Planning and implementing a research project in the field of rehabilitation: 
a workshop for rehabilitation health care professionals

Presented by Professor Claire Penn, with Mr Peter Fridjhon

Course content will include:

• why clinicians should be involved in research
• how to formulate a research question
• selecting the appropriate methodology for the research project
• ethical issues in research
• preparing research for presentation/publication

Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and workshop their own research ideas.

Professor Penn, the chair of the discipline of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, has been given an A rating by the National Research Foundation.  She has published extensively in the areas of adult neurology, sign language and health communication.  She regularly teaches courses in both ethics and research across the rehabilitation disciplines, and has supervised hundreds of research reports.  Mr Fridjhon is a senior lecturer in the school of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Six CPD points have been applied for.

PROGRAMME

8:30-9:00       Registration

9:00-10:30     Session 1
Introduction
Definition of research
Introduction to different types of research
Some special research challenges in rehabilitation
                        Efficacy
                        Relevance
                        Accountability
                        The essential questions: Why? So What?
The structure of a research article
Becoming a critical consumer of research

10:30-10:45   Tea

10:45-12:30   Session 2
Group activity 1
Formulating a research question
Cornerstones and considerations
                        Feasibility
                        Validity
                        Reliability
                        Replicability

12:30-13:00   Lunch

13:00-15:00   Session 3
Selecting a suitable design
                        Single case and group designs
                        Quantitative and qualitative designs
Group activity 2
Design of study in the rehabilitation context

15:00-15:15   Tea

15:15-16:00   Session 4
Research ethics
                        Vulnerability
The role of context and culture
Practice, policy and publication

16:00  Closure and evaluation

The Southern African Neurological Rehabilitation Association would like to express its grateful thanks to Life Rehabilitation for their generous sponsorship of this event, and to the management and staff of Life Esidimeni for hosting it.

TO REGISTER:

Please fax or email a proof of payment with this form to brianmal@mweb.co.za or
011 433-2476.  Please note that no payments will be accepted on the day of the workshop.

Banking details:     Southern African Neurological Rehabilitation Association
                                    Standard Bank, Sandton Branch
                                    Branch code 019205
                                    Account number 421 001 305
                                    Please use your surname as a reference

SANRA RESEARCH WORKSHOP : REGISTRATION FORM

For more information, please email marcnaidoo@webmail.co.za or elanavanbrakel@gmail.com