10 COFFEE
11.40 INVITED SPEAKER: Sandra Phelan, PCCC O.T. Manager, Dublin North Central
HSE Medical Devices/Equipment Management Policy
12.30 PMG Best Practice Guidelines – Transport safety, John Tiernan, SeatTech Clinical Engineer, Enable Ireland
12.45 Launch of IPMN website, Aidan Mc Garry, SeatTech O.T., Enable Ireland - IPMN Chair
13.00 Accessibility for All – Participating in standards development, Ger Craddock, Chief Officer, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, Dublin
13.15 LUNCH
14.30 Design, development and manufacture of a supportive children’s walker, Eamonn McKnight, Product Development Engineer & Ali Mc Corkell, Operations Manager, Moorings Mediquip, Ballymena; Ciaran Simms, Engineering Lecturer, TCD, Dublin
14.45 Pelvic Positioning Belts; A review of the evidence for their use and application to an Irish clinical setting, Michael Cureton O.T., St James’ Hospital, Dublin
15.00 Spinal jackets & seating, Brian Kinsella, Orthotic Solutions, Dublin
15.15 Incident reporting: How to complete a user incident report form, Patrick Murphy, Scientific Officer, IMB
15.30 Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists: Different focus same goals, Michelle Harvey O.T., Sandra Healy PT, St John of God Carmona Services
15.45 Maximising the role of the service user in the context of assistive technology (AT) hardware research & design, Pearl O’Rourke, PhD Research Student, DIT, Dublin
16.00 General Discussion, Q&A
The event is being webcast live, and you will be able to access it at: https://engineersireland.webex.com/e...=a&d=847368407. The password will be Posture24. The event will be archived on the Engineers Ireland website (www.iei.ie) for review afterwards.
Please feel welcome to pass this information on to colleagues who may be interested. For further details, please feel welcome to contact me at jtiernan@enableireland.ie
Kind regards,
John
IPMN Education Day Co-ordinator
Engineers Ireland Biomedical Engineering Chairman
John Tiernan,
Chartered Engineer,
Senior Clinical Engineer,
SeatTech,
Enable Ireland,
Sandymount Avenue,
Dublin 4,
Ireland.
Tel. +353 1 2615926/2615900
Fax. +353 1 2695816
Following on from the success of the past two years, the interdisciplinary Irish Posture and Mobility Network (IPMN), together with the Engineers Ireland Seating and Mobility Interest Group (SMIG), will be co-hosting a third seminar day on the subject of Posture and Mobility on Monday 24th January 2011.
The seminar will follow the format of previous years; platform presentations of 15mins each throughout the day, with a mid-morning plenary session. Presentations will focus on issues relating to both Clinical Practice and Engineering Design. Presentation titles given below:
10.10 Computer simulation of the behaviour of foams used for pressure relief seating, Conor Briody, PhD Engineering Research Student, DIT, Dublin
10.25 Risk assessment in a community setting, Jennifer Clarke, PCCC O.T., Dublin South City
10.40 Static mechanical testing of wheelchair seating systems, Richard Collier, Research Engineer, TCD
10.55 Development of a wheelchair seating service to adults within a HSE community O.T. setting, Bernie Flannery, Mary Ryan & Marion Smyth, PCCC O.T.’s, Galway
11.10 COFFEE
11.40 INVITED SPEAKER: Sandra Phelan, PCCC O.T. Manager, Dublin North Central
HSE Medical Devices/Equipment Management Policy
12.30 PMG Best Practice Guidelines – Transport safety, John Tiernan, SeatTech Clinical Engineer, Enable Ireland
12.45 Launch of IPMN website, Aidan Mc Garry, SeatTech O.T., Enable Ireland - IPMN Chair
13.00 Accessibility for All – Participating in standards development, Ger Craddock, Chief Officer, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, Dublin
13.15 LUNCH
14.30 Design, development and manufacture of a supportive children’s walker, Eamonn McKnight, Product Development Engineer & Ali Mc Corkell, Operations Manager, Moorings Mediquip, Ballymena; Ciaran Simms, Engineering Lecturer, TCD, Dublin
14.45 Pelvic Positioning Belts; A review of the evidence for their use and application to an Irish clinical setting, Michael Cureton O.T., St James’ Hospital, Dublin
15.00 Spinal jackets & seating, Brian Kinsella, Orthotic Solutions, Dublin
15.15 Incident reporting: How to complete a user incident report form, Patrick Murphy, Scientific Officer, IMB
15.30 Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists: Different focus same goals, Michelle Harvey O.T., Sandra Healy PT, St John of God Carmona Services
15.45 Maximising the role of the service user in the context of assistive technology (AT) hardware research & design, Pearl O’Rourke, PhD Research Student, DIT, Dublin
16.00 General Discussion, Q&A
The event is being webcast live, and you will be able to access it at: https://engineersireland.webex.com/e...=a&d=847368407. The password will be Posture24. The event will be archived on the Engineers Ireland website (www.iei.ie) for review afterwards.
Please feel welcome to pass this information on to colleagues who may be interested. For further details, please feel welcome to contact me at jtiernan@enableireland.ie
Kind regards,
John
IPMN Education Day Co-ordinator
Engineers Ireland Biomedical Engineering Chairman
John Tiernan,
Chartered Engineer,
Senior Clinical Engineer,
SeatTech,
Enable Ireland,
Sandymount Avenue,
Dublin 4,
Ireland.
Tel. +353 1 2615926/2615900
Fax. +353 1 2695816
