We are delighted to confirm that the 2022 Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture will be given by Dr Sidney Chu who will discuss: Optimising Performance, Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Occupational Therapy Service Delivery.
Dr Chu is recognised as an outstanding occupational therapy practitioner who has a very strong national and international profile in the field of paediatrics. His special interests and skills are in the assessment and treatment of children with specific developmental disorders.
The prestigious lecture will be held on Thursday 28 April 2022 in the early evening and will take place online so you can watch it from anywhere you are. It will also be available to replay in full afterwards.
The prestigious lecture is free to attend for all members and occupational therapists and more details about the event and booking will be shared soon.
The lectureship is awarded to a member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) who is considered by their peers to have made and be making a significant contribution to the development of the profession. Previous Elizabeth Casson Memorial lecturers have included Dr Anita Atwal, Dr Jenny Preston MBE, Thérèse Jackson OBE, Dr Nick Pollard and Dr Wendy Bryant, Honorary Professor.
Commenting on being asked to deliver the lecture, Dr Chu said:
"It is a huge honour to be awarded the 2022 Dr Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lectureship and also the RCOT Fellowship in 2016. I feel deeply privileged to be recognised by my peers and also the professional body. It is always my passion to achieve better performance outcomes for the service and also clinical outcomes for the clients and that interventions we provide are value for money. I am delighted to have this opportunity to share my knowledge and experience in service improvement to promote the practice and value of occupational therapy."
For the 2022 Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture, Dr Sidney Chu will discuss:
The rise in health and social care costs has prompted a critical look at the way health and social care services for children and adults are managed and delivered. There has been a gradual but significant change in the demands for evaluating quality and outcomes of services. Where once only outcome data related to service performance were required, now evidence of clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness is demanded. When evaluating the quality of service delivery, it is important to conceptualise outcomes related to the service efficiency (performance outcomes), service effectiveness (clinical outcomes) and cost effectiveness (economic outcomes).
In this lecture, Dr Chu will explore the interdependence relationship between performance, clinical and economic outcomes in service delivery which is underpinned by strong leadership, the use of various service improvement strategies and collaborative action research between managers, clinicians, researchers and health economists. Strategies to optimise performance, clinical and economic outcomes will be suggested. Occupational therapists should adopt these service improvement strategies to develop an efficient, effective and cost effective service which is able to meet the client’s needs by using allocated resources and is value for money from commissioning perspective.
Details of the 2021 lecture including the recording and resources can be found here.