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Lower Limb Amputee Rehabilitation Final Report (June – August 2015)[edit | edit source]

Run in collaboration with and funded by the International Committee of the Red Cross

Course co-ordinators: Rachael Lowe(Physiopedia) and Barbara Rau (ICRC)

Course facilitators: Leslie Muller, Aicha Benyaich, Francois Friedel

Course sponsor: CR Equipements

Contents :[edit | edit source]

Overview
Cost to participants
Characteristics of participants
Aim of the course
Platform
Communication with participants
Course textbooks
Discussion forum
Quizzes
Final assignment
Assessment
Certificates
Accreditation
Course evaluation
Impact of group work
Impact on clinical practice
Future
Contact details
Appendix 1 –Course participants: countries
Appendix 2 – Course participants:profession
Appendix 3 – Course participants: experience
Appendix 4 – Case presentations provided for final assignment
Appendix 5 – Course evaluation: specific responses
Appendix 6 – Course evaluation: what worked well
Appendix 7 – Course evaluation: what didn’t work well
Appendix 8 - Course evaluation: examples of group work
Appendix 9 – Course evaluation: selected testimonials
Appendix 10 – Known examples of impact on clinical practice

Overview[edit | edit source]

Course Type - Open, Online

Course Co-ordinators - Barbara Rau, Rachael Lowe

Collaborating Partners - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Physiopedia

About this course - This online course covers basic theoretical knowledge of lower limb amputee rehabilitation

Who was invited to take part - Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants; other interested professionals such as prosthetists/orthotists, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are more than welcome to participate.

Date that it ran – 1 June to 26 July 2015

Time commitment - 24 hours over 8 weeks Requirements – Participants were required to complete online learning activities, engage with additional resources, take part in the conversation online and complete the course evaluation.

Assessment - There was a final quiz and participants were asked to write a case study on an individual with amputation.

Awards - Completion certificate plus 24 International Physical Therapy Continuing Education Units from the World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT)

Cost to participants[edit | edit source]

The course was free to all participants

Characteristics of the participants[edit | edit source]

Ultimately, 7639 participants formally registered for the course. They were from 150 countries (see Appendix 1), were mainly working physiotherapists (see Appendix 2 and 3) and had a mix of experience (see Appendix 4). The most represented countries were:

United Kingdom USA	918 820
Canada	583
Australia India	537 441
Nigeria	252
Malaysia	235
South Africa	202
Philippines	185
Pakistan	166

Aim of the course[edit | edit source]

This course was aimed to provide workforce training for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

The aims of this course were to:

1. provide participants with general knowledge about lower limb amputation,

2. present aspects of prosthetics and prosthetic fitting,

3. highlight the importance of a comprehensive approach of rehabilitation (from pre surgical activities to discharge and follow up),

4. present the overall rehabilitation process specificities, and

5. offer a worldwide discussion platform on lower limb amputee rehabilitation

Platform[edit | edit source]

The course was run through the Physiopedia website where all course pages were (and remain) openly available. These course pages were visited a total of 125,487 times through the duration of the course (I June – 26 July 2015). The breakdown is shown below:

Page in physiopedia	Link	Number of items visited
Week one	http://www.physio-pedia.com/PP06_-_Week_One	22,311
Week two	http://www.physio-pedia.com/PP06_-_Week_Two	16,603
Week three	http://www.physio-pedia.com/PP06_-_Week_Three	14,743
Course activities	http://www.physio-pedia.com/PP06_-_Course_Activities	14,383
Week six	http://www.physio-pedia.com/PP06_-_Week_Six	11,691
Week four	http://www.physio-pedia.com/PP06_-_Week_Four	11,098
Week five	http://www.physio-pedia.com/PP06_-_Week_Five	8,606
Main course page	http://www.physiopedia.com/Lower_Limb_Amputee_Rehabilitation_Course	7,979
Pre course activities	http://www.physio-pedia.com/PP06_-_PreCourse_Activities	7,326
FAQs	http://www.physio-pedia.com/PP06_-_FAQ%27s	275

Communication with participants[edit | edit source]

Participants were sent an email at the beginning of each week. This outlined what they were expected to do that week and directed them to an appropriate URL to find the details. It also provided an opportunity to communicate about any issues that had arisen in the previous week. The email was also posted online and linked to in the course pages and the discussion forum.

There were 6045 subscribers to the email list. Some of those who registered failed to provide a working email address so could not be added to list.

The course started with a 70% open rate and equivalent engagement of over 4000 people. By the end of the course engagement had dropped to around 40%, the equivalent engagement of around 2500 people. The drop is due to natural drop out rates and also due to the fact that people could also access the email online.

Open rates and number of people that opened each email throughout the course are shown below:

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+=== Communication with participants ===
+Participants were sent an email at the beginning of each week. This outlined what they were expected to do that week and directed them to an appropriate URL to find the details. It also provided an opportunity to communicate about any issues that had arisen in the previous week. The email was also posted online and linked to in the course pages and the discussion forum.
+There were 6045 subscribers to the email list. Some of those who registered failed to provide a working email address so could not be added to list.
+The course started with a 70% open rate and equivalent engagement of over 4000 people. By the end of the course engagement had dropped to around 40%, the equivalent engagement of around 2500 people. The drop is due to natural drop out rates and also due to the fact that people could also access the email online.
+Open rates and number of people that opened each email throughout the course are shown below: