Whipps Cross Hospital OT Club

30/03/2026

👇 Important to know for all stroke/neuro OTs.

27/03/2026

👇 Neuro podcast on dementia

26/03/2026

24/03/2026

👇 Creative way to assess/practice patient's dynamic balance

24/03/2026

👇 Check this out: practical tips for toileting hygiene training in the acute care.

21/03/2026

19/03/2026

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17/03/2026

🤔 The Great OT Debate: Sharpening Our Clinical Reasoning and Decision-Making Skills

⁉️ Is there ever truly one right answer in Occupational Therapy clinical reasoning?

⁉️ Does every patient require the same management plan based solely on their condition?

⁉️ What happens when a patient’s wishes conflict with our professional opinion?

⁉️ And how do we defend our reasoning to members of the MDT who may not fully understand the role of OT?

To celebrate OT Week in 2024 and 2025, Occupational Therapists at Whipps Cross Hospital engaged for the first time in ‘Debate Club’—an innovative addition to our wider OT Club teaching programme. The sessions focus on the nuances of clinical reasoning and decision-making within everyday practice.

👉 Keep an eye out for some of the thought-provoking topics our OTs at Whipps Cross Hospital have been debating.

13/03/2026

👇 Great tips for OT therapy sessions. Check this out!

12/03/2026

Don't forget to look after yourself FIRST!
💚 Happy Thursday! Stay awesome! 👊

Credit to Heidi Viles 💚

12/03/2026

Don't forget to look after yourself FIRST!
💚 Happy Thursday! Stay awesome! 👊

05/03/2026

𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Introduction to Hand Therapy: Common chronic conditions and basic hand assessment

Our first OT Club training for this year was on an Introduction to Hand Therapy. The session was hosted by our outpatient hand therapy colleagues. We defined hand therapy as a discipline and what the role is for OTs, briefly reviewed anatomy and physiology of the upper limb and hand, and discussed the significance and importance of functional hands for ADL engagement. We briefly looked at some common chronic hand conditions including OA, arthritis, Carpal tunnel, radial nerve palsy (Wrist drop) tendonitis (such as DQT), and reviewed what constitutes as trauma conditions. We covered basic hand therapy assessment and treatment, and how these can best be applied within an acute care inpatient setting, with a focus on the management of stiffness, oedema and pain.

“𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩.” Mary Reilly, EdD

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲?

We wanted OT’s to;

• Understand the importance and role of hand therapy and relate it back to the acute inpatient setting.

• Understand how to conduct a basic hand therapy assessment.

• Be able to recommend simple exercises for managing common chronic conditions.

• Be able to identify and treat common upper limb symptoms prevalent within inpatient settings, such as oedema, stiffness, pain and weakness.

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:

Staff observed that Occupational Therapists have the potential to play a greater role in supporting common hand therapy conditions on acute wards, enhancing both hand function and prevention of the development of possible longer-term issues.

Following this teaching session therapists felt more confident in their ability to independently identify and manage potential concerns of the upper limb and were more aware of referral processes and supports available via our hand therapy expert colleague.

𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀