LLT work closely with the University of Derby to allow successfully qualified PSIs with a first degree to use their PSI qualification towards module points for this Masters Degree. The Degree has four interim awards that make up the MSc Advanced Practice: * Postgraduate Certificate in Osteoporosis and Falls Management (PSI qualification can count as…
Walking for health offers free training to people who are willing and able to lead health walks in their community. They also provide cascade training for people wanting to train walk leaders in their area and special training for those working with people with learning difficulties.
THRIVE organises a range of courses, bespoke training and consultancy for professionals who want to use gardening to benefit disabled people. They also offer a unique quality assurance system, Cultivating Quality, which helps projects run their social and therapeutic horticulture activities effectively and efficiently.
The Keep Fit Association is a long-established body – from 1956 – dedicated to the provision of safe and effective exercise, movement and dance. All KFA movement is based on Rudolph Laban’s principles. Known as the father of modern European dance, he devised a clear and concise movement language that gives teachers the tools to…
BACR, British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation, provides Level 4 REPS endorsed training for those wanting to work with people in cardiac rehabilitation. BACR Education coordinates both the BACR Exercise Instructor Training qualification and a range of short courses for health and exercise professionals involved in cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation. Delegates will receive comprehensive peer reviewed…
The Active for Later Life resource, developed by the BHF National Centre for Physical Activity and Health (in partnership with the British Heart Foundation), aimed to help all those involved in developing physical activity programmes for older people of all ages and abilities. Originally published in 2003 and updated in 2010, the Active for Later…
AGILE is a Professional Network of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy that specializes in rehabilitation for older people and specific expertise in Osteoporosis, Falls, Parkinson’s disease and exercise. They produce a journal “Agility” and organise conferences and seminars throughout the year.
The CSP has developed criteria for the endorsement of post-qualifying learning opportunities for physiotherapists which are aimed at different types of programmes. The CSP has a valuable role to play in standard-setting, quality assurance and quality enhancement in the post-qualifying arena and is keen to work collaboratively with HEIs and other providers of learning opportunities…
BHFNC is committed to developing and promoting initiatives that will help professionals stimulate more people to take more activity as part of everyday life. BHFNC Aims: * Translate research evidence into practice for the promotion of physical activity for the primary and secondary prevention of diseases, particularly coronary heart disease; * maintain a national focus…
Published in 2009, this Cochrane Review, authored by Saunders and co-authored by Gillian Mead, one of the developers of the EfS Course, reported on a systematic review of the published evidence base of RCTs assessing the effect of exercise in patients following stroke. The positive effects of cardiorespiratory exercise, involving waking were demonstrated on speed,…
