Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
PDSAFE: Physiotherapy and Falls Prevention in Parkinson's
University Exeter and University of Southampton
This course provided the background evidence, research and skills to deliver a high quality falls prevention programme for people living with Parkinson’s. The course explored what the PDSAFE clinical trial concluded, and how this can be applied and delivered in the clinical setting.
6 weeks, 3 hours per week
Professor Sarah (Sallie) Lamb
Associate Dean for Research & Mireille Gillings Professor of Health Innovation
University Exeter
Ann Ashburn
Emeritus Professor of Rehabilitation
University of Southampton
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore the importance of falls for people living with Parkinson's
- Discuss what the current evidence says about the methods to treat falls in Parkinson's
- Identify what the clinical trial PDSAFE found out and how this can be applied in the clinical setting
- Explain how to deliver the PDSAFE falls prevention treatment approach
- Describe how to apply this learning to clinical case studies for practical delivery
Syllabus
- Background understanding of the problem of falls in people living with Parkinson’s
- The development of the PDSAFE falls treatment approach
- The research underpinning the PDSAFE falls treatment approach
- How to deliver the PDSAFE falls treatment approach with someone with Parkinson’s
- Case studies to apply your learning of the approach
Issued on 12th October 2021
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