Introduction

Rehabilitation professionals often engage in teaching colleagues, other professionals and patients, their families or caregivers. When training adults, it is crucial to understand that they have diverse learning profiles and styles and different approaches to mastering techniques, assessment protocols, and therapeutic interventions. Effective trainers provide diverse methods and practical tools while creating supportive learning environments that apply adult learning principles specifically to clinical rehabilitation contexts. For rehabilitation educators to do this effectively, they should understand their own clinical learning style, as it influences how they demonstrate and teach therapeutic techniques.

This course, the first in a three-part series, covers individual learning profiles among rehabilitation professionals, adult learning principles applied to clinical skill acquisition, and practical strategies for creating effective learning environments in rehabilitation settings.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• describe at least four different learning styles of adult learners
• discuss effective methods or strategies that trainers can use to accommodate various learning styles in a group and address the principles of adult learning

Target audience

This course is aimed at rehabilitation professionals, students and assistants including but not limited to Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Rehabilitation Doctors, Rehabilitation Nurses, Prosthetists, Orthotists, Psychologists, Audiologists, Dietetics, Social Workers. Community Health Workers, Nurses or Medical Doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

• Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.
• Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 2-2.5 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.
• Types of Activities - This course includes instructional and/or practical videos, reading activities, AI supported learning activities, reflection, evaluation forms, a quiz and additional resources.
• Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1.8 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility and Non-Discrimination Policy

Physiopedia Plus is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible learning environment for all participants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, national origin, religion, sex, disability, military status, sexual orientation or age in any aspect of our continuing education services. We are dedicated to ensuring that all learners can fully participate in our programmes. Participants who require accommodations or have special needs are encouraged to contact us with details so that we can make all reasonable efforts to meet these requirements.