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Advanced Seating Assessment and Prescription (Sydney)
Our ‘Advanced Seating Assessment and Prescription’ workshop has been designed to enhance your clinical practice so you can confidently navigate the complexities of seating assessment and prescription.
Led by industry-respected clinicians boasting over 40 years of combined experience, join Kate Pain (GTK), Joana Santiago (Medifab), and the GTK team as they share invaluable insights into the assessment and prescription of seating, drawing from their extensive clinical backgrounds.
This immersive two-day workshop offers a unique opportunity to:
- Master the art of conducting a thorough MAT evaluation
- Gain a deep understanding of the principles of biomechanics and how they are applied to seating posture
- Effectively translate assessment findings into practical product parameters
- Develop problem-solving skills through real case scenarios
- Hone clinical justification skills, essential for crafting successful funding applications
- Seamlessly integrate acquired knowledge into product setup and clinical practice.
We’ll also have numerous opportunities for practical, hands-on exploration of seating and positioning equipment. Get tips and tricks from professionals who use the equipment every day as you learn the nuances of adjusting wheelchair seating for optimal client positioning. Each participant will receive a backpack with a curated GTK seating tool set, ensuring you will have the exact tools you need for making on-the-spot adjustments to seating systems in the field.
You’ll receive individualised instruction and feedback during practical activities, achieving the following learning objectives:
- Identify wheelchair and seating components and articulate possible adjustments for each
- Demonstrate confident use of tools necessary to adjust wheelchair and seating components
- Describe the clinical reasoning behind optimal positioning of wheelchair and seating components.
‘Advanced Seating Assessment and Prescription’ is tailored for clinicians with experience in seating prescription looking to further deepen their expertise in the area. For newer prescribers, consider our ‘Foundations of Seating Assessment’ workshop which is tailored to build fundamental skills.
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Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th March 2023
9am – 4pm (please arrive to register from 8.30am)
GTK Sydney, 11/14 Boden Road Seven Hills NSW 2147
$260
Meet the Presenters:
Kate Pain (GTK)
Kate comes from an occupational therapy background, with two decades of experience in varied settings, specialising in wheelchair seating and positioning. She finds the evolution of power wheelchair alternate drive technology fascinating, and looks forward to exciting innovations becoming more readily available in power wheelchairs.
Kate really enjoys appointments with children who are trying out a wheelchair for the first time. She loves seeing the excitement in their eyes as they move independently for the first time – it’s contagious!
Kate also enjoys working with adults trialling a wheelchair for the first time, who have a lifetime of limiting perceptions about using a wheelchair, who then realise that the right equipment can amplify their abilities and enjoyment of life.
Joana Santiago (Medifab)
Joana Santiago completed her training in Occupational Therapy in Portugal in 2004. She is passionate about Seating and Positioning and understands how comprehensive postural management can have a strong influence on functionality, health, and the ability to lead a positive lifestyle. Over the years, Joana has gained extensive clinical experience throughout her career, working with suppliers of medical equipment as a Seating and Positioning Consultant among large hospitals and rehab centres in Europe and the United Arab Emirates.
In the past 15 years, Joana has worked within the industry in 5 different countries around the world and is now based in Sydney, Australia as a Clinical Educator for Medifab, where she is able to have a positive influence on the development and supply of their extensive range of products. Her passion, pride in her work, and energy, make her one of the most renowned educators in Australasia and beyond. A vibrant personality and absorbing method of teaching allows her to deliver engaging training.
Joana has presented internationally, including at the International Seating Symposium, European Seating Symposium, Oceania Seating Symposium, Asia-Pacific OT Congress, Posture and Mobility Group (PMG) Conference, and Canadian Seating and Mobility Conference and throughout Australia at in-services to seating clinics, ATSA Independent Living Expo, Assistive Technology Conference of Queensland (ATQ), and Australian Assistive Technology Conference (ARATA).