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The aim of this course is to equip physiotherapy students and inexperienced physiotherapists with sufficient knowledge to manage a person | The aim of this course is to equip physiotherapy students and inexperienced physiotherapists with sufficient knowledge to manage a person with SCI. This includes assessing impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions, setting appropriate goals of treatment, formulating an evidence-based treatment plan, implementing treatment and evaluating its success. | ||
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Revision as of 00:45, 13 January 2014
When ready it will be Open for anyone to join and take part.
Registration for this course is not yet open. If you are interested in taking part in this course please email [email protected].Course Type - Open, Online
Course Reference - PP0314
Course Leader - Lisa Harvey and Joanne Glinsky
Institution - University of Sydney (Australia), International Spinal Cord Society and Physiopedia
About this course - This online course, based on the free modules at elearnsci.org, is unique to Physiopedia and will run for the first time in April 2014.
Who can take part- Anyone
Date - 29 April to 30 May 2014
Time commitment - 15 hours over 5 weeks
Requirements - You will complete online lessons, engage with additional resources, take part in the conversation online and complete the course evaluation.
Assessment - Complete 13 lesson self assessments
Awards - Completion certificate and Physiopedia Badge
Related Pages[edit | edit source]
Intended audience[edit | edit source]
This course is suitable for physiotherapy students and junior physiotherapists who have a good understanding of the key principles of physiotherapy but little prior experience in spinal cord injuries (SCI).
Time commitment[edit | edit source]
Participants will be required to devote 3 hours per week for 5 weeks to this course.
Course structure[edit | edit source]
Participants will be given 3 tasks each week, namely:
- Complete 2 to 3 lessons that are part of www.elearnSCI.org – this is freely accessible online training modules
- Look at additional readings, videos and resources
- Contribute to an online discussion run through a closed facebook group
Aim[edit | edit source]
The aim of this course is to equip physiotherapy students and inexperienced physiotherapists with sufficient knowledge to manage a person with SCI. This includes assessing impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions, setting appropriate goals of treatment, formulating an evidence-based treatment plan, implementing treatment and evaluating its success.
Course moderators[edit | edit source]
The course moderators will be:
Associate Professor Lisa Harvey, Australia. Lisa has 20 years clinical experience in SCI and 30 years teaching experience. She currently holds an academic position at Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney where she teaches, supervises research students and runs her own research program. She has taught extensively in different parts of the world and is currently chairperson of the Education Committee of the International Spinal Cord Society. She has written a textbook on Physiotherapy Management of Spinal Cord Injuries and is on the Editorial Board of Spinal Cord and Journal of Physiotherapy.
Dr Joanne Glinsky, Australia. Jo has 15 years clinical experience in SCI and 10 years research and teaching experience. She currently works as a senior researcher at Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney. She has a PhD and over 20 publications.
Both Lisa and Jo are committed to the philosophy of providing free education to all and believe that well educated physiotherapists can help improve the lives of people with SCI in all corners of the world
Pre-requisites[edit | edit source]
Participants must be either enrolled in a physiotherapy course or have completed a physiotherapy course. This prerequisite has been set to ensure the online discussion is appropriate.
Forum for online discussion[edit | edit source]
The online discussion will be an important aspect of this course. Participants will be expected to post at least one comment each week. The online discussion will take place within a closed Facebook group. Only participants of the course will have access to the discussion at any time. Participants will not be required to share their private facebook pages with other delegates. Participants will however need to have an account with facebook. Participants are free to set up accounts in aliases names for the course but will be required to identify themselves by at least their first names at the end of each post.
Language[edit | edit source]
The course will be run in English although participants will only require basic English skills. Participants will be encouraged to be respectful and sympathetic to those in whom English is not their first language.
Assessment and Certification[edit | edit source]
A certificate of completion and course badge will be given to participants from Physiopedia provided participants:
- Contribute to the online Facebook discussion each week
- Complete the 13 self-assessments at the end of each lesson within the physiotherapy sub-module of elearnSCI.org and use the same website to get their results automatically emailed to [to be advised].
- Complete a course evaluation form
