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Physiotherapy Department St.Vincent’s Healthcare Group Departmental Activities Patient Referrals Postgraduate Degrees •Keith Smart, • Karen Cradock, •Kathy Hickmann, •Sarah O’Donnell, 2nd year MSc by research UCD 1st year MSc by research TCD 1st year MSc University of London 1st year MSc North Western University, Australia Fitzpatrick M,Craig A,Gibson R. Exercise for Life. SVUH Physiotherapy Public Lecture – March ‘03 Publications Caulfield B. UCD, Reilly, C. SVUH, Outcome Measures in P h y s i o t h e ra py- Why and How, P hy s i o t h e ra py Ireland Vol.24 No 1 192 Patient Attendences •Aoife Caffrey and Ruth Gibson registered for MSc, UCD ‘03/’05 Professional Committees •Karen Cradock,Irish Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation Committee and Council • Avril Craig,Irish Sports Medicine Association Committee and Chairperson of the ISCP in Sports Medicine. •Theresa Flynn,ISCP representative to the governing body of the Occupational Safety and Health Institute of Ireland. •Pauline Leahy, ISCP Registration Committee and ISCP Undergraduate Accreditation Committee. D’Arcy. M. The Role of the Physiotherapist in a Cognitive Behavioural Multidisplinary Pain Management Programme. April ‘03. Lecture to Postgraduate Clinical Psychologists, Dept of Psychology, UCD. March ‘03 Craig A, Murphy A. Benefits of Professional Diary as a Learning Tool amongst physiotherapy staff at SVUH. ISCP CPD Study Day. June ‘03 Poster Presentations Noel S,Conlon S & Dockery M,Slevin,M.Leahy, P. O’Shea, D. * Does the Fear of Falling reduce with Physiotherapy in patients referred to the Acute Assessment Day Hospital? Irish Gerontological Society Conference September ’03. Awarded 3rd prize, ISCP Annual Conference October ‘03 Conferences Attended Physiotherapy staff attended a wide variety of national and international conferences. Plans for 2004 • Re establishment of the Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme. • Reintegration of the data management system. • Completion of report on NIV in collaboration with multidisplinary team • Implementation of Working Backs Programme 193 Oral Presentations Noel.S. et al. Outcome Measures- their Ability to Predict Discharge. World Conference of Physical Therapist,Barcelona June ‘03 Flynn.T. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Training in Moving and Handling for Health Students over a six-year period, WCPT Barcelona.June ‘03 Noel.S et al. Hip Protectors:A National Survey of issues surrounding their use. WCPT, Barcelona.June ‘03 Achievements/Presentations Awards •Martina Fitzpatrick was awarded an MSc research bursary to investigate Quality of Life and Exercise compliance of Patients with Anklosying Spondylitis in Ireland. •Suzanne Noel et al* awarded 3 rd prize for poster presentation at Irish Gerontological Society Annual Conference Sept ‘03 Flynn,T. Training and Other Strategies in Patient Handling - An Irish Perspective Joint ISCP & Health and Safety Authority Conference. April ‘03 Reilly, C. Cystic Fibrosis and Exercise National Symposium for Cystic Fibrosis. February ‘03
St.Vincent’s Healthcare Group Department of P reventive Medicine and Health Pro m o t i o n SVUH was a winner in Hospital Challenge Day 2003, a European Health Promoting Hospital focus on exercise. In-house health promotion training sessions were presented to departments,which are now included in medical interns and general staff induction programmes. Other events A stop smoking course was provided for staff of the Dept.of Health,at its request. Smoking awareness stands were provided at the UCD General and Medical Open Days and at the Special Olympics. 194 Staff Professor Cecily Kelleher (Head of Department) MD, FRCPI,MPH,FFPHM,MFPHMI Dr. Anna Clarke LRCP&SI,MB, MPH,FRCPI,FFPHMI,FFPH Health Promotion Coordinator Ms.Denise Comerford RGN,RM Secretary Ms.Frances Conlan Health Promotion Officer Ms.Kirsten Doherty BSc, MPH Ms.Catherine Duane RGN, BSc, BA,MSc, M.Phil,H.Dip. Psychology (until July 2003) Ms.Hilda Gallagher RGN,RM Ms.E.McIntyre RGN,RSCN,H.Dip Health Promotion (from September 2003) Ms.Carol Pye RGN,RM Ms.Brenda Whiteside RGN,RM Health Promotion Nurse Ms.Veronica O’Neill RGN,RM Clinical Specialist Dietitian Ms.Vivien Reid MSc, Dip Diet. (Clinical Specialist Dietitian) Allied UCD staff Professor Leslie Daly, MSc, PhD, FFPH Dr. Dominique Crowley MB, MPH,MFPHMI,MFPHM Dr. Patricia Fitzpatrick MD, MPH,FRCPI,FFPHMI. Professor Cecily Kelleher took up the post of Head of Department during the year. Allied Health Professional and Support Services Cardiac Rehabilitation The department’s support of cardiac rehabilitation continues. The monthly cardiac lifestyle information session is co-ordinated by staff in this department. Smoking Cessation Services These have continued to develop, with intensive interventions for in-patients and out-patients,stop smoking courses,and a weekly drop-in session. Patients are followed up by phone for a year, for support and evaluation of the service. 521 patients were referred for smoking cessation intervention in 2003,an increase of 158% over 2002. A comprehensive database was developed to allow detailed monitoring and evaluation of the service. Staff education sessions took place at intern orientation and staff induction days. Smoking Cessation Research A research programme is funded by the EU and the Cardiovascular Health Strategy, including a study of 1100 inpatients, followed up after six months to determine factors related to success in smoking cessation post discharge. An EU-funded reciprocal exchange visit took place between staff of this hospital and Wishaw General Hospital,Lanarkshire. Health Promotion Committee Denise Comerford continued as secretary to this committee. Service to Staff "Healthwise SVUH" continued to be published quarterly and was evaluated during the year. The contribution from staff throughout the hospital is appreciated. During ‘Focus on Fruit’ week,a quiz was distributed to staff to raise their awareness of the National Healthy Eating campaign. A fruit display was arranged by the Catering Department in the restaurant each day and two fruit baskets were provided as prizes. Staff were found to eat twice as much fruit as the national average. The analysis by one of the medical students will be peer published by the Nutrition Society. Service to the Community Education and Training Days Training days for health professionals were run in conjunction with other hospital departments. Topics were: • Colorectal Cancer (x 1) • Palliative Care (x 1) • Literacy Awareness for Health Professionals (x 1) • Oncology (x 2) • Smoking Cessation - Theory & Practice (x3) • Smoking Cessation - Interactive Listening Skills (x3) Hospital Calendar 2003 The twelve health promotion posters produced by this department were developed as the official hospital calendar for 2003.Six thousand were published and distributed to: • All hospital staff • Local health care providers • All attendees at the National HPH meeting • Nationwide through the Health Promotion Unit Health Promoting Hospitals St.Vincent’s University Hospital is one of over ninety hospitals affiliated to the National Health Promoting Hospital (HPH) Network. Denise Comerford and Dr Anna Clarke are members of its National Executive and Scientific Committees. Outstanding/Significant Achievements Hilda Gallagher completed a Teaching and Assessing module in UCD;and commenced a BSc in Nursing Management at the RCSI as part of Continuing Professional Development. Publications Comerford D. Health Promotion Information Boards. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Health Promotion Hospitals,Florence, May 2003 Clarke A.T. Health Promoting Hospitals in Ireland – statement or reality? Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Health Promotion Hospitals,Florence, May 2003 Doherty K. Development of smoking cessation services – building for evaluation. Proceedings of conference:‘Evidence Based Practice: Measuring the success of Health Promotion’,NUI Galway;June 2003 Comerford D. Evaluation of "Healthwise" – a Health Promotion Newsletter for a large Dublin Teaching Hospital. Proceedings of the 1st All Ireland Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals, Cavan.November 2003 Clarke A.T. A Survey of Health Promoting Activities in Irish Hospitals. Proceedings of the 1st All Ireland Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals, Cavan.November 2003 195 Service Developments/Achievements Service to Patients 24 Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Service This service to hospital consultants and general practitioners in the catchment area was provided for 711 patients in 2003,an increase of 31% on last year. Smoking cessation support and free nicotine replacement therapy are offered to staff,in conjunction with the Pharmacy and Occupational Health Departments. Health promotion information stands were provided,including Cancer Awareness, co-ordinated by Divisional Nurse Manager Tanya King,and Smoking Cessation,manned by the health promotion team. A COPD awareness day with spirometry testing was offered by the Pulmonary Department. Smoking cessation information was available at this event. Health Promotion Seminars for Transition Year Students Six seminars were held,each attended by approximately 100 students. An Alcohol Awareness Seminar was developed in conjunction with and presented by the Liver Unit N u rs e Specialist with two sessions organised.
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