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Covering advanced differential diagnosis, assessment and management of complex upper cervical spine disorders, this course builds on basic concepts and is designed to advance clinical reasoning and competency in the assessment and management of complex upper cervical spine disorders.


Participants can expect to:


• Advance their skills, differential diagnosis and sub-classification of complex upper cervical spine disorders including headache (migraine, cluster), dizziness (vestibular, cervicogenic and ophthalmologic and neurological causes), whiplash and pain classification.

• Advance their skills and competence in the assessment of complex upper cervical spine. Focus on the upper cervical spine disorders will include advanced assessment of articular, motor, sensorimotor and pain sensitivity impairments.

• Improve skills and competence in appropriate application of a broader range of interventions to manage complex upper cervical spine disorders including highly targeted and specific manual therapy and neck specific exercise. The course covers management of selected and associated head disorders including vestibular rehabilitation, graded motor imagery, management of pain sensitivity and management of complex WAD with psychological and brain related co-morbidities (eg concussion).


Complex cases are used to integrate clinical reasoning to determine diagnosis, sub-classification, contributing impairments and comprehensive, targeted management for complex upper cervical spine and head disorders


Presented by Trudy Rebbeck, specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist with extensive university and post-graduate education experience in upper cervical spine disorders.

This practical course will describe the materials that are available, their differences and how to apply them. It will cover casts to the upper and lower limbs, including short arm, scaphoid and short leg synthetic casts.

This course has been designed to provide an opportunity for physiotherapists to develop their practical skills and clinical reasoning associated with content taught in the online Level 1 Women's Pelvic Health Course.

This practical course will be structured around a ‘clinical case studies' format. Physiotherapists will be guided through a number of case studies requiring interpretation of completed Australian Pelvic Floor Questionnaires, bladder and bowel diaries, as well as results of Trans-Abdominal Real Time Ultrasound (RTUS), to develop an introductory management plan involving pelvic floor muscle training (where indicated) and lifestyle advice for each case.

In particular, physiotherapists will have the opportunity to perform Trans-Abdominal RTUS to assess pelvic floor function and bladder volumes, as well as learn the necessary procedures required to perform a visual assessment of anal sphincter contraction.

Note: even though there is no internal examinations are performed at Level 1, this course involves learners modelling in order to fulfil the learning objectives. If you know in advance that you will not consent to be a model for peer learning (visual assessment -external observation- of anal sphincter contraction), please communicate this as early as possible so that we can ensure a quality learning experience can be maintained for all participants.

This course will be presented by the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) in combination with Women's Health Training Associates (WHTA).

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Neurological Physiotherapy Level 1 is ideal for recent graduates, physiotherapists moving into this practice area or experienced physiotherapists wishing to undertake refresher CPD.

Part C is the final component of the wholly virtual delivery option. It covers movement analysis, clinical reasoning and intervention planning in the case study of a person with a neurological condition.

It has lively discussions between learners and expert presenters, with the opportunity to ask questions along the way.

Learners have two ways of undertaking Neurological Physiotherapy Level 1:
• Blended: online self-paced (Part A) and attending a face-to-face classroom course (Parts B & C)

or

• Wholly virtual: online self-paced (Part A & Part B) and live virtual classroom (Part C – this component)

Important note: if you have completed or wish to undertake the face-to-face classroom course, you are not required to complete the Part B On Demand modules or the Part C live virtual classroom.


Part C - live virtual session
This live virtual session is Part C of the virtual delivery option for the Neurological Physiotherapy Level 1 course. You must attend a live virtual session in order to complete the Neurological Physiotherapy Level 1 course.