Interprofessional Work for Intimate Topics: Toileting and Sexual Function Following a Spinal Cord Injury

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Target Audience

Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants and Nurses

Description

This one-day course is designed for Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists and Nurses who work with young adult and adult patients with a spinal cord injury. This course will cover bladder and bowel management and sexual health, placing an emphasis on self-catherization, bowel programs and positioning. Information will be shared by lecture, lab and visual aids.

Instructor:
Raheleh G. Tschoepe, MS, OT/L, ATP
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Department of Allied Health Sciences

Charlotte AHEC Nursing Education is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Charlotte AHEC, NC AHEC system, is an approved provider by the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners with regard to activities directly related to physical therapy for continued competence.

Objectives

Explain how toileting and sexual function impact day to day living with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Identify barriers and solutions to SCI professionals incorporating goals and interventions for toileting and sexual dysfunction in their plans of care.

Identify toileting principles for people living with spastic or flaccid neurogenic bowel and bladder.

Identify practical intra - and interdisciplinary strategies to the SCI therapeutic process for individuals living with toileting dysfunction.

List team members and referral sources critical to the multidisciplinary team to improve toileting and sexual function - related outcomes for people with SCI.

Identify multidisciplinary strategies and apply to cases about people living with various types of SCI.

Contact

Chanyne Cupil BS

Sessions

Feb 19, 2020
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Closed Interprofessional Work for Intimate Topics: Toileting and Sexual Function Following a Spinal Cord Injury

Status: Closed
Presenter(s): Raheleh Tschoepe MS, OT/L, ATP
Date(s): Feb 19, 2020
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Check-In Time: 7:30 AM
Credit: 0.80 - CEU; 8.00 - Contact Hours; 8.00 - CNE Contact Hours; 8.00 - NCBPTE Contact Hours
Location: South Piedmont AHEC
Room: Classroom 17/18
Description: This one-day course is designed for Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists and Nurses who work with young adult and adult patients with a spinal cord injury. This course will cover bladder and bowel management and sexual health, placing an emphasis on self-catherization, bowel programs and positioning. Information will be shared by lecture, lab and visual aids. Instructor: Raheleh G. Tschoepe, MS, OT/L, ATP The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Department of Allied Health Sciences Charlotte AHEC Nursing Education is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Charlotte AHEC, NC AHEC system, is an approved provider by the North Carolina Board of Physical Therapy Examiners with regard to activities directly related to physical therapy for continued competence.
Objective(s): Explain how toileting and sexual function impact day to day living with spinal cord injury (SCI).; Identify barriers and solutions to SCI professionals incorporating goals and interventions for toileting and sexual dysfunction in their plans of care; Identify toileting principles for people living with spastic or flaccid neurogenic bowel and bladder.; Identify practical intra - and interdisciplinary strategies to the SCI therapeutic process for individuals living with toileting dysfunction.; List team members and referral sources critical to the multidisciplinary team to improve toileting and sexual function - related outcomes for people with SCI.; Identify multidisciplinary strategies and apply to cases about people living with various types of SCI.