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Clinical Considerations in the Prevention and Management of Falls

University of Derby online learning

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Distance

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Methodology

    Distance Learning

  • Duration

    16 Weeks

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

This module aims to support your understanding of the management of patients who fall. You’ll be supported to develop safe standards of practice in a clinical setting and will be empowered to critically evaluate current practice.

About this course

On completion of this course you should be able to:

Critically analyse the differing clinical and community settings associated with falls prevention and management and consider how patients are effectively managed within clinical practice.
Reflect on the prevention and management of falls and the prevention of fragility fractures within both primary and secondary care.
Become an agent of change.
Apply theory to a case study to promote the effective evidence based management of a patient at risk of, or suffering from falls.

This module is for all health professionals.

You must hold a professional health care qualification and be eligible to register with the relevant professional board
If you don’t hold a BA/BSc you should be a health care professional and have a minimum of two years clinical experience in osteoporosis, DXA or falls
You’ll also need to have successfully completed the Assessment, Prevention and Management of Falls module prior to studying this module

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Subjects

  • Assessment
  • Encouraged
  • Intervention
  • Practitioner
  • Application
  • Strategies
  • Management
  • Behaviour
  • ENHANCE
  • Practice

Course programme

Module description

During this module you will be encouraged to critically review the assessment, prevention and management aspects of falls in order to enhance your clinical practice for the benefit of the client, practitioner and clinical unit.

You will study the role of health behaviour in the management of falls, the application of intervention strategies and the establishment of an integrated falls and fracture prevention management service. This will include:
  • Determination of client movement and other aspects of health behaviour that affect the assessment, prevention and management of falls.
  • Consideration of the intervention strategies for the prevention of falls and falls related injuries including fractures within the clinical unit. This will include use of various pharmacological and non pharmacological approaches and lifestyle recommendation.
  • A detailed view of falls in the developmental, strategic and operational aspects involved in establishing an integrated falls and fracture prevention management service co-ordinated across primary and secondary care settings.
  • The role of multi-professional team and multiagency approach.

Additional information

If you are funding your own study, the full cost of this module is £700.

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