Two and a half years ago, IPMN Day of Shared Learning 2020 was cancelled on the morning of the event, due to COVID. We thank you for your understanding at the time, and apologise for any disappointment or inconvenience which that cancellation might have caused. Little did we know how things would spiral from there, or [...]
Two and a half years ago, IPMN Day of Shared Learning 2020 was cancelled on the morning of the event, due to COVID. We thank you for your understanding at the time, and apologise for any disappointment or inconvenience which that cancellation might have caused. Little did we know how things would spiral from there, [...]
Booking Closed. See you on Friday! The deadline for receipt of specific dietary requirement requests was Tuesday 25th February. It has now passed. INTRODUCTION The Irish Posture & Mobility Network (IPMN) is hosting their Day of Shared Learning event on the 6th March 2020 at Trinity College Dublin. Speakers from a variety of fields will [...]
The Irish Posture & Mobility Network (IPMN) will be hosting their Day of Shared Learning event on the 6th March 2020 at Trinity College Dublin. This will be done in conjunction with Engineers Ireland Biomedical Engineering Division, Seating & Mobility Interest Group. At this time we are inviting speakers to submit their presentations if they would like to to present [...]
UCD Centre for Disability Studies is delighted to announce our annual Discussions in Disability seminar for 2018. This year the seminar will address the topic of Assisted Decision Making. The seminar will take place in UCD Belfield campus on Monday 27th August 2018. Guest speakers include: Áine Flynn, Director of the Decision Support Service in [...]
The first video features 'Iron-man' star Robert Downey Junior presenting a low cost yet very dynamic 3D-printed bionic arm to a seven year old boy Click here for video: The second video is about an up and coming actress who is delighted with her new custom sized bionic arm, allowing her to now do things [...]
The International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP) The University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology has been awarded a grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop the International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP). ISWP will be built around a federation of regional and international Affiliate Members and Partners which [...]
Masters in Seating and Posture Management and a Masters in Advancing Practice in (Allied Health Profession Speciality) The School of Health Sciences at the University of Ulster offers a suite of modules for clinicians with an interest in the field of seating and wheelchairs. These modules are: Seating for complex disabilities Pressure ulcer prevention and [...]
The Department of Clinical Therapies is accepting applicants for its MSc in Advanced Healthcare Practice and Graduate Certificate Programmes including two new programmes: Graduate Certificate in Posture, Seating and Wheelchair Mobility Across the Life Course (in partnership with SeatTech Enable Ireland) Graduate Certificate in Global Health Our graduate certificate programmes also include Pain, Neurological Rehabilitation, [...]
Wheelchair seating - Part 3: Determination of static, impact and repetitive load strengths for postural support devices. This International Standard has now been published and is available from the International Standards Organisation. It refers to the testing of postural supports for use in wheelchairs – belts and harnesses. Under EU regulations all CE marked products to which this [...]
