Volunteer Orientation Course

This course will run again in March 2015.

If you would like to join the next course please register your interest here.

Course Type - Open, Online
Course Reference - PP02
Course Co-ordinators - Rachael Lowe
Institution - Physiopedia
About this course - This online course is an orientation course for Physioepdia volunteers.
Who can take part- Anyone
Date of next course - 2 March 2015
Time commitment - 12 hours over 4 weeks
Requirements - You will online learning activities, engage with additional resources, take part in the conversation online and complete the course evaluation.
Assessment - There will be a final activity report to submit
Awards - Completion certificate from Physiopedia plus a Yellow Belt Volunteer Badge!

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Pre-Course Activities

Course Activities

Intended audience

This course is suitable for any Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist or Physiotherapy/Physical Therapy student who would like to contribute to the Physiopedia project as a volunteer.

Find out more about volunteering with Physiopedia.

Time commitment

This course is 4 weeks long.  Participants will be required to devote 3 hours per week to the course.

Course structure

Participants will be given 3 tasks each week, namely:

1. Complete between 1 and 3 learning activities each week
2. Look at additional readings, videos and resources
3. Contribute to an online discussion run through the Physiopedia volunteers Facebook group

Aim

The aim of this course is

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, students should be:

1. Familiar with the many varied aspects of the Physioepdia project.
2. Confident to edit Physiopedia.
3. Familiar with the Physiopedia quality standards.
4. Have an idea of what role they would like to play in the Physiopedia project.

Pre-requisites

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

The online discussion will be an important aspect of this course and 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 be able to post and read discussions within this group. Participants will not be required to share their private facebook pages with other course participants, they 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

The course will be run in English although participants will only require basic English skills. Participants will be encouraged to be respectful and empathetic to those in whom English is not their first language.

Accreditation, Assessment and Certification

This course has been accredited by the WCPT for 15 International Physical Therapy Continuing Education Units (IPT-CEUs). These plus a certificate of completion from Physiopedia will be awarded provided you have:

1. Contributed to the online facebook discussion each week
2. Completde the pre and post course quiz
3. Completed a course evaluation form

On completion of the course you will also be offered:

• 6 months FREE membership to the Physiopedia members area
• the chance to join SCIPT, the largest network of SCI physiotherapists in the world. Membership is free.
• 20% discount on the course textbook

People involved in this course

Course co-ordinators

The course co-ordinators for this course are

Course managers

This course is being managed byRachael Lowe and Tony Lowe, They are both Physiopedia Directors and are working 'behind the scenes' to help create and support this open course in Physiopedia.

Course moderators

This course