Convincing your patients to engage in falls management

This lecture will cover the evidence of the impending and growing burden of falls in Australian society and how physiotherapists can provide better value for patients in falls prevention. The lecture is followed by a panel discussion.

Presenter

Associate Professor Terry Haines, Director of the Allied Health Research Unit at Monash Health, Director of Research for Southern Physiotherapy Clinical School Monash University, Director of Hospital Falls Prevention Solutions Pty Ltd

Panellists

Dr Cathy Said APAM B App Sci (Physio), PhD is Director of Physiotherapy Research at Austin Health and The University of Melbourne, and Adjunct A/Professor at La Trobe University

A/Prof Jennifer Schwarz FRACP, Grad Dip Ed, Grad Dip Pall Med is Head of the Geriatric Medicine Unit at Western Health and A/Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Melbourne

Annette Davis B App Sci (Podiatry) PhD candidate is a Podiatrist at Monash Health as consulting lecturer in undergraduate Podiatry Masters at Latrobe

Comments

Lecture recording. This lecture took place on 18/07/14

CPD Hours

1.5 hours

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