Anna Pratt

Academic qualifications

MSc, PGCertTLHE, Dip COT

Profile

Anna qualified in 1994 and joined the staff in September 2006 from a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist post at Watford General, which she combined with a Research Hand Therapist post at Mount Vernon Hospital, West Hertfordshire NHS Trust. She completed an MSc in Advancing Practice at the University of Hertfordshire in April 2006 basing her modules on aspects of hand therapy. She has researched and published widely in the specialist area of hand therapy.

Committee responsibilities

• BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Examination Board BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Course Committee
• MSc Pre Registration Occupational Therapy, MSc Occupational Therapy, MSc Hand Therapy Examination Board  
• MSc Pre Registration Occupational Therapy, MSc Occupational Therapy, MSc Hand Therapy Course Committee
• Post Graduate Programme Leaders Committee 

Admin responsibilities

Course Leader MSc Hand Therapy, Module Leader for Hand Therapy 1 (MSc level) and Hand Therapy 2 (MSc level)

Teaching responsibilities

BSc Modules

• Communication and Clinical Effectiveness
• Occupational Performance
• Enabling Health and Well-being through occupation
• Occupational Therapy 3
• Research Methods
• Research Proposal
  

MSc Modules

• Hand Therapy I
• Hand Therapy II
  

Other responsibilities

Module Co-ordinating Responsibilities

• HH55015 and HH55016 Hand Therapy I & II
  HH1110 Placement 1 (2010/11)
• HH1113 Occupational Performance (2007/08)

Research centres

• CCentre for Research in Rehabilitation (CRR)

Membership and affiliation

• British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT)
  
• Registered with the Health Professions Council
  
• British Association of Hand Therapists (BAHT)

Professional activities or recognition

• Past Director of the British Association of Hand Therapists 2001-2005
• Currently a journal reviewer for Hand Therapy (formally the British Journal of Hand Therapy) and Journal of Hand Therapy

Publications

Journal Papers

(2009) Pratt, AL. and Byrne, G., The lived experience of Dupuytren’s disease of the hand, Journal of Clinical Nursing 18 (12) : 1793- 1802

(2007) Pratt, A. and Burr, N., Post-operative rehabilitation after PIP joint arthroplasty with early active motion: A retrospective review of outcomes, British Journal of Hand Therapy 12 (1) : 22- 27 Download publication

(2005) Pratt, A., Bulstrode, NW., Burr, N. and Grobbelaar, AO., Extensor tendon rehabilitation a prospective trial comparing three rehabilitation regimes, The Journal of Hand Surgery: Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand 30 (2) : 175- 179

(2004) Bulstrode, NW., Bisson, M., Jemec, B., Pratt, AL., McGrouther, DA. and Grobbelaar, AO., A prospective randomised clinical trial of the intra-operative use of 5-fluorouracil on the outcome of Dupuytren's disease, Journal of Hand Surgery 29 B (1) : 18- 21

(2004) Pratt, A., Bisson, M., Bulstrode, NW. and Jemec, B., A prospective randomised clinical trial of the intra-operative use of 5-fluorouracil on the outcome of Dupuytren's disease, The Journal of Hand Surgery: Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand 29 (1) : 18- 21

(2003) Kang, N., Pratt, A. and Burr, N., Miniplate fixation for avulsion injuries of the flexor digitorum profundus insertion, Journal of Hand Surgery 28 (4) : 363- 368

(2003) Pratt, A., Kang, N. and Burr, N., Miniplate fixation for avulsion injuries of the flexor digitorum profundus insertion, The Journal of Hand Surgery: Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand 28 (4) : 363- 368

(2002) Pratt, AL., Burr, N. and Grobbelaar, AO., A prospective review of open central slip laceration repair and rehabilitation, Journal of Hand Surgery 27 (6) : 530- 534

(2002) Pratt, A., Burr, N. and Grobbelaar, AO., A prospective review of open central slip laceration repair and rehabilitation, The Journal of Hand Surgery: Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand 27 (6) : 530- 534

(2002) Burr, N., Pratt, AL. and Smith, PJ., An alternative splinting and rehabilitation protocol for metacarpophalangeal joint arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis., J Hand Ther 15 (1) : 41- 47 Download publication

(Accepted) Pratt, A., Ball, C. and Nanchahal ,, J., Optimal functional outcome measures for assessing treatment for Dupuytren's disease: a systematic review and recommendations for future practice, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 14131 Download publication