Poor posture and body mechanics are the leading causes of musculoskeletal injuries and time off work through backache. This was of interest and concern to CIME’s secondee from Nursing Education Service, Ms. Shamsa Ali who was motivated to develop a simulation-based body mechanics workshop to address the issue. With the multi-professional collaboration of CIME, physiotherapists and nurses; participants learned safe moving and handling including lifting technique, transferring, moving and turning patients plus the effective use of equipment. A standardized patient played the role of a paralyzed patient perfectly. The participants were evaluated in groups of three after which they had 30 minutes of debriefing with expert input from physiotherapy. Positive feedback was taken from participants who strongly agreed that this workshop was beneficial to learn about risks in moving and handling and how to do this safely, from the practitioners’ perspective as well as patients’.
Poor posture and body mechanics are the leading causes of musculoskeletal injuries and time off work through backache. This was of interest and concern to CIME’s secondee from Nursing Education Service, Ms. Shamsa Ali who was motivated to develop a simulation-based body mechanics workshop to address the issue. With the multi-professional collaboration of CIME, physiotherapists and nurses; participants learned safe moving and handling including lifting technique, transferring, moving and turning patients plus the effective use of equipment. A standardized patient played the role of a paralyzed patient perfectly. The participants were evaluated in groups of three after which they had 30 minutes of debriefing with expert input from physiotherapy. Positive feedback was taken from participants who strongly agreed that this workshop was beneficial to learn about risks in moving and handling and how to do this safely, from the practitioners’ perspective as well as patients’.