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Is a web-based education portal a useful education tool for physiotherapy staff on a busy rehabilitation ward ? Michele Callisaya 1 (presenter) & Dawn Simpson 1 1 Physiotherapy Department, Royal Hobart Hospital. PLAN : Identifying the problem.
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Is a web-based education portal a useful education tool for physiotherapy staff on a busy rehabilitation ward? Michele Callisaya1 (presenter) & Dawn Simpson1 1Physiotherapy Department, Royal Hobart Hospital
PLAN: Identifying the problem • Training and professional development is essential: • provision of high quality, effective and evidence-based care • increasing the expertise, competence, progression and retention of allied health professionals • Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Team • 2 junior staff – 4 month rotations • 2 senior staff - new to key teaching positions • existing resources lacked structure/difficult to find
PLAN: Objective • To improve the quality of education across the RHH rehabilitation physiotherapy service: • Ensure knowledge in key areas of rehabilitation • Assist senior senior staff deliver education • Education all in one place and easily accessible • Sustainable program if staff moved on
PLAN: Strategy Develop a web-based education portal (complement but not replace practical training)
DO: Creation of the Education Portal DHHS Communal Knowledge Base
CHECK:Junior staff benefits • “The portal was easy to navigate around” • “Good to have first few weeks of rotation set with the essentials, then pick and choose” • “It was good to have useful articles already identified” • “I found it most useful when I had a patient with that condition” • “It meant I could read up on the topic before asking any further questions of the senior”
CHECK: Senior staff benefits • “It was good as a reference guide to what I should be teaching” • “If I was pushed for time is was good to point the student in the portal direction as all the learning material was in one place” • “I used it for my own learning” • “It was useful to have the in-service timetable on the portal – I knew straight way where to go rather than looking through the o:drive”
CHECK: Junior staff problems • “It was hard to find the rehab page from the front page” • “After the first 4 weeks I didn’t use it as much as I would run out of time” • “Fitting in time was hard I didn’t want the senior to think I was on the computer all the time!” • “I don’t want it to replace practical in-services from seniors”
ACT & Conculsion • Web-based education portal • Education all in one place and easily accessible • Structured approach to education • Time saver for senior staff • On-going modifications • Dedicated time & combine with practical sessions • Explore journal club & other self-learning packages
Acknowledgements John Horton Dawn Simpson Sam de Zoete Frances Palaya