Introduction
This is a week split into two halves. The first half of this week we are going to think about discharge management of the individual with an amputation. We will consisider patient education in independent ongoing management; resumption of roles in family, recreational and community activities; vocational rehabilitation by assessing and planning vocational activities for the future; plus emotional equilibrium and healthy coping strategies.
The second half of this week you will explore your learning on this course by preparing a case study on one of your patients or based on one of the examples provided. You will also need to pass the end of course quiz and submit the course evaluation form and competency tool to complete the course.
Objectives for this week
At the end of this week you should be able to:
- Provide individuals with amputation with knowledge for ongoing independent management of their amputation and understand what you should address in their discharge management.
- Be able to apply your new knowledge to clinical situations.
- Complete the course by submitting your final case study presentation, completing the quiz, competency form and evaluation form.
Topic 1: Discharge management
It is important to consider the full implications of discharge from medical care and aid the individual with limb loss with resumption of roles in family, vocational, recreational and community activities, plus emotional equilibrium and healthy coping strategies.
- Read this page – Final Presentation / Assignment
This presentation task is a required part of the course to gain your completion certificate and accreditation. The case study must be submitted before Sunday July 19th 2015. PLEASE NOTE – You will not be able to submit your case study after this date!
Using the knowledge that you have gained throughout this course you are going to prepare a simple case presentation of one of your own amputee clients OR if you don’t currently have amputee clients complete a case assignment based on one of the cases provided below.
You should reflect upon your learning over the past 5 weeks as well as consider the resources we have provided throughout the course. You should reference your work with appropriate evidence and consider additional information from one of the topics below:
Please note – that you will not receive a mark for your case presentation / assignment. We will assess the submitted case studies to ensure a minimum standard is achieved before allowing a course completion certificate to be accessed. We are not looking for correct or incorrect answers! We are looking for the implementation of the techniques and skills covered during the course and an engagement with the relevant literature. We will also publish selected case studies on Physiopedia in a new amputee case studies section (these will be published in the latter part of this year) and there will be an award for the best submission.
There are 2 options for this final piece of work:
- Prepare a case presentation based on one of your current or past patients. This is suitable for people who are currently working with individuals with amputation OR
- Prepare a case assignment based on one of the cases provided. This is suitable for people who are not currently working with individuals with amputation.
Option One:
- prepare a case presentation based on one of your current or past patients and considering one of the following topics:
- prepare your case presentation in this format – Final Tasks
These tasks are all a required part of the course to gain your completion certificate and accreditation. They must be submitted before Sunday July 19th 2015 to be considered for certification.
- Course certificates
Make sure you complete all of the course required tasks by Sunday July 19th 2015 at the latest! You will be able to download your course certificate here from Wed 22nd July when a link to a certificate download form will be published. Your completion of the tasks will be automatically checked before the certificate will be made available.
Optional: Explore other resources
The following resources are optional for you to read/view but will further expand your knowledge on this week’s topics:
Prosthetic Gait Analysis for Physiotherapists
This is the course textbook from ICRC which will be available to all participants of the course.
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- Course certificates