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 5-5.5 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 - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

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 4.9 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
4. Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
5. Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

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

• Discuss the importance of pre-and post operative assessment
• Identify at least 7 aspects of the physical pre/post operative assessment
• Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of the 4 post amputation dressing types
• Discuss the use of at least 3 types of assistive equipment following amputation surgery
• Justify how the major 5 complications after amputation surgery can be prevented and managed
• Plan a comprehensive fall prevention education program for patients with limb loss both in the in- and out-patient setting

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.