Schedule

This session will be prerecorded and delivered virtually during this schedule:

• Friday March 26, 2021: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
• Saturday March 27, 2021: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET

IMPORTANT: Attendance during the live broadcast is required to earn CEUs.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how different emergencies create different rehabilitation needs.
• Develop an “all hazard” rehabilitation preparedness plan for their context.
• Understand the adapted clinical and interpersonal skills needed to work in an emergency.
• Know the do’s and don’ts of responding to an international emergency, and who you can work with.
• Understand the wide variety of roles that physiotherapists can play in different responses, and the common challenges they can experience.

Presenter:

Pete Skelton, PT, MSc, is Rehabilitation in Emergencies focal point for the World Health Organization. A Physiotherapist and one time medical anthropologist, he previously worked as rehabilitation lead of the UK Emergency Medical Team and Humanitarian Rehabilitation Advisor for a number of INGOs.