WHEELCHAIR SEATING SIMPLIFIED + SHAPERATOR
FOR COMPLEX REHABILITATION HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
4 AHPRA CPD HOURS
Morning tea, lunch and continuous tea/coffee supplied
Kindly hosted at Mantra on Northbourne Canberra
Aidacare Healthcare Equipment, Fyshwick
Wheelchair Seating Simplified + Shaperator
This interactive and beginner level workshop will assist therapists new to wheelchair seating build confidence and foundational knowledge in supporting and positioning people with asymmetrical postural presentations in the community.
This full day workshop will focus on the wheelchair assessment process and foundational wheelchair seating concepts. By the end of the day, you will understand common internal and external factors causing seating presentations such as posterior pelvic tilt, pelvic obliquity, pelvic rotation and kyphosis. Intervention strategies will be identified and shown with real life product demonstration.
The final session will give attendees the opportunity to apply the theory learnt throughout the day to a case study and the chance to work in a team to set up a wheelchair seating system using the supplied equipment.
Learning objectives:
• The wheelchair assessment process
• Foundations of posture and exposure to common postural deviations
• Practical strategies to accommodate and / or reduce postural deviations.
• Hands on opportunity with Spex Seating products.
Exclusive add - on - Shaperator – a new digital platform to foster prescriber confidence and build knowledge to perform wheelchair seating assessments, the MAT and determine appropriate product selection.
Agenda:
9:15am - Registration
9:30am - 11:00am - Session commences
11:00am - 11:15am - Morning tea
11:15am - 1:00pm - Session continues
1:00pm - 1:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm - Session continues
3:00pm - Finish
Note: Agenda subject to change on day
Presenter
Edward Milner
BOccThy (AHPRA registered)
Clinical Educator, Medifab-Spex
Edward Milner is a registered Occupational Therapist with 12 years of clinical experience working with adults in the hospital and community setting. I have worked as product consultant in the industry and now have gone full circle working for a manufacturer of Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) products.
His purpose is to provide product training to our distributors nation-wide using Spex to obtain excellent wheelchair seating outcomes.
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