Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Education Series

This Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month, the Royal Rehab Spinal Outreach Service and Rural Spinal Cord Injury Service invite health, allied health and other professional providers to join a free clinical education webinar series.

Led by experienced clinicians, each session will explore a different aspect of supporting people with spinal cord injury, with a particular focus this year on secondary health conditions associated with spinal cord injury.

Why register?

  • Learn from experienced, multidisciplinary spinal outreach practitioners.
  • Gain practical insights and resources for supporting people with spinal cord injury.
  • Recordings provided to all registrant
  • Expand your professional knowledge and network

Details

  • When: Tuesdays in September
  • Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm
  • Where: Online via Teams Webinar
  • Cost: Free

Agenda

To register, please click the topic link.

Date
Presenter/(s)
Topic link
1 September 2026
Lynn Blecher (Physiotherapist)
Supporting respiratory function after SCI
8 September 2026
Dr Laurie Findlay (Rehabilitation Specialist) & Natasha Mrnzevska (Registered Nurse)
Autonomic Dysreflexia in SCI
15 September 2026
Alison DiSanto (Occupational Therapist) & Dallas Pirronello (Occupational Therapist)
Pressure Injury Prevention and Management in SCI
29 September 2026
Angela Pong (Social Worker) & Lauren Bannerman (Social Worker)
Health-Related Anxiety in SCI and How to Respond to it

For more information please contact:

Amy de Paula | Education Officer

P: 02 9808 9663 | E: ruralscied@royalrehab.com.au