Heather McLellan has represented ACPOHE and has been involved in creating this fantastic resource for clinicians. We are delighted to let you know that the VR toolkit and e-learning has now gone live and can be accessed here.
The VR toolkit and e-learning consists of a suite of 3 resources:
- Stroke Vocational Rehabilitation animation
- Stroke Vocational Rehabilitation elearning and toolkit
- Series of VR talking head videos including stroke survivors, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, a physiotherapist and a health psychologist. (embedded into the e-learning).
This is all incorporated into a stroke VR e-learning package with the above assets downloadable and can be found on our Work & Health Learning and Development Toolkits page which can be accessed here.
Heather says:
I was delighted to be asked by the committee in 2022 if I would represent ACPOHE on the NHS national "task and finish" group for the recently published Stroke Vocational Rehabilitation Toolkit.
I found myself as the sole physio amongst many Occupational Therapists, but also a unique representative as an experienced occupational health professional but also a stroke patient.
Having discovered a severe lack of any rehabilitation support for those with subtle stroke symptoms, having had to tap into my own professional network for my own return to work needs, I was pleased to be able to make a contribution. I felt most able to contribute with regards to patients who appear physically well, but are struggling with subtle executive function cognitive issues, and therefore can be easily overlooked as "being ok", and with regards to those who are self employed and small business owners who have a considerable lack of access to any meaningful occupational health support.
I feel the resulting guidelines and toolkit provide a needed and significant resources for all health care professionals, including those working in occupational health who may have had minimal exposure to stroke patients wishing to return to work.
It does an excellent job of spanning a wide range of issues faced by stroke patients wishing to return to work and provides a flexible framework to enable health care professionals to support patients, and seek further support and knowledge themselves.
I look forward to being able to share more about the development of the toolkit at the ACPOHE Study Day in November 2023.
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