Primary Health Tasmania welcomes you to join session one of this two-part webinar series, which will provide a comprehensive overview into managing hip and knee osteoarthritis in North West Tasmania. The sessions will include early intervention and conservative management, the processes for referral for surgery, insights to the surgical process and post-rehabilitation physiotherapy.
Session One:
• Identify referral pathways and triaging for patients with osteoarthritis in the North West Regional Hospital
• Outline the Orthopaedic Early Intervention approach to the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis from initial assessment to referral to Orthopaedic surgeon.
• Identify patients who could benefit from conservative management (including GLA:D)
• Describe the surgical approach for hip and knee surgery from technology through to results and outcomes
Session Two:
• Define to best practice postoperative management of knee/hip arthroplasty utilising the Orthopaedic Early Intervention approach
• Outline the physiotherapist led 6-week post arthroplasty review clinic in North West Tasmania
• Identify the role of post-rehabilitation physiotherapy in the OEIS pathway
• Describe the surgical approach for hip and knee surgery from technology through to results and outcomes
This is a CPD-accredited activity, which will include 3 hours of Educational Activities for both sessions. Participants must attend both sessions in order to receive the full amount of CPD points for this training.
Speaker information:
Janie Lowde is an Advanced Scope Physiotherapist who is currently the Team Lead for the Orthopaedic Early Intervention Service at THS-NW.
Chloe Wilson is currently the senior prehab and post-hab physiotherapist for the Orthopaedic Early Intervention Service at THS-NW.