Amputee education summaries
Milburn, Lee
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Amputee education summaries
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Dear List Members,
Below are summaries of the responses from my previous post to the list regarding amputee educational materials currently distributed to new amputees during their rehabilitation.
Thank you to all who provided me with information it was much appreciated.
Regards,
Lee Milburn
Honour Student
National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
We've got a little handbook that we give to amputees describing the
various
stages of prosthetic management. From prescription to care and cleaning
of
the prosthesis itself. It's very brief, but I hope it might be useful.
Daryl Lim
Prosthetist/ Orthotist
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
_______________________________________________________________________
I think what I have say and share at my web site will be of interest to
you
and your study. It comes from over 35 years as a prosthetist.
Al Pike, CP
Amputee Resource Foundation of America, Inc.
<URL Redacted>
________________________________________________________________________
Many amputees recieve an education from other amputees by subscribing
to one of the amputee listservs. I moderate AMP-L and University
of Washington. Happy to send you info about it.
Wayne Renardson
________________________________________________________________________
Have a look at www.rohcg.on.ca/mobile/present.html . I don't have a
summary of our Write-Once Publish-Everywhere principle for
producing educational content summarized on the page but you can see
the current modules (including P&O content). These modules are also
available on CD-ROM (Corel Presentations and Powerpoint formats).
Edward Lemaire, PhD
Research Associate
The Rehabilitation Centre
(613) 737-7350 x5592
________________________________________________________________________
European Law requires us to present users with understandable
information. We (company: Team Ortopedteknik) have made our own
information sheets for different types of devices. These are stored on
the computer and printed when needed, so we don�t need to have hundreds
in stock printed and ready. There are also brochures on using prosthetic
and orthotic devices, published by the Swedish Handicap Institute. You
can find them at
<URL Redacted>
but of course, these brochures are in Swedish. Also, have a look at your
neighbours down under. A colleague of mine went to New Zeeland, and
apparently they had good hand-out information, too.
Best of luck
Kjell-Ake Nilsson, CPO at Linkoping University Hospital, Sweden.
________________________________________________________________________
I will send you a copy
of each of the Information Booklets for Lower-Limb Amputees that we
provide prosthetists who give them to their patients to help them
understand the process and use as a reference in their daily use of their
prosthesis.
Sincerely,
A.Bennett Wilson, jr.
P.O. Box 380
Topping, VA 23169
USA
________________________________________________________________________
I am currently doing my masters degree in social work and am doing my
practicum at GF Strong Rehab Centre, in their amputee program, in
Vancouver, Canada. Part of my work there is to put together
information/education materials for new amputees and their families. At
present, in Vancouver, there is very little educational material
available
for people and they are, consequently, quite frustrated and unsure of the
process - rehab, as well as life as an amputee - that lies ahead for
them.
So, I have begun locating materials that are currently available and I
will
list them below for you.
1. The Rehab Centre at the Royal Ottawa Hospital has The Terry Fox
Mobile Clinic, and as part of that they have developed a range of
info/educational materials, some of which are available on the internet.
They also have a CD Rom available. Their web site is
<www.rohcg.on.ca/mobile>
2. The Amputee Coalition of America has a pretty good web site
<www.amputee-coalition.org> as well as a National Limb Loss Infomation
Centre and a bi-monthly publication called In Motion. They have also
begun what looks to be an annual publication called First Step, which
contains articles and information regarding issues and common questions
raised by new amputees. You can find out about these through their web
site.
3. I have recently found out that the Gorge Road Hospital in Victoria,
BC
(Canada) has also put together a manual for new amputees called Passport
to Independence. It sounds quite promising but I have not had any luck
getting a copy of it.
Susan Massong
________________________________________________________________________
You might look up a chapter in the book, Henry Haimovici's Vascular
Surgery, the last Chapter of that book titled, Lower Extremity
Prosthetics . I provide a reprint of this chapter for new amputee
patients. This might be of help to you.
Yours in Health & Prosthetics
Jan Stokosa, C.P.
I am involved with a small research study on amputee
information. We will be conducting a pilot study on assessing amputee
information requirements later this year. I do have a list of
citations of literature exploring the realm of amputees and their
information requirements related to their prosthesis and the process of
being fit with a prosthesis (which I can provide for you). Please let me
know if you would like this.
Chris Hovorka, MS, CPO
Below are summaries of the responses from my previous post to the list regarding amputee educational materials currently distributed to new amputees during their rehabilitation.
Thank you to all who provided me with information it was much appreciated.
Regards,
Lee Milburn
Honour Student
National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
We've got a little handbook that we give to amputees describing the
various
stages of prosthetic management. From prescription to care and cleaning
of
the prosthesis itself. It's very brief, but I hope it might be useful.
Daryl Lim
Prosthetist/ Orthotist
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
_______________________________________________________________________
I think what I have say and share at my web site will be of interest to
you
and your study. It comes from over 35 years as a prosthetist.
Al Pike, CP
Amputee Resource Foundation of America, Inc.
<URL Redacted>
________________________________________________________________________
Many amputees recieve an education from other amputees by subscribing
to one of the amputee listservs. I moderate AMP-L and University
of Washington. Happy to send you info about it.
Wayne Renardson
________________________________________________________________________
Have a look at www.rohcg.on.ca/mobile/present.html . I don't have a
summary of our Write-Once Publish-Everywhere principle for
producing educational content summarized on the page but you can see
the current modules (including P&O content). These modules are also
available on CD-ROM (Corel Presentations and Powerpoint formats).
Edward Lemaire, PhD
Research Associate
The Rehabilitation Centre
(613) 737-7350 x5592
________________________________________________________________________
European Law requires us to present users with understandable
information. We (company: Team Ortopedteknik) have made our own
information sheets for different types of devices. These are stored on
the computer and printed when needed, so we don�t need to have hundreds
in stock printed and ready. There are also brochures on using prosthetic
and orthotic devices, published by the Swedish Handicap Institute. You
can find them at
<URL Redacted>
but of course, these brochures are in Swedish. Also, have a look at your
neighbours down under. A colleague of mine went to New Zeeland, and
apparently they had good hand-out information, too.
Best of luck
Kjell-Ake Nilsson, CPO at Linkoping University Hospital, Sweden.
________________________________________________________________________
I will send you a copy
of each of the Information Booklets for Lower-Limb Amputees that we
provide prosthetists who give them to their patients to help them
understand the process and use as a reference in their daily use of their
prosthesis.
Sincerely,
A.Bennett Wilson, jr.
P.O. Box 380
Topping, VA 23169
USA
________________________________________________________________________
I am currently doing my masters degree in social work and am doing my
practicum at GF Strong Rehab Centre, in their amputee program, in
Vancouver, Canada. Part of my work there is to put together
information/education materials for new amputees and their families. At
present, in Vancouver, there is very little educational material
available
for people and they are, consequently, quite frustrated and unsure of the
process - rehab, as well as life as an amputee - that lies ahead for
them.
So, I have begun locating materials that are currently available and I
will
list them below for you.
1. The Rehab Centre at the Royal Ottawa Hospital has The Terry Fox
Mobile Clinic, and as part of that they have developed a range of
info/educational materials, some of which are available on the internet.
They also have a CD Rom available. Their web site is
<www.rohcg.on.ca/mobile>
2. The Amputee Coalition of America has a pretty good web site
<www.amputee-coalition.org> as well as a National Limb Loss Infomation
Centre and a bi-monthly publication called In Motion. They have also
begun what looks to be an annual publication called First Step, which
contains articles and information regarding issues and common questions
raised by new amputees. You can find out about these through their web
site.
3. I have recently found out that the Gorge Road Hospital in Victoria,
BC
(Canada) has also put together a manual for new amputees called Passport
to Independence. It sounds quite promising but I have not had any luck
getting a copy of it.
Susan Massong
________________________________________________________________________
You might look up a chapter in the book, Henry Haimovici's Vascular
Surgery, the last Chapter of that book titled, Lower Extremity
Prosthetics . I provide a reprint of this chapter for new amputee
patients. This might be of help to you.
Yours in Health & Prosthetics
Jan Stokosa, C.P.
I am involved with a small research study on amputee
information. We will be conducting a pilot study on assessing amputee
information requirements later this year. I do have a list of
citations of literature exploring the realm of amputees and their
information requirements related to their prosthesis and the process of
being fit with a prosthesis (which I can provide for you). Please let me
know if you would like this.
Chris Hovorka, MS, CPO
Citation
Milburn, Lee, “Amputee education summaries,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed May 10, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/213605.
