Courses are practical in nature.

You will:

• Practise assessments, measurements, wheelchair mobility skills etc on fellow participants;
• Modify wheelchairs and cushions and work with tools, glue etc; and
• Work clinically with patients.
• Please dress appropriately for these activities.

Bring the following tools:

• Medium flat screwdriver;
• Medium Phillips (star) screwdriver;
• No. 10 and 13 ring/open-ended spanner;
• Measuring tape (preferably rigid). One with inches and centimetres will allow you to convert sizes easily;
• Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 Allen keys;
• Adjustable spanner (open to 25mm);
• Smooth, non-serrated 25-35cm long stiff blade kitchen knife (preferred) or hacksaw blade (minimum 32 teeth per inch). Do not use blade holders as you may wrap tape around one end;
• Stanley knife/scissors to cut upholstery, webbing etc;
• Erasable whiteboard marker; and
• White marker/Tipp-Ex.

Tea and coffee are provided and participants will also receive lunch. A cafeteria is available at the hospital and is located close to patient administration department.

The training will take place in the training room of the College of Health Sciences located inside the crèche or the Blood Bank Department building (this is located next to the Emergency Department). Participants can park on the left side of the main hospital gate after the boom.

DAY 1

7:30   Registration
8:00   Introduction
8:30   Course overview
8:35   Wheelchair users and their rights to wheelchair services
9:30   TEA
10:00   Introduction to wheelchairs
10:20   Wheelchair mobility skills
11.45   Matching wheelchairs with users mobility needs
12:30   LUNCH
13:00   Matching wheelchairs with users mobility needs (continued)
13:20   Matching wheelchairs to the environment
14:40   Matching wheelchairs with user functional needs
15:40   Wheelchair durability
16:00   Closure

DAY 2

7:30   The wheelchair and the user’s health and posture
8:00   Biomechanics of postural support
9:30   TEA
10:00   Wheelchair options to improve postural support
11:30   Protection of the skin and pressure care
12:30   LUNCH
13:00   Pressure care cushions
14:30   Foam cushions
16:00   Closure

DAY 3

7:30   Steps of wheelchair service delivery
8:00   Referral and appointment
8:30   Assessment
9:30   TEA
10:00   Assessment (continued)
11:00   Prescription
12:30   LUNCH
13:00   Prescription (continued)
13:45   Funding and ordering
14:45   Product preparation
16:00   Closure

DAY 4

7:30   Fitting
9:30   TEA
10:00   Managing problems related to fitting
12:30   LUNCH
13:00   Managing problems related to fitting (continued)
13:30   User training and follow up
14:30   Case studies
16:00   Closure

DAY 5

7:30   Critical analysis
8:00   Clinical requirements and orientation
8:15   TEA
8:45   User assessment and fitting
13:00   LUNCH
13:30   Other mobility aids
14:00  Presentation of patients and discussion of fitting
15:40   General questions and conclusion
16:00   Donation procedure (paperwork & reporting)
16:30  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Ceremony
17:00   End

All courses:

Due to the clinical nature of the training, you will need to have professional indemnity insurance.

Government employees (including community service workers) do not need personal indemnity insurance.

Your name and email address will be added to the course mailing list.

Social or formal photos that may or may not feature course participants may be used on RSLs various platforms for marketing purposes.

All except affiliate courses: 

In the event of a refund, the merchant (Payflex) service charge plus a RSL admin fee of R550 (incl VAT) will be deducted. Full refunds, minus such charges, must be requested at least 30 days before the start date of the course. After that date, 50 per cent of the course fee (minus the applicable charges) is refundable.

We reserve the right to cancel courses with low registration numbers. All courses will be confirmed/cancelled by email at the latest one month before the course starts.

Only finalise travel and accommodation arrangements after you have received our final confirmation email. We cannot be held liable for the costs incurred for travel and accommodation.

Please note: An admin fee will be charged should you request to attend a different course from the one you have initially registered for.

Should participants provide an incorrect Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) number, which necessitates RSL to do a resubmission to the HPCSA or to reissue a certificate, an admin fee will be charged. The new certificate will be issued after payment has been received.