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Education and Rehabilitation. Tom Nabarro – User Perspective MASCIP – 15 th November 2012. Introductions. Myself - software engineer, injured five years Talk about what or how? Easy? Sucking eggs? Rehabilitation and education, adaptation Measure of success. Introduction – Pt 2.
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Education and Rehabilitation Tom Nabarro – User Perspective MASCIP – 15th November 2012
Introductions • Myself - software engineer, injured five years • Talk about what or how? Easy? Sucking eggs? • Rehabilitation and education, adaptation • Measure of success
Introduction – Pt 2 • Loss of autonomy and health risks • Support channels (care, technology, health) • Infrastructure and awareness, signals • End of introduction, move onto main points • Teaching/learning techniques • Health and lifestyle • Automation and technology
Teaching Techniques • Evaluation of patient receptivity • Tuning of detail to target audience • Confidence in advice • Pushing boundaries • Reduce periods of inactivity
Lifestyle and Health • Top-level view, influential factors • Relating information provided through different sources • Interrelations between lifestyle and health • Lifelong consequences • Mental and physical development
Technology and Automation • Verbal independence as a starting point • Assistive technology, IT • Software is automation
Conclusions • Management Skills Critical • Wide Range of Resources • Experience is the Best Teacher • Health is the Enabler