The Aquatic Therapy course at Klinik Valens has a strong focus on evidence based practice. The course also includes a large amount of practical teaching to improve handling skills and increase the options in aquatic rehabilitation. The opportunity to treat patients and develop clinical reasoning skills is also very beneficial. The references and audiovisual materials for the course are excellent.
Sophie Heywood, B Physio (Hons), M Physio (Sports), Cert Hydro (UK)
Sunshine Hospital, Western Health, Melbourne ,The Melbourne Sports Medicine Centre, Carlton Football Club. Chair of the APA Aquatic Physiotherapy Group. |
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The 14 days of the course were full of evidence – base theoretical knowledge and well organized practical part with detailed approach in the techniques. It was a great opportunity to meet aquatic therapists from all over the world and exchange our experience and knowledge on hydrotherapy. The course was the initial to change the therapeutic approach in my patients and to be more open minded. I am looking forward to meeting again in Valens next year.
Efthymia Vagena MSc. Coordinator / Supervisor Aquatic Therapy Department.
Filoktitis Rehabilitation Center, Athens - Greece |
I am very satisfied to have been a participant in this high level and very intensive postgraduaded course in Valens 2010 and 2011. A great amount of evidence knowledge that could be described as the “state of art” in aquatic therapy was offered both in practice and in the theoretical course parts.
Thomas Schick. Sub-Chef Therapy, Rehazentrum Klinik am Park, Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
I am very satisfied that I attended the Aquatic Therapy course in Valens, which has improved my knowledge to a hight degree. The entire course was very good organized. The emphasis was practical work in the water with very good visual and practical instructions.
The theoretical lectures are based on scientific researches. The aquired knowledge and information from the course will influence on improvement of my further therapeutic work in water. I hope that in the future the knowledge will widen also more throughout our country
Cirila Burja, CIRIUS Kamnik, Domzale, Slowenia |
A great course! The best was to have a holistic way of looking at aquatic therapy and to be able to position the different concepts. Thanx for the knowledge of the lecturers being shared in a scientific way.
Anna Swanepoel, Physical Therapist, Bloemfontein, South-Africa. |
This course allowed me to build and to acquire knowledge from the existent evidence in aquatic therapy. Urs Gamper and Johan Lambeck enabled the course exceeding the mere theoretical knowledge and joined concepts of evaluation and treatment, with the most recent practice in the world. They turned it into reality in the patients' treatment in water that we had to perform, after all that was the reason for being there. The different cultures and experiences of the participants made me rich all the time and we broke frontiers. This course is worthwhile for the model, for the content and for the experience.
Rute Crisóstomo, PT
Lecturer at the: Escola Superior de Saúde Dr. Lopes Dias - Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco- Portugal |
I have waited for 4 years before I could take up this course in 2010 and believe me the wait was worth it. An intensive course for the therapists in systematically understanding, analyzing, applying the various concepts; and finding evidence for efficacy; by simple but effective outcome measures on diverse cases were impressive. The hands on, with the patients to apply halliwick concept & the last day to integrate all the five concepts on the patients again is the strongest point of the entire course. With well organized modules, wonderful pools to work and Great Teachers who taught, it was knowledge with pleasure at Klinik Valens, Switzerland.”
C.G. Prashanth, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Dharwad, India:
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