Scott Buxton

Scott is editor of Physiospot so expect to see his work popping up frequently. Away from the keyboard he is AHP Workforce Development Lead at the Royal United Hospital in Bath as well as an Advanced Practice Physio in Frailty/Geriatrics with a special interest in osteoporosis and sarcopenia.

Global Clubfoot Initiative Launch New Webinar Series

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 by Scott Buxton

The Global Clubfoot Initiative (GCI) is a consortium of individuals and organisations with technical and organisational expertise in clubfoot management, using the Ponseti method and experience in establishing national clubfoot programmes in low and middle income countries. As part of their mission they provide resources and make training available to those working with people with clubfoot.

Physiopedia has worked with the GCI before in the hugely successful Managing Children with Clubfoot which was published in 2017. The course is still available now and thanks to the GCI we have some incredible content which will transform your practice.

In keeping with their aim to provide resource for the clubfoot community the GCI are launching a new webinar series with the first being on Measuring outcomes and delivering quality in clubfoot treatment. This will take place on 3 July, 14.00 – 15.30 (GMT +01). To get the link to take part you will have to sign up but don’t worry it is completely free. There is no cost involved.

Sign up to the webinar

Why this topic?

There is variation in how the result of clubfoot management is measured and reported globally. This webinar will present approaches to measure the outcomes of treatment including longer term outcome and the experience of the patient and family and their level of satisfaction with the treatment. Participants will also hear from national clubfoot programmes in a number of different countries on how they work to improve quality in their clubfoot treatment, to support the delivery of the best outcomes possible.

Who is Speaking?

Tracey Smythe, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, International Centre for Evidence in Disability, will present approaches to measuring outcomes to treatment
Christie Pettitt-Schieber, Research, Evaluation and Operations Manager, MiracleFeet, will talk about supporting quality clubfoot care across national programmes
Esperance Uwizeye, Regional Program Officer (Africa) & Linda Hansen, Regional Manager (Africa), CURE Clubfoot will cover supporting quality clubfoot care in a country programme
Mamun Chowdhury, Director of Operations, Walk for Life, Bangladesh, will talk about supporting quality clubfoot care at a clinic level

As with all webinars there will be opportunity for questions and discussion. To make sure you don’t miss out on any future webinars run by the GCI make sure you sign up to the mailing list.

Don’t forget about the clubfoot course on PP+!

Whilst waiting for the webinar why not do some wider reading?