SRSHS is a USAID-funded project aiming to improve and increase access to rehabilitation services in Ukraine and Tajikistan
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Introduction
Complex injuries and multi-system conditions are terms used for patients with multiple, often interrelated, health issues which require a comprehensive and coordinated rehabilitation approach. Rehabilitation professionals should strive to provide comprehensive person-centred care to patients with challenging, complex injuries and multi-system conditions. Following this approach can lead to positive patient outcomes. Interdisciplinary teamwork, goal setting, communication and function-focused care are all strategies that can be applied to provide timely, coordinated, complex, but effective rehabilitation interventions. This programme will describe complex injuries and conditions, care principles and various rehabilitation strategies that will lead to positive outcomes and improve patient’s quality of life.
Aims
This programme of courses aims to introduce rehabilitation professionals to the intricacies of complex injuries and to improve the understanding of the importance of rehabilitation in persons with complex and multi-system injuries or conditions.
Outline
This programme will cover the following topics:
- Principles of Care for Complex Injuries and Multi-System Conditions
- Emerging Technologies in Rehabilitation for Complex Injuries and Conditions
- Considerations in the Management of Amputations and Burns
- Multiple Body System Analysis Across the Lifespan
- Introduction to Gunshot Injury Rehabilitation
- More courses to be added in the future
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.