About this Event
This course is aimed at Junior Doctors, Nurses and Therapists (SLT, PT and OT) and is designed to develop theoretical and clinical knowledge within the practice of traumatic brain injury acute management and rehabilitation. Participants will have the chance to discuss the evidence base associated with current traumatic brain injury (TBI) acute rehab and examine its practical applications.
Course details
- This course will cover the following topics:
- Challenging Behaviours after TBI
- Post traumatic Amnesia
- Executive dysfunction after TBI
- Cognitive-communication disorder after TBI
- Promoting Psychological recovery after TBI
- Beyond the Acute Phase
- Disorders of Consciousness after TBI, including complex physical management
- This course will give therapists the chance to explore the specialist roles in a brain injury multidisciplinary team.
- This course will encourage therapists to integrate learning into their own clinical practice and develop clinical reasoning skills.
- This course will enhance assessment, treatment and clinical reasoning skills for more effective management of people with traumatic brain injuries.
26th November
π: 08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
Registration
π: 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
Introduction and General Housekeeping
π: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury
π: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Management of neurological complications
π: 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Break
π: 10:50 AM - 12:00 PM
PDOC (Prolonged Disorder of Consciousness)
π: 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Physical Management of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity
π: 12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
Lunch
π: 01:45 PM - 02:45 PM
PTA (Post-Traumatic Amnesia)
π: 02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Challenging Behaviour
π: 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM
Break
π: 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM
Vestibular dysfunction following TBI
π: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM
End of day 1
27th November
π: 08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
Registration and Coffee
π: 09:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Cognitive Communication Disorders in Traumatic Brain Injury
π: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Break
π: 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
High level cognitive disorders
π: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Neuropsychiatric impact on brain injury
π: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch
π: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Promoting psychological recovery after TBI
π: 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Beyond the acute phase
π: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Break
π: 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Beyond the acute phase
π: 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Q&A session and Close of Study Day.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Fetal Medicine Research Institute, 16-20 Windsor Walk, London, United Kingdom
GBP 167.56 to GBP 257.39












