Making Waves SPA National Conference 2016 Brochure

Featured Presenters

Monday 16 May

9.20am – 10.30am

Emeritus Professor Pamela (Pam) Enderby Pamela (Pam) Enderby is Emeritus

MKP – Keynote Presentation:

Professor of Community Rehabilitation at the University of Sheffield, UK. She qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1970 and from an early stage in her career combined research with clinical practice. She worked in the NHS in

Speech pathology as the Masterchef: Getting the right ingredients and stirring the pot

We enter our profession with the aim of assisting those with communication and swallowing disorders to have a better quality of life. Thus we should be restless to continue to improve our services in order to achieve the best influence and outcomes by changing our recipes and ingredients.

London and Bristol where she was District Therapist and set up the first Communication Aids Centre in the UK and the Speech and Language Research Unit. In 1995 she moved to Sheffield to a combined NHS and University research post. At the University she has held the positions of Head of Department and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. More recently she has completed three years as the Clinical Director of the South Yorkshire Comprehensive Local Research Network and one year as Chair of Sheffield Healthwatch on whose board she still serves. She is also a trustee of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Pam was the lead in the Equal Pay case which, after 14 years, was found in favour of Speech and Language Therapists in the European Court of Human Justice. She was awarded a Fellowship of the College of Speech Therapists and was honoured with an MBE for services to speech and language therapy. A DSc was awarded by the University of the West of England in 2000. In 2012 she was awarded the Robin Tavistock for her contribution to Aphasia. Pam has been the lead supervisor for 26 successful doctoral students, the principal investigator on in excess of 50 research projects spanning three decades totalling in excess of £7.5 million, been the principal author of 14 books and published more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Thus we have to consider: • the recipients

• who judges • the budget • the resources available • who is doing better than we are • what can help us improve • what is the appetite, and • what is best?

This presentation will look at the value of understanding and using information on incidence and prevalence, evidence based practice and outcome measurement. We should be blending technical, clinical, academic and personal skills to result in an award-winning menu!

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