Description
This course is aimed at nurses working in general practice
Week 1
Physiotherapy Toolkit (Modalities)
- Electrotherapies
- Therapeutic hot/cold packs
- Manual therapies
- Applied exercise therapies
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
- Understand the principles and application of electrotherapy including:
- K-laser
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)
- Pulsed magnetic therapy (Biomag)
- Therapeutic ultrasound
- Understand the use of therapeutic hot/ cold packs
- Understand manual therapy and its application including:
- Massage
- Effleurage
- Coupage
- Joint mobilisations
- Graded stretches
- Understand applied exercise therapy including:
- Strengthening and stabilising exercises
- Balance and proprioceptive exercises
- Functional exercises
- Hydrotherapy
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
- Pre-recorded tutorial with Donna = 40 minutes
- Further reading = 60 minutes
- Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
- Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes
Week 2
Patient Assessment
- Musculoskeletal patient assessment
- Neurological patient assessment
- Respiratory / critical care patient assessment
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
- Carry out a basic musculoskeletal, neurological, and respiratory physiotherapy assessment
- Understand valid outcome measures to guide patient treatment
- How to write SOAP (subjective, objective, analysis, plan) notes to progress patient treatment
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
- Pre-recorded tutorial with Donna = 50 minutes
- Further reading = 60 minutes
- Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
- Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes
Week 3
Physiotherapy and Hydrotherapy Treatment Techniques
- Early phase rehabilitation 0-2 weeks
- Mid phase rehabilitation 2-6 weeks
- Late phase rehabilitation 6-12 weeks
- Patient discharge or maintenance physiotherapy programme
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
- Carry out early physiotherapy treatment including:
- Early manual therapy techniques
- Early phase hot and cold pack treatment
- Early electrotherapies to improve healing and for pain relief
- Mid phase gentle exercise programmes including hydrotherapy
- Late phase exercise therapy to include advanced strengthening, proprioceptive, balance and functional exercises
- Late phase electrotherapies for pain relief, soft tissue injuries and muscle strengthening
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
- Pre-recorded tutorial with Donna = 30 minutes
- Further reading = 60 minutes
- Written assignment (physiotherapy plans) = 60 minutes
- Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes
Week 4
Physiotherapy Progression Plans and Home Exercise Programmes
- Patient rehabilitation plans
- Discharge and maintenance programmes
- Home exercise plans
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
- Learn how and when to progress patient plans from early to mid through to late stage rehabilitation to optimise patient outcomes
- Understand when to discharge a patient, or to continue with a maintenance programme for chronic cases or surgical complications
- Design home exercise programmes for owners to carry out
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
- Pre-recorded tutorial with Donna = 35 minutes
- Further reading = 60 minutes
- Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
- Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes
Week 5
Musculoskeletal Case Studies
- CCL reconstruction – TPLO or lateral suture
- Soft tissue injuries (tendinopathies, iliopsoas strains)
- Fracture repair
- Conservative management of chronic conditions, including hip dysplasia and elbow dysplasia
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
- Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a musculoskeletal case study
- Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a soft tissue case study
- Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a fracture repair case study
- Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a chronic condition case study
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
- Pre-recorded tutorial with Donna = 50 minutes
- Further reading = 60 minutes
- Written assignment (client information) = 60 minutes
- Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes
Week 6
Neurological and Respiratory (Intensive Care) Case Studies
- Hemi- laminectomy (HLE)
- Fibrocartilage embolism (FCE)
- Pneumonia
Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:
- Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a surgical neurological case study
- Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a non-surgical case study
- Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a respiratory (critical care) case study
Learning materials this week:
(released on Monday morning for on demand learning until the course ends – approximate timings)
- Pre-recorded tutorial with Donna = 50 minutes
- Further reading = 60 minutes
- Forum discussion topic = 10 minutes
- Multiple choice questions quiz = 10 minutes
This course will be fully tutored by Donna Carver, and will consist of 15 hours of CPD given in various formats, including tutorials, tasks, case studies, forum discussions and quizzes. This course is tutored for 6 weeks, followed by a two week extension of untutored ‘catch up’ time, before the course officially ends.
All delegates will then have unlimited lifetime access to the learning material for future reference
Eva Peterson –
Fantastic. Very interesting and well laid out course
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)
Elisabeth Chappell –
I enjoyed the different area of this course and found the information given off good quality.
Rated: Intermediate / Advanced level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)
Lucy Such –
Very informative and lots of ways to asses knowledge and learn about the subject
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)
Claudia Leaning –
I really enjoyed this course, provided the perfect amount of information for a introduction.
Rated: Introduction level
(Newly qualified RVN <2 years - New Zealand
Amy Growcott –
I felt this course was well planned out and definitely catered towards nursing staff who were novices in the field of physiotherapy and hydrotherapy, which is great for veterinary nurses who want to get off to a running start at having a better understanding in this area.
Rated: Introduction level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)
Sophie Spick –
I thought the course was great – The weekly tutorials were very thorough and informative and covered all you needed to know to meet the learning objectives. Donna is a very good lecturer and clearly very experienced in the physiotherapy and hydrotherapy field. There is a lot of extra reading provided covering all topics discussed so you can read further into specific areas of interest.
Rated: Introduction / Intermediate level
(Newly qualified RVN <2 years - UK)
Leanne Brown –
Love the way the course was laid out. Learnt a lot.
Rated: Introduction level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)