Rehabilitation Medicine
Conjoint Training Program Leading to FRACP/FAFRM

Components of Training

Core Training

• One core clinical year in paediatric inpatient rehabilitation.
  
• A second core clinical year which could be in paediatric rehabilitation: or any other appropriate specialty approved by both the AFRM Boards of Censors and the CPPT.
  
• An elective year which must be in an appropriate area of Paediatric Medicine, approved by the CPPT and the AFRM Board of Censors.

Required General Knowledge

• the theory and management of impairment, disability and handicap
  
• the principles of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
  
• normal and abnormal child development
  
• problems of the disabled and handicapped school leaver
  
• the various chronic diseases especially those of childhood; their evolution, natural course and variations
  
• the methods of assessment of function and disability
  
• an understanding of concepts relating to evaluation and utilisation of quality assurance, peer review and Total Quality Management principles
  
• the concepts of social and behavioural paediatrics as they relate to rehabilitation
  
• the biomechanical and kinesiological aspects of human function, and the physiology of rest, mobilisation and exercise
  
• the practical knowledge of adaptive devices, their indications, contraindications and training required for their use including mobility aids such as sticks, crutches, frames, walkers, wheelchairs, modified motor vehicle controls, and adaptations and devices that improve function in the home
  
• work training for adolescents, and independent living in the community
  
• prosthetics and orthotics with particular emphasis on indications, contraindications, biomechanical principles, methods of fabrication, assessment and follow-up
  
• the allied health disciplines including:
  
  • occupational therapy
    
  • physiotherapy
    
  • speech pathology
    
  • rehabilitation nursing
    
  • clinical psychology, educational psychology and neuropsychology
    
  • social work
    
  • dietetics and nutrition
    
  • and their integration within the rehabilitation program
    
• an understanding of rehabilitation engineering
  
• understanding of research design and data evaluation
  
• the practice of medicolegal assessment and report preparation
  
• electrodiagnostic and treatment methods including gait analysis, goniometry, functional electrical stimulation, urodynamic studies, sacral root stimulators
  
• the role and function of paediatric assessment units and centres for
  children and adolescents with physical disability

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