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This study implemented a web-based education portal to improve physiotherapy training on a busy rehabilitation ward. The portal aimed to provide accessible, structured education and reduce time constraints for staff. Junior and senior staff feedback indicated benefits and challenges. The project concluded that the portal is a valuable tool when combined with practical training.
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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