Introduction

The Therapy Outcome Measures (TOMs), developed by Professor Pam Enderby and Dr Alex John, is an outcome measure that allows professionals from many disciplines working in health, social care and education to describe the relative abilities and difficulties of a patient/client in the four domains of:

• impairment
• activity
• participation
• wellbeing

TOMs has been rigorously tested for reliability and clinical validity. It is quick and simple to use, taking just a few minutes to complete, and is used for treatment planning, clinical management, audit and research. It allows for the aggregation of data so that comparisons can be made for the purposes of internal and external benchmarking.

The TOMs has become an established outcome measure employed by many health services, both NHS and private, across in the UK in internationally.

TOMs training programme

The morning session is an introduction to TOMs and is divided in to two sessions, which Prof Pam Enderby will introduce live before then going into the first session, which is a 45min recording of Prof Enderby and then a second which is 1hour and 10 mins. 

The afternoon session focuses on the practical aspect of how to use the TOMs and is designed to be a classroom based practical, half day training session, with delegates invited to bring case studies to feature in breakout sessions, to be able to discuss with colleagues. This session is designed to be interactive and will use the Zoom breakout rooms function.

By providing the TOMs train using this new structure it ensures that it makes best use of the expert knowledge of Prof Pam Enderby during the live session, whilst still delivering her high level of training introducing TOMs to delegates. Any questions that delegates have can be addressed during the session. 

By completing this training programme participants will gain:

• a grounding in the key drivers behind the implementation of outcome measures across the NHS

• the core principles behind the development of the Therapy Outcome Measure (TOM) and it use in collecting and measuring outcomes data on clients receiving treatments.

All delegates will receive a copy of the TOMs user manual in the price of the training and access to the training video for a 6 month period to revisit any aspects of the training. 

All delegates will also be able to attend the TOMs CONNECT conference, taking place on the 15th of Nov in Birmingham at discount (special code to be provided). 

At the conclusion of the workshop, each participant should:

• Be able to use the International Classification of Functioning

• Know what to look for when choosing an outcome measure

• Understand the principles, practicalities and necessity of using outcome measure

• Know how to improve clinical practice using benchmarking

• Be a confident user of the Therapy Outcome Measure

About Professor Pam Enderby

Pam Enderby is Emeritus Professor of Community Rehabilitation at the University of Sheffield. She qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1970 and combined research with clinical practice. She worked in the NHS in London and Bristol where she set up the Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit. In 1995 she moved to Sheffield to a combined NHS and University research post. She has held the positions of Head of Dept and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. She has been the Clinical Director of the South Yorkshire Comprehensive Local Research Network (09-12) and in 2012-14 was Chair of the Sheffield HealthWatch. Currently on the board of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and President Elect of the International Association Logopedics and Phoniatrics.

She is author of 14 books and published 200 peer-reviewed journal articles. Her areas of research interest include: outcome measurement, assessment, evaluation of rehabilitation and speech and language therapy.

She was awarded a Fellowship of the College of Speech Therapists, was honoured with an OBE for services to speech and language therapy in 2018.  A DSc was awarded by the University of the West of England in 2000.  In 2012 she was recipient of the Robin Tavistock award for her contribution to Aphasia research and recently (2016) presented the Bipin Bhakta distinguished scholar lecture to the Society for Research in Rehabilitation and the Princess Margaret lecture to the UK Stroke Forum.