Its been a week of talking and thinking about the PTA. Have been able to find very little recent research on this topic, particuarly in relation to Occupational Therapy, in fact my post grad lecturer suggested I take this on as a masters project as he reports he has found very little on this topic in the past as well! We’ll see! A colleague found a recent paper from Australia comparing the Westmead and the GOAT, and this paper suggested if a person is in PTA for over 4 weeks then they should be assessed as out of PTA on the first 12/12, ie they never have to learn new cards… . I’ll try to find the reference to post here. I feel concerned at this idea as from my experience of the PTA sometimes a person can remain in PTA for a considerable length of time after there first 12/12 as they are unable to learn the new picture cards… need to look at the article in more depth as discuss further with my peers- any thoughts??

Currently I am searching everywhere for evidence on Post traumatic amnesia and best pracice procedures for occupational Therapists… will let you know how i get on- not a lot out there at the moment scarily enough.