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Contemporary Interventions in Neurological Rehabilitation at Sheffield Hallam University

This course investigates and critically evaluates interventions currently used or being researched in neurological rehabilitation. The module will enable a new approach to examining practice in neurology, starting with researched interventions and making implications from these into our day-to-day practice. This module will compliment the approaches dominant in other neurological therapy modules and is highly recommended as a "starter module" for experienced physiotherapists and occupational therapists new to level 7 study.  Successful completion of this module will earn you 15 level 7 credits which may be put towards the MSc Advancing Physiotherapy.

The module will include
• upper limb rehabilitation interventions such as assistive splints, constraint induced movement therapy, sensory training and trunk restraint therapy
• robotics
• functional electric stimulation
• treadmill training and
• stretching and strengthening

Provisional Timetable
Mon 10th Nov, Tues 11th Nov, Mon 8th Dec, Tues 9th Dec, Thurs 22nd Jan, Fri 23rd Jan

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Blood Investigations in Advanced Musculoskeletal Practice at Sheffield Hallam University

This course is designed for physiotherapists working or developing towards an Advanced Practice/Extended Scope role.

The module aims to develop an understanding of
• blood investigations in advanced musculoskeletal practice
• the consequences of such investigations
• how blood investigations might influence patient management.

The module will promote reflection on the practitioners' clinical role and scope of practice and will include the practical skills around taking blood. Successful completion of this module will earn you 15 level 7 credits which may be put towards the MSc Advancing Physiotherapy.

Provisional Timetable
Fri 3rd Oct, Fri 24th Oct, Fri 7th Nov, Fri 21st Nov, Fri 12th Dec.

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EBM Tutorial

Connie Schardt of Duke University Medical Center Library and Jill Mayer of University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Health Science Library have produced a very informative Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine.  It is an on-line tutorial intended for any health care practitioner or student   who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Medicine.  On completion of this tutorial you will be able to:       

• define Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)

• identify the parts of  a well-built clinical question

• identify EBM searching strategies that could improve MEDLINE retrieval        

• identify key issues that help determine the validity of the results of a study

It is a great adjunct to the posts on EBP that I have written recently and goes into much more detail for each step of the EBP process.  View the tutorial here.

EBP Presentation

This presentation on evidence based practice is free to view. It aims to briefly explain EBP and describe the EBP process. We hope it will provide you with more confidence to answer clinical questions with research evidence and incorporate it into your practice.             

View the EBP presentation

CPD Presentation

This presentation on continuing professional development is free to view. It aims to briefly explain CPD and describe the CPD process. We hope it will provide you with more confidence to plan, implement, record and evidence your CPD.

View the CPD presentation

MACP/PPA Collaborative Study Day 2007 - Online Now!

The Manipulation Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP) have released their first online course. It is an online version of the 2007 MACP/PPA collaborative study day and is very much an evidence-based programme where both manual therapy and pain based approaches to treatment were respected and represented. The online course includes audiovisual presentaions plus related learning activities using materials from the sessions that were presented at this study day and provides a course certificate on completion of the course.

 

Session 1 - The Evidence for Manual Therapy presented by Dries Hettinga
Session 2 -CBT: What is it and can physios do it? presented by Zara Hansen
Session 3 - Exercise: Making It Happen presented by Zara Hansen
Session 4 - The Physiology of Manual Therapy presented by Stephanie Griffiths.

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New Graduate Programme for Physiotherapists

CPDspot is proud to be sponsoring the new graduate programme for physiotherapists which is a collaboration between Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.  It is aimed at new physiotherapy graduates to support their CPD and to allow local unemployed physiotherapy graduates to maintain their skills and enhance their employability.  It will consist of a series of lectures covering a variety of topics and will be free to attend.  For more information or to book a place to attend see the website.

Online Education

Online courses are particularly useful to the busy health practitioner as they are able to take the course at any time and in any place that suits them. There are a growing number of online educational resources that are easily available and appropriate for professional development.  Here at CPDspot we are a great fan of online courses, especially those which are free, which is why we are going to start highlighting those that might be of interest to physiotherapists and other health professionals. They may be as simple as a set of slides or a short video, to a complete course including interactivity and assessment. You can see a list of all the courses that we have highlighted by looking in the 'e-learning' category.  Additionally they will also be categorised as a course (complete online course), a tutorial (interactive learning experience) or a presentation (learning by reading/watching).