Melanie Harding (Skeen) – Physiopedia Plus

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Melanie Harding (Skeen)

Melanie has considerable experience in spinal cord rehabilitation, both as a clinician and a tutor

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Clinical Manager

Rita Henn and Partners Rehabilitation, Southern African Spinal Cord Association

About

Melanie has 31 years of experience in rehabilitation, specifically spinal cord rehabilitation. She graduated from the University of Pretoria in 1989 and completed her masters in 2015. She played an integral role in developing the spinal rehabilitation units at Eugene Marias Hospital and Muelmed Hospitals in Pretoria and is currently a partner at Rita Henn and Partners. She has considerable experience presenting lectures and courses, both online and in-person. She also helps train students at the University of Pretoria.

Disclosures

No financial relationships disclosed by instructor.
Non-financial disclosure: Melanie Harding is the Chairman of SASCA (Southern African Spinal Cord Association)

Featured Review

The PAI activity was incredibly thorough and detailed, providing excellent feedback throughout. I particularly appreciated how encouraging PAI was, it was very motivating to receive those positive reinforcements during the learning process!

Kate-Lynn Downey

Early Rehabilitation for Paraplegia

I truly enjoyed this course. I appreciated the instructor Melanie Harding who was clear, prepared, concise, and effective in conveying information about SCI. This course was well-suited to the online format.

Dr. Madeeha Latif

Overview of Spinal Cord Injuries

The way Melanie Harding explained respiratory management, along with short video clips, was so informative, especially for tetraplegic and high-level paraplegic patients! Thank you, Plus for providing such an opportunity to learn.

Ijaz Ul Haq

Respiratory Management Following a Spinal Cord Injury

The course is well organized and clearly presented. I really liked the way in which the presenter provided step-by-step explanation of every aspect of this course.

Sabeel Kabeer

Spinal Cord Injury Physiotherapy Assessment, Prognosis and Goal Setting