Vestibular rehabilitation: A competency-based course
Expressions of interest are now closed. Please contact the APA to be placed on a wait list should a space become available.
Expression of interest
The APA is excited to be bringing expert faculty to our shores to present Vestibular rehabilitation: A competency-based course, created by Profs Susan Herdman, Rick Clendaniel and colleagues.
As this internationally acclaimed course is in high demand and spaces are limited, registration is via EOI application where particular criteria applies.
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.
Please note: Completing the EOI does NOT mean you have a confirmed place in the course.
You will be notified of the outcome of your application by email within a month of submitting.
If successful, you will be required to register and pay for the course through a separate registration process.
Course description:
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.
Applicants should note that the course requires a time commitment of approximately 65 hours across the six days.
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.
Learning outcomes
- Explain in lay terms the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system.
- Recognize and state the clinical significance of diagnostic studies and lab data.
- Recognize and state the clinical significance of physical assessment and interview data obtained from medical records.
- Recognize the significance of therapeutic regimes including medications, diet, and surgical procedures for the patient and for vestibular rehabilitation.
- Recognize disorders that may affect the vestibular system but are not appropriate for treatment by physiotherapists
- Perform and give rationale for appropriate evaluation procedures.
- Interpret evaluation findings appropriately.
- Based on evaluation findings and medical records, formulate and give rationale for plan of care.
- Perform appropriate therapeutic procedures.
- Demonstrate appropriate post-therapy evaluation and discharge planning
Prerequisites
- Expression of interest completion.
- Attendance at a 2-day introduction to vestibular rehabilitation course would be an advantage.