Delivering the Falls Prevention Cascade Training Resource
Suitable for
Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Nurses who are members of their organisations Falls Prevention Team
Description
The Falls Champions Skills Workshop and distance learning module enables participants, who are members of their organisations Falls Prevention team, to demonstrate personal progression in the development and use of the skills associated with Falls Prevention.
The programme for this course includes attendance at a study day and the completion of 3 work-based assignments. Following the successful completion of the assignments, participants will be awarded a competency certificate. This course is linked to the Knowledge Set for Dementia, National Occupational Standards for NVQ Level 4 and to health care benchmarks.
Attendance choice
1 day study day and work-based assignments with mentor support
Or
Distance Learning Programme using a merged learning approach with work-based assignments and mentor support.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this programme, participants will have met learning outcome 1.3 of the Knowledge Set for Dementia and have:
- Critiqued outcome measures currently in use
- Designed a Falls Prevention Programme within current national guidelines and recommendations
- Used skills of analysis and evaluation in relation to improving and supporting best practice
- Become equipped to successfully engage in Audit to demonstrate that NICE recommendation 10 is achieved
- Become familiar with additional educational resources
Programme includes
- Critiqued outcome measures currently in use
- NICE recommendations 9 and 10 explored
- The essential components of a Falls Education Programme
- Collecting information for audit
- Health promotion and Interactive training
- Risk assessment
- Outcome measures
- Assignment planning
