IC20 – Developing Competencies for Seating and Mobility Specialists

Program ID : IC20.2017
Webinar Length of Time: 1.25 Hour

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Presenters

Maureen Story, BSR(PT/OT)
Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada

Maureen Story is a Physical and Occupational Therapist who works on the Positioning and Mobility team at Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children in Vancouver, B.C. She is a clinical instructor at the University of B.C. She has presented at numerous conferences both Nationally and Internationally. She has been involved in international health projects in both India and China. Maureen is the Chair of the International Seating Symposium, Vancouver.

Catherine Ellens, BSc. OT
Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada

Catherine Ellens is an occupational therapist who has worked at Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children on the Positioning and Mobility Team since 1997 and has been the team leader since 2014. Catherine is currently Clinical Faculty at the University of British Columbia. Catherine has coordinated and taught many student placements and clinics and has won awards as a result of her work. Catherine has been a member of the ISS Vancouver committee since 2008.

Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.

* No conflicts have been disclosed.

Description

It takes time and comprehensive training to become a proficient seating therapist or technician. We wanted a systematic way to train new therapists and technicians on our team, identifying present skills and targeting knowledge gaps. The CAPE (Competence Assessment, Planning and Evaluation) Tool was chosen.

We will review the CAPE tool, discuss the process used to develop this tool and demonstrate how we used it to define competencies for both seating therapists and technicians.

Learning Objectives

Upon viewing this webinar, participants will be able to:

List at least two of the components of the CAPE tool.
Describe at least two of the differences between competency and task-based learning.
Identify at least two of the key concepts of the CAPE tool to create training tools for evaluating competencies in my work setting.

References

Brownie, S., Bahnisch, M., Thomas, J. (2012). Competency-based Education Training & Competency-based Career Frameworks: Informing Australian health workforce development. Brisbane: University of Queensland Node of the Australian Health Workforce Institute in partnership with Health Workforce Australia.
Tiley, S. (2008). Competency in nursing: A concept analysis. Journal of continuing Education in Nursing, 39(2), 58-64.
RESNA. (2009). Seating & Mobility Specialist (SMS) Certification Exam Readiness Tool. Retrieved from http://www.resna.org/sites/default/files/dotAsset/
SMS_Exam_Readiness_Tool_FINAL.pdf

CEU Registration and Cost

0.125 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be awarded to individuals for viewing 1.25 hours of instruction.
The cost for the webinar is $59.00

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Updated | 06.21.2017