Clinical Skills Workshops
Mobility and Handling Skills Certificate Workshop
(Formerly Lifts and Transfers: Mobility Skills that Protect the Client and the PSW)
6-hour workshop
Today’s PSWs must master a high level of mobility and handling skills to help ensure quality of life and optimum function for clients—as well as reduce personal injury. This refresher is intended for PSWs who have completed previous training and wish to sustain and enhance their skills.
This workshop will help your staff:
This workshop is taught by an Occupational Therapist or a Physiotherapist and is customized to the needs of the agency. It includes in-process skill-testing of selected mobility and handing skills, as agreed-upon with the agency. Upon successful completion of the workshop, participants will be issued a certificate. Maximum number of participants for this workshop is 12.
(Formerly Lifts and Transfers: Mobility Skills that Protect the Client and the PSW)
6-hour workshop
Today’s PSWs must master a high level of mobility and handling skills to help ensure quality of life and optimum function for clients—as well as reduce personal injury. This refresher is intended for PSWs who have completed previous training and wish to sustain and enhance their skills.
This workshop will help your staff:
- describe concepts relevant to mobility and handling e.g. gravity and equilibrium, posture, body mechanics, injury prevention, back care.
- describe and perform practical skills: proper use of mobility aids, techniques for assistance with sitting to standing, assisted walking etc.
- identify new directions in the PSW role related to mobility and handling skills e.g. restorative care, client centered practice, collaborative practice, dignity of risk.
This workshop is taught by an Occupational Therapist or a Physiotherapist and is customized to the needs of the agency. It includes in-process skill-testing of selected mobility and handing skills, as agreed-upon with the agency. Upon successful completion of the workshop, participants will be issued a certificate. Maximum number of participants for this workshop is 12.
Skin and Wound Care
3-hour workshop
This enhancement, facilitated by an RN, covers skills appropriately used by a PSW to assist a client recovering from a skin wound. Participants will learn the boundaries of their role as set out in legislation, as well as the essential care routines they may be asked to perform. Fundamentals of preventative skin care and prevention of pressure ulcers will be reviewed, as will observation, reporting and documentation.
This in-service workshop will help your staff better understand:
3-hour workshop
This enhancement, facilitated by an RN, covers skills appropriately used by a PSW to assist a client recovering from a skin wound. Participants will learn the boundaries of their role as set out in legislation, as well as the essential care routines they may be asked to perform. Fundamentals of preventative skin care and prevention of pressure ulcers will be reviewed, as will observation, reporting and documentation.
This in-service workshop will help your staff better understand:
- the limitations of the PSW role in wound care as set out in the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA)
- fundamental physiology of the skin and wound care, including recognizing healing vs infection
- how to prevent, recognize and treat skin tears
- pressure ulcers - their prevention, causes, and symptoms
- the care of sutures
- the care of bruises
Also available: A 6-hour Skin and Wound Care Certificate Workshop Which Includes:
- Skill-testing
- A certificate, upon successful completion of the workshop
PSW Role in Medication Support
(Formerly PSW Role in Medication Administration)
6-Hour Certificate Workshop
This workshop provides participants with an overview of the PSW’s role in medication support. It will discuss the scope of substances called medications/drugs and identify the applicable criteria for safe administration of medications within PSW scope, as well as the requirements to administer medication by a controlled act.
This in-service workshop will help your staff:
This workshop includes skill-testing and theory-testing. Upon successful completion of the workshop, a certificate will be issued. Maximum number of participants for this workshop is 12.
(Formerly PSW Role in Medication Administration)
6-Hour Certificate Workshop
This workshop provides participants with an overview of the PSW’s role in medication support. It will discuss the scope of substances called medications/drugs and identify the applicable criteria for safe administration of medications within PSW scope, as well as the requirements to administer medication by a controlled act.
This in-service workshop will help your staff:
- appreciate the range of medication assistance that a PSW may provide
- understand factors that affect the role a PSW may have with regard to medications
- describe the role of the PSW with regard to medications, as defined by legislation
- understand the importance of medication monitoring and accurate documentation
This workshop includes skill-testing and theory-testing. Upon successful completion of the workshop, a certificate will be issued. Maximum number of participants for this workshop is 12.
Falls Management
6-hour Certificate Workshop
Falls remain the leading cause of injury-related hospitalizations among Canadian seniors. This workshop covers how to take preventative steps to enhance safety for workers and clients. Participants will learn how to work with their supervisors and clients to problem solve and create a safer environment for the client and workers.
This in-service workshop will help your staff understand
This workshop is facilitated by an Occupational Therapist or a Physiotherapist.
6-hour Certificate Workshop
Falls remain the leading cause of injury-related hospitalizations among Canadian seniors. This workshop covers how to take preventative steps to enhance safety for workers and clients. Participants will learn how to work with their supervisors and clients to problem solve and create a safer environment for the client and workers.
This in-service workshop will help your staff understand
- falls management and common factors that place people at risk for falls
- approaches to minimize/eliminate risk for falls
- appropriate techniques to assist a client who is falling and cannot be safely stopped
- appropriate techniques to assist a client who has fallen
This workshop is facilitated by an Occupational Therapist or a Physiotherapist.
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