We asked if participants found the workshops benificial:
Of the 106 respondents, 96% demonstrated interest in attending a training workshop on falls.
MOPS Points
For RACP members, attendance at a workshop qualified for Maintenance Of Professional Standards Points (MOPS points) in the College's self-reporting scheme.
Workshops Completed
Falls Prevention for Older People was a series of workshops on risk factors and prevention strategies. The 1-day workshop were run between February and May 2004 at thirteen locations across Australia.
Workshop Agenda
Each workshop featured core sessions on risk factors and strategic interventions (see below), however, local presenters varied from state to state. Injury prevention coordinators from state health departments provided useful resource information.
Core sessions of the workshop:
- Welcome & Interactive quiz
- Falls in older people: a public health perspective
- Risk factors: medical conditions
- Instability and falls in older age
- Osteoporosis: bone strength
- Intervention: a multi-faceted approach
- Effectiveness of targeted exercise
- Other interventions
- Resources for clinical practice
- Evaluation
Who ran and funded the workshops?
The workshops were run by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and has been funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The financing was allocated through the National Falls Prevention for Older People Initiative.
To strengthen the project, the RACP collaborated with: