Port Macquarie NSW - The Mechanical Assessment Tool - AM Session
Schedule
Tue Sep 24 2024 at 08:45 am to 12:45 pm
UTC+10:00Location
Complex Seating & Mobility by Aidacare | Port Macquarie, NS
Aidacare Professional Training - Skills for Your Career
About this Event
THE MECHANICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL: A HANDS ON PRACTICAL SESSION(Topic #5 - Permobil Learning Pathways)
FOR COMPLEX REHABILITATION HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
3.5 AHPRA CPD HOURS
Kindly hosted at CMS Centre by
Aidacare Healthcare Equipment, Port Macquarie
The Mechanical Assessment Tool: A Hands on Practical Session
This course is a practical introduction or refresher into the Mechanical Assessment Tool (MAT). The focus of this session is recognizing reducible vs non-reducible asymmetries. The 3 parts of the MAT will be explained,demonstrated and practiced. Considerations of completing this assessment within someone’s home environment will be discussed and practical strategies will be provided during the practical session. This session will aim to increase your understanding and confidence when completing the MAT and demonstrate how to use this information/assessment within your practice. Come along prepared to complete a full MAT on a peer and have a MAT completed on you.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the key bony landmarks of the pelvis and understand how these are used to identify postural asymmetries
2. Demonstrate the assessment process for defining reducible postural asymmetries
3. Demonstrate ROM measurements in relation to seated posture
4. Identify postural points of control in relation to product parameters
Agenda:
8:45am - Registration
9:00am - Session commences
11:00am - Morning tea
11:15am - Session continues
12:45pm - Finish
Clinical Services Specialist - Clinical Services
Permobil APAC
Occupational Therapist
Tracee-lee Maginnity joined Permobil Australia in July 2019, as a clinical education specialist. Originally from New Zealand, she graduated Auckland University of Technology with a BHSc (Occupational Therapy) in 2003 and has since worked in various roles related to seating and mobility including assessing, prescribing and educating. After gaining experience as an assessor and prescriber at Seating To Go / Wheelchair Solutions in prescribing for both disability and injury, she moved to Australia in 2011 to take on the Senior Occupational Therapist role in a custom moulded seating service. She then worked in clinical consulting and education roles until joining Permobil. Tracee-lee is passionate about maximising functional outcomes with end users and the importance of education within the industry. She has mentored many therapists interested in AT. Her experience includes working with complex postures to achieve custom outcomes. Tracee-lee is also an international wheelchair rugby classifier where she enjoys the task analysis of wheelchair propulsion and functional capacity identification of athletes.
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Where is it happening?
Complex Seating & Mobility by Aidacare, 22 Janola Circuit, Port Macquarie, AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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