2024 Maximise your membership events

Whether you're a seasoned OT professional or a newcomer, our 'maximise your membership' series caters to all levels of experience and expertise

Maximise your membership events

Whether you're a seasoned OT professional looking to stay ahead of the curve or a newcomer eager to explore the benefits of RCOT membership, our 'maximise your membership' series caters to all levels of experience and expertise.

Learners guide to CPD

18 November 2024

Are you a learner looking to find out more about CPD and how to utilise our brilliant CPD Portfolio member benefit? If so, catch up on the ‘Learners guide to: CPD’ below. Here, you’ll learn how to build good CPD habits, and you'll hear from our fantastic Professional Development team, along with a RCOT member and Learner Ambassador, Magdalena! You can see a copy of the presentation slides here.

If you have any questions about the CPD Portfolio, please get in touch with the Professional Development team via hello@rcot.co.uk.

Learners guide to CPD Webinar

Lunch and learn - HCPC standards

15 November 2024

HCPC have made changes to their standards on conduct, performance and ethics, effective as of 1 September 2024. If you’re interested in finding out more about these important changes, catch up on ‘Lunch and learn – HCPC standards’ event below. You can also see a copy of the presentation slides here.

If you have any questions about the updated HCPC standards, please contact our professional advisory service at professional.advisoryservice@rcot.co.uk or via telephone at 020 3141 4630.

HCPC standards Webinar

Maximise your CPD

22 August 2024

Are you looking to find out how to maximise your CPD portfolio? Would you like to know more about how to best utilise this brilliant member benefit to log your CPD efficiently and effectively and hear from members on ways they’re optimising their CPD? If so, catch up on the ‘Maximise your CPD’ event below. You can see a copy of the presentation slides here.

You can also view our fantastic guest speaker’s slides, Nina Bedding, Senior Lecturer at University of Sunderland.

We have some additional resources to provide support around logging into your CPD portfolio, including a step-by-step guide with the web and app log in instructions here.

If you’d like to find out more about CPD from HCPC, including what counts as CPD, CPD activity examples and the HCPC CPD standards, here are some useful webpage links: HCPC CPD standards, what activities count as CPD, examples of CPD evidence.

We would really appreciate it if you could complete our feedback form, your views are important to us and will help us to shape future events here at RCOT.

If you have any questions about the CPD Portfolio, please get in touch with the Professional Development team via prof.dev@rcot.co.uk.

Maximise your CPD Webinar

Introducing research and innovation at RCOT

25 April 2024

Do you have an interest in research? Would you like to know more about innovation across the OT workforce? Watch the webinar below to learn more about both research and innovation at RCOT and hear our brilliant RCOT colleagues speak about about the different ways you can get involved in these areas. You can see a copy of the slides here.

We’ve moved from our LinkedIn group to a new digital platform to host RCOT Communities. Research Connect is part of a small-scale test and learn phase where we’ll use your experience and involvement to develop our community model and the digital platform. You'll find guides on how to get the most out of research connect on RCOT Communities ‘Help’ section.

To find out more about the Innovation Hub, please contact Suzy England via suzy.england@rcot.co.uk.

If you have any questions about RCOT Communities, please get in touch at: communities@rcot.co.uk.

Introducing research and innovation Webinar

Transitioning into retirement

22 April 2024

Planning your retirement? Catch up on our event below to find out more about what transition into retirement entails, including overcoming any challenges, ways in which you can stay connected to the occupational therapy community as a retiree, and how RCOT can support you in this journey. You can see a copy of the slides here.

If you have any questions about transitioning to retirement, please contact our Professional Advisory Service (PAS) at professional.advisoryservice@rcot.co.uk or via telephone at 020 3141 4630.

If you have any questions about membership you can get in touch with our dedicated membership excellence team at membership@rcot.co.uk or via telephone at 020 3141 4648.

Transitioning into retirement Webinar

Learners guide to research and innovation at RCOT

4 March 2024

Would you like to find out more about research? Would you like to know more about innovation across the OT workforce? Catch the webinar below to learn more about both research and innovation at RCOT and hear our brilliant RCOT colleagues speak about the different ways you can get involved in these areas. You can see a copy of the slides here.

To find out more about the Innovation Hub, please contact Suzy England via suzy.england@rcot.co.uk.

If you have any questions about RCOT Communities, please get in touch at: communities@rcot.co.uk.

Learners guide: research and innovation Webinar

Return to practice

22 February 2024

Are you looking to return to practice? This is a great opportunity to find out about how RCOT can support you through this journey, including the HCPC process, along with which are resources available to you. Whether you are returning to practice or are keen to find out more to help a peer or colleague through this process, catch up on the webinar below to find out more!

If you have any questions about returning to practice, please contact our professional advisory service at professional.advisoryservice@rcot.co.uk or via telephone at 020 3141 4630.

Return to practice Webinar

RCOT launch event: your new CPD Portfolio!

9 January 2024

Are you interested in finding out about our brand new CPD Portfolio? Would you like to know more about how to log your CPD efficiently and effectively? Watch the webinar to find out how to use this brilliant new tool and RCOT member benefit!