Brain Rehabilitation

The radiologist’s role is to examine the brain scans and suggest the most likely diagnosis. To achieve this, they examine the pathological processes they see in brain images. The exact location and extent of the lesion is of secondary importance to the radiologist. * We, as rehabilitation clinicians, usually know the diagnosis of our clients. What we want to know, is how the diagnosis affects our client’s function. For this kind of insight, we need to know the exact location and extent of the lesion because it directly impacts their function. * If you examine the radiology reports carefully you will find that they rarely provide us with the anatomical specificity we need. For example, a radiology report may describe a lesion in the “MCA territory”. However, “MCA territory” doesn’t specify which parts of the lobes are affected, and sometimes not even whether the lesion is in the frontal / parietal or temporal lobes. This is important information because variations in anatomical loci of strokes, are one of the main reasons for the wide range of clinical presentations.

Yes, you will! You might doubt that you’re capable of learning these skills. I KNOW that any rehabilitation clinician can learn brain imaging because dozens of rehabilitation clinicians already have. * Clinicians I taught include: • Neuropsychologist • Clinical Psychologist • Nurses • Occupational Therapists • Physiotherapists • Rehabilitation Physicians and registrars • Speech pathologists, and • Others * I have developed a framework for learning brain imaging, where the theory is just the beginning. I teach bite-size principles and simply explain complicated concepts. I include lots of practical work, which is critical in enabling you to translate your learning to clinical care (because every lesion is somewhat different). Read the review to find out how other clinicians felt about learning brain imaging.

In this course you’ll learn about different types of brain images, and how to find the anatomical information that’s missing from the radiology reports. This is a fundamental course that will help you delve deeper into the film bag without relying on the radiology report. Learn to extract rehabilitation-specific information that will change the way you assess and treat your clients. You'll also use brain imaging to enhance your clinical reasoning. Have a look above at the "You Learning Path" diagram for the specific topics you'll learn.

I take transformation seriously! I know that transformation can be challenging, and I know that the skills I teach you are probably novel. For this reason, I believe in providing you with extensive support during the course, to ensure your transformation is successful. You’ll have access to me DIRECTLY for the duration of the course. You can ask questions, and they’ll be answered! We also have a 1.5hr live session every week. So you will see and hear me quite a lot in the course 😊. Read the reviews to find out how clinicians who completed the course felt about the support provided.

The course runs over 7 weeks, during which you'll gradually receive learning material in 5 modules. Each module includes teaching videos, resources, reading material and practical tasks. * It is best if you schedule weekly study blocks in your diary. You'll need about 4 hours, preferably spread over several days. These study blocks will ensure that you go through the learning material in a comfortable pace. This will give you opportunities to replay videos multiple times, which many clinicians really liked. * Every week we'll have a 1.5 hr live workshop, where we'll discuss questions and break up into smaller groups to work on practical tasks related to case studies. The live workshops are highly interactive, and clinicians often comment on the consolidation of learning that takes place in these sessions. If for some reason you were not able to attend the session, or simply want to watch it again, the recording will be available 24-48hrs after each workshop.

The uniqueness of this program is that it was built from the ground up. It’s designed and taught by myself (a rehabilitation clinician and researcher of 20+ years), to other rehabilitation clinicians. I have been treating clients with neurological injuries since 1996 and completed a PhD in Brain Imaging and Neuroscience in 2009. Having extensive clinical and brain imaging experience, together with my in-depth neuroscience knowledge, puts me in an optimal position to give these transformational courses. * Having learnt brain imaging during my PhD, and seeing its lack of use in neurological rehabilitation, I felt compelled to find a better way to use and teach it. I have a clear insight into what you and other clinicians need to know about brain imaging. This will save you doing a PhD in brain imaging as well 😉. * Learning online over an extended period of time gives you ample of time to: replay videos, think about the material, ask lots of questions, and deeply understand the material. * Another unique aspect of these courses is its multidisciplinary nature. Clinicians from various disciplines attend these courses, which have two important implications. The first is that the course is rich in inputs and perspectives of different disciplines. The second is that in the live sessions, you’ll work in multidisciplinary groups to problem-solve around clinical cases. This creates a true sense of teamwork… the same sort that every workplace would love! * As you know, active learning is superior to passive learning. Therefore, whenever I teach a new concept, I integrate it immediately into a practical task. The practical tasks are designed to teach you how to translate the theory into clinical practice so that you can apply it to your clients. I took this approach to ensure that anything I teach, moves you towards being able to asses and treat your clients better.