Post on 31-Mar-2015
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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: Review current education
DO: Creation of the Education Portal
DHHS Communal Knowledge Base
DO: Creation of the Education Portal
DO: Creation of the Education Portal
DO: Promotion of the portal
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”
CHECK: The surprise..
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 SimpsonSam de ZoeteFrances Palaya