2024 Annual Scientific Conference
BSPRM 2024 Annual Scientific Conference
Long-term conditions: Improving function - The third new indicator of health
Pre Conference Day:
6 November 2024
DoubleTree by Hilton (Paradise Way) Coventry
Conference Days:
7-8 November 2024
Coventry Arena
Programme
View the conference programme for details of the sessions and plenary lectures, including their presenters and chairs.
Sessions
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tracheostomy Weaning
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Shoulder in Rehabilitation
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Amputee & Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Advances in Spasticity Management
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Technology in Rehabilitation
- Cerebral Palsy in Adulthood
- Rehabilitation of the Hand/Upper Limb
Plenary Lectures
- Functioning - The Third New Indicator of Health
- Advances in Management of Neurogenic Bladder
- Sarcopenia and Deconditioning
- Advances in Understanding Phantom limb Pain
Abstracts
Conference abstract submissions underwent rigorous peer-review, the top 16 scoring abstracts were selected for oral presentations at the conference and published in the SAGE Journal 'Advances in Rehabilitation Science and Practice' (2.3 impact factor). Other abstracts were selected for poster presentations.
Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors for supporting our event:
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Abbvie
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
NRC Medical Experts
Stewarts Law
National Rehabilitation Centre
The sponsorship funding was used to support BSPRM and the delivery of the annual scientific conference. The sponsorship did not influence, nor did the sponsors participate or be involved in, the event (e.g. preparation of materials, delivery of educational content) as part of this sponsorship agreement. The sponsors exhibited at the event at their allocated promotional stand space or delivered a sympsosium event which was separate from the conference content and was clearly delivered on behalf of the sponsor. This sponsorship agreement is to promote educational, medical, scientific and/or charitable purposes and is not done in exchange for any explicit or implicit agreement or understanding that either party will purchase, administer, sell, supply, use, consume, prescribe, purchase, lease, order, recommend any goods or services.
Conference Awards
Best Oral Abstract Presentation
Winner – Harry Mee: Anti-epileptic prescribing following Traumatic Brain Injury.
Winner – Nafi Iftekhar: Using Diaphragmatic Resonant Breathing with Digital Heart Rate Variability Monitors in the Management of Long COVID: The HEARTLOC Study.
Highly Commended – Adele Evans-Tomlinson: A pilot to implement the National Clinical Guideline for Stroke 2023: Feasibility of a direct pathway from a Hyperacute Stroke Unit to Community Stroke Rehabilitation Unit.
Highly Commended – Sorfina Ghazali: Not just CANH! Life sustaining treatment decisions beyond continuous artificial nutrition and hydration for patients in long-term care settings lacking capacity following acquired brain injury.
Best Poster Abstract Presentation
Winner – Will Goodison: North Central London (NCL) Rehabilitation Pathways Network – A new collaboration across an Integrated Care System (ICS).
Winner – Imogen Stoodley and Hannah Cheston: Improving continence care through in-reach specialist continence ward rounds in a community neurorehabilitation unit.
Medical Student Essay Prize
First Place – Lily Johnson: I Am Not My Self - Reconceiving Identity in Rehabilitation Medicine
Second Place – Pauline Sosniok: Healing beyond medicine – The role of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine.
Third Place – Grace Annetes: ‘Like a Phoenix from the Ashes’ – Identity Loss after Traumatic Brain Injury.
Highly Commended – Simon Onions: The Role of Rehabilitation Medicine in Remote and Austere Settings.
Highly Commended – Zekai Qiang: Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation Restoring Functions One Synapse at a Time
Best Research Paper Award
Winner – K P Sivaraman Nair & Amin Baker: ‘Psychometric Properties of LUN-MS: A New Questionnaire to Identify the Unmet Needs of People With Multiple Sclerosis’
Honorary Life Memberships
Honorary Life Memberships were awarded during the 2024 Annual General Meeting.
Winner – Prof Jai Kulkarni
Winner – Dr Vera Neumann
Conference Interviews
During the 2024 BSPRM Conference, leading experts, inspiring professionals, and rising talents in Rehabilitation Medicine were interviewed regarding key topics and reflections from the conference. Through engaging interviews and insightful conversations, the videos explore advancements in rehabilitation care, highlight personal journeys, and celebrate outstanding contributions to the field.
Conference Photos
Explore the professional photographs captured during the conference, showcasing moments from engaging sessions, lively networking, interactions with sponsors, poster viewings, the delightful conference dinner, and the joyous celebration at the awards ceremony.
Conference Report
Sneha Thomas wrote a great article summarising the BSPRM Conference in November 2024, published in the ACNR (Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation). It is fantastic to have medical students actively contributing on behalf of our society and BSPRM looks forward to engaging with them even more in 2025.
Conference Presentations
Presentation slides from the 2024 conference, for which we have permission to share, are available to view for BSPRM members who attended the conference.