The Society for Research in Rehabilitation

Specialist Rehabilitation Medicine Course

Application Deadline:01/03/2012

Thursday 1st March 2012
& Friiday 2nd March 2012
Royal Derby Hospital

This two-day national course* is suitable for consultants, specialty registrars
and other professionals involved in rehabilitation.
Day 1:: Thursday 1stt March
Achieving better outcomes in rehabilitation meetings:
advanced skills for practitioners
The emphasis of the day is in developing practical skills and understanding the theory
behind these. This will include skills in running or participating in multidisciplinary
meetings and in managing conflict in rehabilitation settings.
Day 2:: Friiday 2nd March
Neuroplasticity and rehabilitation
The day will concentrate on recent scientific developments regarding plasticity, but will
also have an emphasis on how these might be translated into rehabilitation practice.
The seminars will include specific examples of research in the neuroscience of plasticity
that have occurred over the last four years and an overview of mechanisms of
plasticity. The afternoon will include a practical session on the process of taking an
intervention from the laboratory into clinical practice

The course is part of a four-year cycle of programmes also covering:
2010: Specialist rehabilitation medicine services; General medical skills for rehabilitation
2011: Assessment and management of sexual issues in rehabilitation; Exercise physiology and exercise
for disabled people
2013: Culture, ethnicity and the life cycle in rehabilitation; Unexplained pain and disability
For further information contact the course administrator:
Karen Kirkland
Email: Karen.Kirkland@nottingham.ac.uk Tel: 01332 724842

Specialist Rehabilitation Medicine Course flyer and programme