NR Times reports on a new SMART assessor online training course coming up early in the New Year.
The SMART (Sensory Modality & Rehabilitation Technique) is a standardised investigative and assessment tool specially designed for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDoC) SMART is recommended as a tool of choice in the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Guidelines 2020.
A new four-and-a-half-day online training course will run in February, aimed at senior neurological clinicians (AHPs, clinical psychologists, nurses, and doctors).
The course runs on 3rd to 5th and 11th and 12th of February 2021.
It will enable delegates to meet the person specification for PDoC assessors as outlined in the RCP guidelines.
Delegates will further develop their skills and knowledge of PDoC and the SMART investigative process, gain skills in the analysis of the investigative process, identifying where the client is currently placed on the diagnostic spectrum and possess the skills to create a bespoke intervention plan.
Day two, three and four will require the delegate to complete 30-minute learning tasks, preparatory reading and video views.
Following completion of the online training, the delegate will be required to complete one clinical SMART assessment, with full support from a mentor, in order to complete the SMART accreditation process.
The SMART Manual, Technique Guidebook and all forms are provided free of charge. Re-accreditation is required every four years. This course will be provided with full additional support from a dedicated SMART mentor throughout the process and to accreditation.
Lead facilitators on the course are Helen Gill and Dr Karen Elliott, SMART developers and consultants at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability.
Cost: £730 (early bird rate £695 until 31 December 2020).
For bookings and more information see: https://www.rhn.org.uk/events/smart-assessor-online-training/
