Lower Limb Amputee Rehabilitation Course

This course will run in June/July 2015.

If you would like to join the next course please register your interest here (registration will be open withing the next couple of weeks - keep checking back here to see when this link is live and refgistration is open).

Course Type - Open, Online
Course Reference - PP06
Course Co-ordinators - Barbara Rau, Rachael Lowe
Institution - International Committe of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Physiopedia
About this course - This online course covers lower limb amputee rehabilitation.
Who can take part- Physiotherapists and Physical Therapists and students of these professions. 
Date of next course -  8 June 2015
Time commitment - 18 hours over 6 weeks
Requirements - You will complete online learning activities, engage with additional resources, take part in the conversation online and complete the course evaluation.
Assessment - There will be a final quiz.
Awards - Completion certificate.

This course is brought to you by the International Committee of the Red Cross

Course Pages

• Pre-Course Activities
• Course Activities

Aim

The aim of this course is to....

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, students will:

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Intended audience

This course is suitable for any Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist or Physiotherapy/Physical Therapy student who have a good understanding of the key principles of physiotherapy but little prior experience in amputees.

Course structure

Participants will be given a number of tasks each week to complete, namely:

1. Complete between 2 and 5 learning activities each week
2. Look at additional readings, videos and resources
3. Contribute to an online discussion run through the Discussion Forum.

You will also be actively encouraged to share your course activities and reflections through your own social media platforms.

Time commitment

This course is 6 weeks long.  Participants will be required to devote a minimum of 4 hours per week to the course.

Pre-requisites

Participants on this course must be a Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist or Physiotherapy/Physical Therapy student. 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.

Only participants of the course will be able to post and read discussions within this group.    

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 for whom English is not their first language.

Accreditation, Assessment and Certification

On the successful completion of this course each participant will be provided with a certificate of completion.  We also hope to have the course accredited by the WCPT for International Physical Therapy Continuing Education Units (IPT-CEUs).  These will be awarded provided you have:

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

On completion of the course you will also be offered:

• FREE 3 months membership to the Physiopedia members area.
  
• 20% discount on the course textbooks.

People involved in this course

Course co-ordinators

The course coordinators for this course are Barbara Rau from ICRC and Rachael Lowe from Physiopedia. Both Barbara and Rachael believe that providing a basic theoretical course in amputee rehabilitation is an excellent stepping stone to delivering more time efficient education in higher level knowledge and practical skills for many workforces globally.

• Barbara Rau (ICRC)
• Rachael Lowe
  

Course facilitators

Our course facilitators are all clinicans with a great deal of experience of managing individuals with limb deficiency.  They have been instrumental in creating the course content and will be guiding you through the course and answering your questions in the discussion forum each week.

• Aicha Benyaich (ICRC)
• Francois Friedel (ICRC)
• Leslie Angama-Muller (ICRC)

Discussion moderators

Look out for our discussion forum moderators.  These experienced clinicians will be there to answer your questions and stimulate the conversation!

Course Contacts

Throughout this course you should email us if you have any problems at all. We would prefer that you let us know about problems or difficulties that you have encountered so that we can provide assistance.

Contact course co-ordinator

Thanks!

Thanks to the following organisations and individuals for their contributions to this course:

• WCPT Network for Amputee Rehabilitation (AR)
• British Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Amputee Rehabilitation (BACPAR)

References

Course textbook: Barbara Engstrom & Catherine Van de Ven. Therapy for Amputees. Elsevier, 1999.

Resources

You might find these resources useful throughout the course:

Online books:

• A Manual for the Rehabilitation of People with Limb Amputation (WHO)
• Rehabilitation Manual for Pwersons with Above-Knee Amputation (Limbs International)
• Biomechanics of Lower Limb Prosthetics

Guidelines:

• Clinical Guidelines: Amputees
• Clinical guidelines for the pre and post operative physiotherapy management of adults with lower limb amputation (BACPAR)
• Evidence Based Clinical Guidelines for the Physiotherapy Managements of Adults with Lower Limb Prostheses (BACPAR)
• Occupational therapy with people who have had lower limb amputations Evidence-based guidelines (COT)
• Amputee Rehabilitation: Recommended Standards & Guidelines (BSRM)
• VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines for management for rehabilitation of Lower Limb Amputation
  
  

Organisations:

• WCPT Network for Amputee Rehabilitation(AR)
• Australian Physiotherapists in Amputee Rehabilitation (AustPAR)
• British Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Amputee Rehabilitation (BACPAR)

Other resources:

• Ottobock UK Facebook (great stories!)
• Amputee Coalition

Reading (optional)

Therapy for Amputees This is the course textbook which will be available to all participants of the course for FREE for the duration of the course. Access the book here! Alternatively you might be interested in having your own copy of the book. Buy with 20% discount by clicking here!!