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
Emma Knowles –
Really interesting course
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)
Nicola Lawrence –
Informative
Rated: Intermediate level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)
Rebecca Heath –
Good course for explaining techniques in a variety of cases. Really highlights importance of physiotherapy in the recovery of a range of conditions.
Rated: Introduction level
(Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)
Rachael Grundy –
Informative and got little golden nuggets of information from it that I wasn’t previously aware of.
Rated: Introduction level
(Newly qualified RVN <2 years - UK)
Claire McDougall –
Informative introduction to physiotherapy
Rated: Introduction / Intermediate level
(Referral or specialist RVN – UK)
Bryony Bleackley –
Great tutorials and the Forum is a really good way of getting extra tips and information.
Toni Stuckey –
Good depth of information and case studies. Very useful and looking forward to implementing in practice.
Julie Newsome –
The course was very interesting and covered a good range of topics. It has definitely sparked a new interest area for me.
Lauren Winter –
The course was put together very well, easy to follow and very informative. The course tutors feedback and support was great throughout. I would highly recommend the excel CPD courses, they are very flexible and can done at your leisure to an extent making them a great way to keep up with CPD and gain extra knowledge around a busy home/work lifestyle.
Sue Rodgers –
I found the course very interesting and it was good to see in the forum what other professionals do in their own practice.