COURSES FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Rationale

Independent Living Coaches and Care Givers are the back bone of the rehabilitation and long term management infrastructure. They are a vital part of any health management team.  Their dedication to helping others is sometimes over looked or taken for granted and occasionally their observations may be ignored by other health team members as they often have a non-medical back ground.

Patient case loads and time restrictions are the two main contributing factors to reduction in quality of care and management.  Time pressures will often make it difficult for a career to step back and allow an individual time to complete a task independently. Increasing career’s theoretical knowledge and practical handling skills will improve their effectiveness with helping to assist and facilitate individuals from dependency through to independence.

The following programmes have been written specifically for Independent Living Coaches and Care Givers. The aim of each course is to improve knowledge and practical handling skills.  Each course will address a specific client group or subject that will relate to rehabilitation and management of patients who have neurological based challenges.

Outline

All Physio2u courses have been written to be presented over two days. Shorter courses may be negotiated for small organisations and groups. Each course will follow a format that has been designed to:

1. Broaden theoretical knowledge and understanding of the presented subject.
2. Improve practical patient handling skills.
3. Consolidate theory and practical modules via open group discussion.
4. Enhance continued professional development via presentation and discussion of current research literature.  
5. Summarise course content via subject relevant handouts and anonymous feed back questionnaires.

Our courses will enable care givers to:

• Improve general knowledge of many common ailments and conditions that their patients may be affected by
• Break down Activities of Daily Living tasks
• Learn the art of cueing and facilitating
• Learn how to help each patient with effective goal setting
• Assist their clients with problem solving

Courses offered:

• Spinal Cord Injury
• Traumatic Head Injury
• Falls, Mobility and Balance Problems
• Stroke
• Manual Handling for Health Professionals.
  
  This course teaches the new OSH 'No Lifting Policy' introduced May 2003.
  N.B. Physio2u will never stipulate individaul patient Manual Handling choices during the above mentioned courses.  Health Professionals will be advised to refer to the patient's discharge reports)

Manual Handling

Objectives
This course has been designed to extend present knowledge and educate participants in:

Companies specialising in safety equipment may be invited to demonstrate their wares at the local manager’s discretion.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Objectives
This course has been designed to help participants gain a broader understanding of:

Spinal Cord Injury

Objectives
This course has been designed to help participants gain a broader understanding of:

Companies who manufacture and distribute equipment relevant to the patient group being discussed on this course will be invited to demonstrate their wears. Standard equipment used will be Tilt tables, standing frames, wheel chairs and cushions.

Mobility and Balance Problems

Objectives
This course has been designed to help participants gain a broader understanding of:

Companies who manufacture and distribute equipment relevant to the patient group being discussed on this course will be invited to demonstrate their wears. Standard equipment used will be Tilt tables, standing frames, wheel chairs and cushions.

In-Service Training

In-service training combines theory with practical based application of the presented subject. Sessions are held over a one hour period. In service training may be tailored to specific client groups

The subject categories include:

1. Degenerative Neurological Diseases.
2. Cerebral vascular accidents.
3. Traumatic Head injuries.
4. Spinal injuries.
5. General mobility and exercise for older people.

Each module can cover any aspect of rehabilitation within the five categories above eg. MS, MND, Dementia etc. All courses are continually updated using the latest research and summarised with subject handouts.  

Objectives

1. Gain a theoretical over view of the subject.
2. Improve practical rehabilitation handling skills.
3. Improve general knowledge of different presentations.
4. Gain a better understanding of possible complications.
5. Enhance client maintenance management skills.

On completion of the CRS courses & in-service training careers will:

• Have a greater ability to assist in maintaining and promoting their client’s functional independence at home.
• Gain greater job satisfaction from a deeper understanding of their client’s conditions and how they can play and important role with effective care.
• Have improved professional skills that will help to raise participant’s level of job satisfaction, which is considered to be a major contributor to staff retention.

Our education services can target any subject areas specific to your client groups.