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Telephone Survey

BAPAM — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:04:16 +0000

Between September and December we will be conducting a telephone survey of a random sample of performers who visited BAPAM’s London clinic earlier in the year.

The aim of the survey is to learn about performers’ experiences at the clinic and in the months afterwards, and whether or not visiting BAPAM has been helpful. We hope the survey will enable us to assess BAPAM’s services, highlight any aspects that we may need to improve, and provide a broad understanding of the most effective treatment and care for performers’ health problems. The survey results will also help us design a routine follow-up questionnaire for all performers visiting BAPAM in future.

Participation is voluntary.

The survey is being co-ordinated by BAPAM’s Dan Hayhurst and Dr Deborah Charnock, a Trustee and Chair of BAPAM’s research group. Deborah will be conducting the interviews: she is an experienced researcher and has developed BAPAM’s Research Policy, and will ensure that any information you provide is kept strictly confidential and is anonymised in any analysis and report arising from the survey.

Irish Registry

BAPAM — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:50:39 +0000

We’ve set up a mailing list for performing artists based in Ireland who’d like to receive quarterly emails with health tips and performing arts medicine information.

To sign up, please download this registration form and either print it out and return it by post or email it to Nóra Geraghty, whose contact details are on the form.

If you are an Ireland based performing artist with a work-related health problem, Dr Juliet Bressan, BAPAM’s doctor in Dublin, can advise you. Assessments are free for full and part time professional performers as well as students. To book an appointment please call us on 0044 (0)20 7404 8444. Click here for more information about BAPAM’s free assessment appointments.

Speech and Language Therapy at BAPAM

BAPAM — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:04:19 +0000

Full and part time professional and student performing artists who have been referred to a Speech and Language therapist can now see Mei Lei at BAPAM in London. Mei specialises in voice disorders and has worked in Voice Clinics for the last 7 years with ENT Consultants, John Rubin and Tom Harris. We are able to arrange appointments for the reduced cost of £45 and we are grateful to Mei for discounting her usual fee so generously.

If you’d like more information or to book an appointment please call us on 020 7404 8444.

Guitar Technique and Ergonomics Sessions

BAPAM — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:57:46 +0000

Paul Sogaard’s tutorial sessions here at BAPAM address common technical issues faced by guitarists, such as:

Correct guitar ergonomics
Techniques to overcome anxiety in performance
Application of Alexander Technique to the guitar

The nest sessions are on Saturday 28th November
1 hour one to one session: £45

Please call us on 020 7404 8444 more for more information