1. Innovation forum

2. Innovation Forum: 2011 AGM
We have 5 simple questions and would like to ask you to work in groups to answer these:
What are the core benefits of BSHAA membership?
As a paying BSHAA member which activities and support do you value the most?
In what areas would you like BSHAA to increase focus and activity?
Are there something that you miss from BSHAA? And how could we close that gap?
What are potential challenges for delivering BSHAA membership support and how would you address these?

3. Innovation Forum: 2011 AGM Objectives:
By working in groups we will explore opportunities to improve BSHAA support and value to our members.
Process:
A - Breakout group discussion to generate and collect ideas (30mins)
B – Prioritisation of input from flipchart (15 mins)
C – Create idea cards from prioritisation task (20 mins)
D – Pin idea cards to wall for all to prioritise with dots (15 mins)
E – Select top ranking cards and present back to the group (30 mins)

4. Innovation Forum: 2011 AGM

5. Innovation Forum: Outcomes

6. Innovation Forum: Top 5 ideas

7. Communications Committee: Forum feedback
Raise profile of BSHAA
Other Healthcare Professionals
Public
Website
Lobbying
Stakeholders
Resources/budget

8. www.bshaa.com Two websites in one
Communications Committee: Forum feedback
Two websites in one

9. Communications Committee: Forum feedback
Public Site
Who we are
Hearing loss & Hearing Aids
Hearing Care
Why contact a BSHAA member
Customer Care Scheme
Find a Dispenser
Join BSHAA Online

10. Key features – Members Site
Communications Committee: Forum feedback
Key features – Members Site
BSHAA Resources
Educational Resources
CPD management tool
Planning and reporting
Booking events online
Linked to CPD management
AQP information and tools
Marketing information and tools
HPC updates and publications

11. Communications Committee: Forum feedback
Website Costs

12. Expected annual running costs
Communications Committee: Forum feedback
Expected annual running costs
Licenses - £6.5k
Development 2012/13 - £9k
Content – £4k
E-news and NLA license - £0.7k
Source code escrow £0.8k
Miscellaneous £0.5k

13. Communications Committee: Forum feedback
Website income
Income generation
YTD £2k

14. Education & Professional Practice Committee: Forum Feedback
What members wanted and what your Education & Professional Practice Committee is delivering!

15. Education & Professional Practice Committee: Forum Feedback
Members’ opinions about what BSHAA’s priority activities should be for 2012 onwards relevant to the Education & Professional Practice Committee (EPPC) were:-
Enhancing professional status and standards of practice
Steering advanced practitioner status/extended scope of practice
Online or e-learning with CPD accreditation
CPD helpline/forum/blog
More in-depth training sessions/themed days/technical content
More educational activities/refresher or back-to-basics courses/weekend workshops

16. Enhancing professional status and standards of practice
Education & Professional Practice Committee: Forum Feedback
Enhancing professional status and standards of practice
“Professional recognition”
“Professionalism and standards”
“Steer pathway to advanced practitioner status”
“Widening scope of practice”
“Reinforce relationships with universities”
“More involvement in research initiatives”.
What’s the progress so far?
More about this in the last session today…….
‘Defining professional excellence…….
……but why should we bother?’

17. Education & Professional Practice Committee: Forum Feedback
Enhancing professional status and standards of practice:-
Major review of ‘BSHAA Guidance on Professional Practice for Hearing Aid Audiologists’ (2010):-
Guidance will be more comprehensive
Drive greater consistency of practice
Will be used to prove that we practise to high standards
It will shout
QUALITY!!

18. Education & Professional Practice Committee: Forum Feedback
Enhancing professional status and standards of practice (cont):-
NICE accreditation is being investigated
Closer links are being forged with other organisations such as the BSA, BTA, BAA and Hearing Link as well all universities with HCPC-approved degree programmes
Membership of the EPP Committee widened
Small working groups formed to focus on adult rehabilitation, tinnitus, DSP technologies and CPD

19. Education & Professional Practice Committee: Forum Feedback
Steering advanced practitioner status and extended scope of practice:-
After the recent publication by the BSA of ‘Common Principles of Rehabilitation for Adults’, the EPPC has started work on a practice guidance document translating the evidence-based principles into a practice guidance document relevant to our profession.
The EPPC Tinnitus Special Interest Group is working on a course enabling interested members to extend their scope of practice in tinnitus management.

20. Education & Professional Practice Committee: Forum Feedback
Online or e-learning with CPD accreditation
CPD helpline/forum/blog
CPD section of the BSHAA website is the 2nd most visited section - three online tutorials.
In 2013, a new CPD service is planned – online access to articles with MCQ assessments and BSHAA CPD points.
PowerPoint slides from Professional Development meetings are routinely available on our website.
Feasibility of more online tutorials with recorded dialogue is being investigated.
Objective is an affordable UK version of ‘Audiology Online’ with CPD accreditation.
CPD/Practice Guidance Helpline is

21. Education & Professional Practice Committee: Forum Feedback
More in-depth training sessions/themed days/technical content
More educational activities/refresher or back-to-basics courses/weekend workshops
In 2012, BSHAA has organised a 2 day Congress, 3 full day and 3 half day regional professional development meetings. This is more than any other organisation in the field of audiology in the UK.
We can do more but only as much as attendance at these meetings justifies!
Everything is possible if members support us!

22. Education & Professional Practice Committee: Forum Feedback
Any questions for Roger, Peter or me?