Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences (TIPS), Pallium India offers a web-based course (21 hours) to train physiotherapists for specific palliative care needs and to improve access to Palliative Physiotherapy across the country.

Objective

To train physiotherapists for specific Palliative care needs and to improve access to Palliative physiotherapy across the country.

Eligibility:

Bachelors/Master’s degree in Physiotherapy

This program will cover
  • Basic concepts of palliative care and communication skills
  • Palliative physiotherapy approach to
    • Pain, dyspnea and cancer related fatigue
    • Neurorehabilitation- Cerebrovascular accidents & Neurodegenerative diseases
    • Care of bedbound
    • Role of occupational therapy and rehabilitation in palliative care
    • Pediatric and Geriatric Palliative Care
    • End of Life Care
Features of Palliative Care Physiotherapy:
  • Prescribed syllabus-oriented courses
  • 2 sessions per week
  • Pre-test and post-test for assessment
  • Case Presentation by a participant in each session
  • Regular assignments
  • Various learning materials will be provided
  • Several articles regarding the subject will be shared
  • Certificate issuance at the end.
Class Details:
  • No of Sessions: 14
  • Class Timing: 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM IST

To ensure adequate interaction during sessions, we will have to limit the number of participants at each course on a first-come, first-serve basis. So register quickly!

Attendance:

Participants need to attend all sessions. If one is unable to attend a session, due to an unexpected emergency, they should watch the session videos provided and mail us back a summary of the class. Course certificates will be issued only to those who have attended minimum 80% of the sessions.

Course Fees:

₹1500. Payment is to be made after completing the registration (registration link is given below).

Application process:
Click here to register for the training

 (Please fill this form for registration. Please Keep an image (jpeg/pdf) of your passport size photo and degree certificate copy handy for upload as well.)

After you complete the registration, please pay the fees online:

Click here to pay the fees ₹1500

Know more about Pallium India’s trainings:

Click here to view training calendar

In case of queries, write to: tipsecho@palliumindia.org

How to join the session:

ECHO is conducted through ZOOM application which can be downloaded (free download) from Google play store/App Store for mobile phones and direct download from internet for Windows. Download from: https://zoom.us/download

For any assistance, please contact:

For more information on this course or for any assistance, please call us at +91 97786 05462 or write to us: tipsecho@palliumindia.org


Clinical Director: Dr. M. R. Rajagopal
Project Facilitator: Dr Sreedevi Warrier
Project Coordinator: Sree Priya S.