Rehabilitation training program for healthcare workers in Ukraine
Project objectives
The goal of the project is to carry out team rehabilitation training of Ukrainian healthcare workers, as a result of which the provision of rehabilitation assistance will improve. The training program provides a theoretical and practical overview of the principles of modern multidisciplinary rehabilitation. The long-term goal of the project is to create a modern rehabilitation center in Ukraine. In addition, the longer-term goal is to help Ukrainian universities develop modern study programs in rehabilitation. Estonia has previous cooperation experience since 2019 in the development of an occupational therapy curriculum in Ukraine.
Actions and results
The main focus of this project is on the treatment of patients with amputated limbs both in the pre-prosthetic and post-prosthetic rehabilitation stages. Target group of the project: 40 healthcare workers from Kyiv and Zõtomyr region.
The rehabilitation teams from eight Ukrainian hospitals, including doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, prosthetists, psychiatrists and psychologists, participated in the training.
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