Men’s Health Physiotherapy Pelvic Assessment

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Learn to accurately and efficiently assess the male patients with pelvic conditions

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1-1.5 hours

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Pierre Roscher

Pierre is a physiotherapist with a passion for educating others about men's health physiotherapy

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Introduction

Successful patient outcomes are dependent upon accurate and efficient physiotherapy evaluation and assessment, especially in the field of men’s health physiotherapy. Whether experiencing urinary incontinence, sexual dysfunction, or pelvic pain, men’s health patients present with complex symptoms. Moreover, the patient may feel uncomfortable talking about these symptoms. This course, the seventh in an eight-part series, will describe how to complete a thorough and efficient men’s health physiotherapy assessment, introducing specific questionnaires and standardised tests that can be used in clinical practice upon completion of this course.

Aims

This course aims to introduce the basics of a men’s pelvic assessment, including external and internal examination options.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

Video
Reading activity
Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, 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 1-1.5 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 1.3 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:

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

Learning outcomes

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

explain the importance of the therapeutic relationship between the men’s health patient and physiotherapist
describe the different aspects of the male pelvic subjective examination and patient interview
discuss potential symptoms experienced by a men’s health patient
describe the different aspects of the male pelvic objective assessment and physical examination
explain the importance of clear and thorough patient education for men’s health patients