Vestibular rehabilitation: A competency-based course - Application form
The APA is excited to bring expert faculty to our West Australian shores to present Vestibular rehabilitation: A competency-based course, created by Professors Susan Herdman, Rick Clendaniel, and colleagues.
This internationally acclaimed course is in high demand and spaces are limited; therefore, registration is via EOI application where particular criteria apply. Applicants should note that the course requires a time commitment of approximately 65 hours across the six days.
The APA is seeking expressions of interest from applicable practitioners with prior experience treating patients/clients with vestibular deficits who are interested in furthering their knowledge of vestibular rehabilitation, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists and general practitioners.
Applications are open from 16 December 2024 until 4 May 2025. Applications must be completed by 11.59pm 11 May 2025. No late applications will be accepted.
The course will be held from the 24 June 2025 to 30th June 2025 in Perth, WA. The cost will be approx $2,570 for a Neurological group members, $2,630 for APA members and $3,950 for Non-members
How to apply:
1. Click the 'register now' button where you will pay the non-refundable application fee of $40
2. Once you have completed your payment you will be sent two emails:
-The first email will be a confirmation of your payment
-The second email will contain a link to the Vestibular rehabilitation: A competency-based course electronic application form. Application form links will start to be sent out on the 7th January 2025 (after the Christmas break).
3. Assessments of applications will take approximately 6 weeks after which you will be notified of the outcome of your application by email. Completing the EOI does NOT mean you have a confirmed place in the course.
If successful, you will then be required to register and pay for the course through a separate registration process to secure your place in the course.
Information about the course
This intensive, evidence-based, six-day course is designed for physiotherapists, occupational therapists and general practitioners with experience treating patients/clients with vestibular deficits. The course consists of lecture and practical sessions with additional self-study sessions.
All participants will be expected to demonstrate assessment skills to the faculty including: oculomotor examination with emphasis on the identification normal and abnormal eye movements, balance and gait assessment with identification of fall risk, and functional assessments.
Participants will also be expected to demonstrate appropriate treatment procedures for BPPV affecting posterior, anterior and horizontal canals for both cupulolithiasis and canalithiasis, for unilateral and bilateral peripheral vestibular disorders, and for central vestibular disorders including traumatic brain injury and stroke.
Emphasis will be on utilizing assessment results to develop an effective treatment plan.
The course will include written, video and practical examinations. This course is NOT designed to be an introductory course, and it is strongly recommended that participants have experience treating people with vestibular deficits and/or have completed a previous vestibular course.
Two certificates are given in this course – one for attendance and one for achievement. It is our intent that the certificate of achievement signifies that, at the time the course was given, the participant demonstrated proper performance of certain skills (based on practical exams) and understood basic information (based on two written exams) related to vestibular rehabilitation.
Prerequisites
- Expression of interest completion.
- Attendance at a 2-day introduction to vestibular rehabilitation course would be an advantage.