Scottish Society of Rehabilitation - Committee

 

Committee   Isla Cameron Ayrshire   Moira Colvan SSR Administrative Secretary 24 Kingsland Drive Glasgow G52 2NE Email SSR Admin   Miss Alison M Cran Edinburgh   Mrs. Rena Findlay SSR Past President Head Occupational Therapist Occupational Therapy Department Level C Inverclyde Royal Hospital Larkfield Road Greenock PA16 0XN Tel: 01475 504815 Email:  rena@braidbar.fsworld.co.uk   Dr. Janet Hanley SSR Trust Fund Secretary Research and Development Office Research Manager Capacity and Capability Development Queen's Medical Research Institute 47 Little France Crescent Edinburgh EH16 4TJ Tel 0131 242 3353  janet.hanley@nhs.net     Dr. Pamela Harper SSR Treasurer/ Membership Secretary Edinburgh Email PamHpr@aol.com    Jacqueline Kelly Occupational Therapist Glasgow   Ian McMiIllan Lecturer Queen Margaret University College Edinburgh       Dr. Bhupinder Panesar SSR President Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Southern General Hospital Glasgow Tel : 0141 201 1690   Sandra Sexton SSR Honorary Secretary Director National Centre for Training and Education in Prosthetics and Orthotics University of Strathclyde Glasgow Email SSRehabilitation@aol.com       Information about Committee Members   Isla Cameron Isla qualified as a physiotherapist in 2002 from Glasgow Caledonian University.  Since graduating she has been employed by Ayrshire and Arran Health Board as a rotational physiotherapist.  She has recently been working in the young neurological rehabilitation and stroke rehabilitation wards and has a special interest working within this field. Top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Miss Alison M Cran   Alison currently works as a trained nurse in a private nursing home .  She also has community, general and coronary care nursing experience. She is a member of the RCN Rehabilitation  Nurses Forum as well as the Working with Older People Forum    Top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Mrs Rena Findlay Rena qualified from the Glasgow School of Occupational Therapy in 1977, and over the years has gained a broad range of experience across the physical field, covering acute care, rehabilitation, vocational and community practice in the UK and overseas.  She has recently completed her tenure on the Scottish Board of the College of Occupational Therapists.    Top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Dr. Pam Harper   Pam has been Treasurer of the SSR since 1988, and more recently became Membership Secretary. She is a Trustee and Treasurer of the Trust Fund of SSR. Pam was previously a Consultant in Geriatric Medicine with an interest in rehabilitation. She is now a Disability Analyst working as a full time Medical Advisor for Medical Services. Pam is also Treasurer/ Membership Secretary of the Scottish Posture and Mobility Network, and is a member of the Society in Research and Rehabilitation and the British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine.    Top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacqueline Kelly Jacqueline was a mature student who qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 1998. She has worked in Fernan St Disability Resource Centre since 1999. Her work is with people aged 16-64 who have a physical disability. Initially she worked in the residential unit but her role has expanded to cover all of Glasgow.  Top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Ian McMillan Ian McMillan qualified as an occupational therapist in 1984, acquired a Masters degree in education in 1993 and has worked in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He is currently a lecturer and course leader for a postgraduate diploma course in occupational therapy at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh. Ian is involved in the education of students from undergraduate to postgraduate levels and assists in the supervision of MSc/PhD projects in the management of chronic pain. He is currently pursuing his Doctoral studies in Education at Stirling University. He has specialist interests in learning methods (Problem Based Learning), the role of the occupational therapist in the management of chronic pain and the role of the occupational therapist in GP practices.  Top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Dr. Bhupinder Panesar   Bhupinder studied medicine at Glasgow University and trained in Rehabilitation Medicine at the Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh.  He took up consultant post at the Southern General Hospital in February 2000.  His main areas of work are with the Glasgow Community Physical Disability Teams and in the Physically Disabled Rehabilitation Unit at the Southern General Hospital.    Top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Sandra Sexton Sandra Sexton qualified as a Prosthetist/Orthotist in 1988 and is now Director of the National Centre for Training and Education in Prosthetics and Orthotics at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. She is involved in management, education and research with a special interest in outcome measurement in the field of Prosthetics and Orthotics.  Top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Contact address:  Moira Colvan SSR Administrative Secretary  

24 Kingsland Drive Glasgow G52 2NE

Email: SSR Admin

Phone: 0870 770 5865