Paediatric Physiotherapy Level 2
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This course is designed to improve your existing knowledge and skills developed from the Paediatric Level 1 course and/or established during your own clinical practice. The Paediatric Level 2 course offers an opportunity to refine your clinical reasoning skills from infancy to adolescence and apply these to skills to numerous paediatric conditions.
Using a case-based approach, you will learn about many different assessment tools and their applicability to age, conditions and settings. Intervention approaches will also be taught alongside decision making regarding applicability to the goals and needs of a paediatric patient and their family. The Paediatric Level 2 course also includes principles of health promotion, sporting performance and musculoskeletal assessment and management.
This course is full. To be added to the waitlist, please email Olivia.yap@australian.physio
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate assessment and clinical reasoning skills to manage high-risk infants from the hospital setting to the community.
- Outline principles of management for preschool and school age children with complex movement difficulties including gait analysis, orthotic prescription, hip surveillance and motor learning interventions.
- Describe the assessment and management of common conditions encountered in adolescence, taking into account the role of mental health and transition from adult services in the adolescent population.
- Demonstrate clinical reasoning skills to manage children and adolescents with complex cardiorespiratory conditions in the acute and community setting.
- Outline barriers and facilitators of physical activity/sports participation in children and adolescents, and identify opportunities for intervention, modification and referral.
Prerequisites
- Completion of the APA Paediatric Level 1 course. There must be a minimum of 12 months experience after completing the Level 1 course before undertaking the Level 2 course.
- Physiotherapists with at least three years of clinical paediactric experience can apply for an exemption to the Paediactric Physiotherapy Level 1 course. Please contact the APA for further details.
- This course is only available to qualified and AHPRA registered physiotherapist.
- Approximately 10-13 hours of pre-course work in the form of online modules is required to be completed prior to attending the course. Access to these online modules will be granted after the registration closing date.
Presenters
Noula Gibson
Noula Gibson, PhD is a physiotherapist and research coordinator for Perth Children's Hospital. Noula has an interest in supporting fun, physical activity opportunities for children with disabilities. She was instrumental in developing a research project and receiving grant funding to investigate a running intervention for children with cerebral palsy, with the aim of improving the motor skill of running and increasing activity and participation. The trial, ”X-celerate-Running in Cerebral Palsy”, went on to be extended as a PhD study for which Noula supervised the PhD candidate. Since publication of this work , Noula has developed and delivered over 10 workshops, nationally and internationally on the program, including many for the APA. She has supervised other physiotherapy research projects looking at novel participation interventions for children with disabilities including aquatic high intensity interval training and bungie trampolining. Noula was fortunate to work with Rob Geersen on evaluating the psychosocial and physical benefits of participating in Starkick. Coach resources developed from this work are available on the WA football commission website for new coaches of Starkick. Noula's current physical activity focus is working with consumers and other stakeholders to develop FrameRunning in WA as both a competitive sport and recreational opportunity. She is currently coaching two athletes in the sport, an older adult with CP and a teen with an acquired brain injury who both have competitive aspirations
Cristina Lee
Cristina Lee is an APA Titled Paediatric Physiotherapist who graduated from Curtin University in 2010 and has worked across the disability, health and private practice sector for the past 11 years. Cristina has predominantly worked in the Early Intervention setting both in the Perth Metropolitan and regional WA and has a strong passion for supporting young children living with complex and multiple disabilities and their families. Cristina currently works at Rocky Bay as a Advanced Clinician Paediatric Physiotherapist an Physiotherapy Consultant (Fellowship). Cristina recently completed her Master of Advanced Health Care Practice (Paediatric Physiotherapy) through Monash University in 2021 and is a long standing committee member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association National Paediatric Group WA Chapter. Cristina is currently enrolled it the Master of Philosophy program through Curtin University, looking to contribute to research in the area of early intervention and rare disease.
Nicole Pates
Nicole Pates (APAM) is an APA Titled Paediatric Physiotherapist. Nicole is the chair of the WA branch of the Australian Physiotherapy Association Paediatric Group and Managing Director at Western Kids Health. Nicole has extensive experience in the assessment and management of orthopaedic, rheumatological and developmental conditions across infancy, childhood and adolescence. Nicole is involved in research for osteogenesis imperfecta and persistent pain in children.
Vivienne Travlos
Clinical, academic and research physiotherapist focused on optimising health in families navigating life with disability, particularly in those who are wheelchair users and have a high risk of respiratory compromise. Vivienne enjoys working in community physiotherapy across the disability sector and in tertiary hospital respiratory and critical care. Her MSc (Managment of Childhood Disability) (2003) involved youth with cerebral palsy GMFCS IV and explored the impact of decision making around manual handling issues on physical function and participation. Vivienne's PhD (2020) and smaller research studies explored respiratory care, health, wellbeing and the healthcare engagement with youth with neuromuscular and rare disease across Australia. Vivienne continues to be involved in training of physiotherapists, scientific committees and professional support of Allied Health in partnership with families living with disability.
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