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This course prepares students, faculty and healthcare providers to perform their roles in assessing the risk of falls of people over age 65 as part of the Right Side Up project, currently in Fergus Falls, MN. The course illustrates how an interprofessional student program can provide value to a community, with a straightforward training and assessment program provided as an online component.

The online module contains video demonstrations as well as self-assessments for conducting in-home assessments, an overview of the scope of the public health issue as well as evidence-based practice to address it, and a section on interprofessional teamwork and its role in such a program. The course can be used as a model for falls risk assessment programs in other communities.

Topics: 

• Falls Risk as a Public Health Issue

• Overview of the Research and Evidence Base

• The Right Side Up Program

• Interprofessional Teamwork

• The Role of the Healthcare Provider

• Learning Assessment

• Resources

Register for this free course.