Onsite “visiting experts” from Sheba at the hosting site: 3-4
Digital training course: 30-40
Duration:
Offsite observership at Sheba: 1-3 months
Offsite training course at Sheba: 1 week (5 working days – 35 academic hours)*
Onsite “visiting experts” from Sheba at the hosting site: 1 week (5 working days)
Digital training course: 6 weekly sessions of 4 academic hours each (24 academic hours in total)*
*One academic hour comprises a 45-minute lecture
Objectives:
Enhance competencies in the rehabilitation and management of brain stroke
Enhance competencies in diagnosing the main impairments, activities, participation barriers, and limitations in acute/chronic stroke
Enhance competencies in building and leading stroke rehabilitation programs
Enhance competencies in “hands-on” rehabilitation techniques
Enhance competencies in the use of low and high-level technologies to improve body functions, activities, and participation of people suffering from a stroke
Review the comprehensive multidisciplinary management of stroke
Manage complex cases of stroke
Determine appropriate pharmacological therapy for secondary stroke prevention
Main topics
Main types of stroke
Demographics and models of acute care
Rehabilitation models: inpatient, outpatient and community based, home and tele-rehabilitation
The scientific bases of brain rehabilitation:
o Brain plasticity & principles of neuroplasticity
o Ways to enhance plasticity – priming the brain
The international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF) in the context of stroke:
o Main impairments in body function and structure – evaluation and management
-Muscle weakness
-Spasticity
-Pain: neuropathic and musculoskeletal
-Aphasia and dysarthria
-Neglect and vision impairment
-Cognition & apraxia
o Activity and participation barriers and limitation
-Mobility, ADL (basic and instrumental), employment and community
-Evaluation and management
o Environment
-Assistive and adaptive technologies: Virtual reality, robotics & more
-Housing and community environment
o Long-term stroke rehabilitation
o Research and stroke rehabilitation
Training Methodology:
(dependent on the chosen activity)
Inpatient ward rounds
Outpatient clinics
Frontal lectures
Clinical case discussions
* The course structure serves as a guideline and can be modified and tailored according to the needs and objectives of each client.
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Basic – Advanced
Digital | Offsite
