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Symposium

Spinal Cord Injury

Clinical Practice

Implementing an Interdisciplinary Spinal Cord Dysfunction Education Group in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting 9558

Saturday, November 2, 2024
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
Location:  ROOM: Rosetta REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Rosetta is the last room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Rosetta is the last room on the left.
This symposium will highlight an interdisciplinary group-based education program for patients with spinal cord dysfunction (SCD) in an inpatient rehabilitation. The process of implementing an education group will be described, as well as the barriers and facilitators of the program. The group aims to promote learning of diagnosis specific education among participants to ensure patient readiness and comfort for discharge, while empowering patients to take an active role in their recovery. In addition, it aims to support group education versus one-to-one education by demonstrating learning of information and showing positive examples of social support. The program includes four education sessions, use of a pre and post knowledge assessment and a satisfaction questionnaire to assess effectiveness of the group. Utilizing our unique scopes of practice, physical and occupational therapists, nurses, medical doctors, psychologists and social workers can play a significant role in education and support during SCD recovery.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Emphasize the importance of patient education in the spinal cord dysfunction population and illustrate the effectiveness of a group based education program.
  • Describe the creation and implementation process of an interdisciplinary patient education group for a target population.
  • Define the role and importance of the interdisciplinary team on providing formalized diagnosis specific education for patients with spinal cord dysfunction.
  • Demonstrate the barriers and facilitators of a patient education group and report improvements in participants learning carryover and satisfaction.
  • Emphasize the importance of patient education in the spinal cord dysfunction population and illustrate the effectiveness of a group based education program.
Disclosure(s):
Toni Ann Polsinelli, PT, DPT, NCS: No financial relationships to disclose
Gabriella Bottalico, MS, OTR/L, CSRS, CNS: No financial relationships to disclose