
In this section, participants will learn about the instructor and her passion for the geriatric population, as well as a brief introduction of the course.
In this section, participants will learn about the need for fall prevention and recovery education for older adults as well as evidence-based research to support this intervention in occupational therapy.
In this section, participants will familiarize themselves with the goals of the doctoral capstone and receive an introduction to the information about the capstone site.
In this section, participants will learn about the instructor's doctoral capstone learning objectives. To further participants' learning, this section also includes all artifacts associated with each learning objective to promote fall prevention and recovery education.
This section will present a series of four questions for participants to answer, showcasing their educational growth resulting from completing this course.
In this section, the instructor has provided all references used to create this course, acknowledgements to her doctoral capstone site supervisor and professor, and contact information for participants to utilize if they have any remaining questions or desire more capstone details.
Welcome to my Udemy course on Fall Prevention and Recovery Education. Participants of this course will learn about the importance of fall prevention and recovery education for older adults residing in a continuing care community, facility staff, and community-dwelling older adults. They will also learn what occupational therapy’s role in fall prevention and recovery education is, as well as how important interdisciplinary collaboration is for this topic. Participants will gain an understanding of the common barriers to occupational performance older adults face regarding falls. This Udemy course contains lectures, resources, various research, and videos to support the implementation of fall prevention and recovery programming within a continuing care community. These materials are available to download to help enhance participants’ learning experience during this course. At the end of the course, there is a short quiz to assess participants’ knowledge gained as a result of this class. This course may take up to an hour to complete and was developed using the most current evidence-based practice research and clinical experience by the author. At the end of the course, participants will have access to view APA-style references for all materials used, as well as linked within the extra learning resources. Please enjoy the course and participants are encouraged to message the instructor with any questions to further facilitate their learning experience. Thank you for your interest in this course!