Director of Rehabilitation and Disability Services, Dr Ariane Mangar at the workshop on Monday
The Health Ministry, in partnership with the Palms Rehabilitation Department, has launched a five-day Neurological Rehab Workshop aimed at enhancing the skills of physiotherapists across Guyana.
Led by lecturer and Specialist Physiotherapist, Amy Souster from the University of Plymouth School of Health Professions, the workshop seeks to elevate neurological rehabilitation practices in the region and aims to provide clinical and leadership training for physiotherapists caring for patients with complex conditions.
Director of Rehabilitation and Disability Services, Dr. Ariane Mangar, said that the workshop will benefit scores of participants from across every region, aiding them with new strategies on how to deal with patients when they come into their clinics, while enabling them to return to daily activities with a good quality of life.
Lecturer and Specialist Physiotherapist Amy Souster speaking at the workshop on Monday
“It’s a workshop to teach the young therapists how to work with patients who would have had neurological accidents, for example, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, children with cerebral palsy. So, it’s really to give them proper training on how to work with these patients when they come into their clinic,” she stated. Further, she told Guyana Times that their skills will be enhanced, and the patients will experience better outcomes when they’re treated, resulting in better treatment programs for these patients.
Meanwhile, Mangar revealed that the Palms Rehabilitation Department is looking to partner with a foreign university to continue initiatives such as this. “We’re looking also to partner in the future with Plymouth University, out of England to continue initiatives such as these as they will have substantial knowledge on physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy.”
Scores of physiotherapists at the workshop on Monday
Sharing the same sentiments, the facilitator Souster, said that the workshop will equip all physiotherapists with the principles of neurological rehabilitation of which they will apply in patient care delivery.
“These physiotherapists have the experience in clinical practice, and so I’m trying to support them in applying their theoretical knowledge to their clinical practice”, Souster explained.
Participants of this five-day exercise are expected to benefit from areas such as Neuro Primary Issues, Neuro Secondary Complications, Postural Management and Vestibular Assessment.
The Neurological Rehab Workshop has continued for two days thus far and is opened to all physiotherapist throughout Guyana. (G2)
