Training in brain injury rehabilitation.

Disabil Rehabil

Rehabilitation Medicine Directorate, Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh, EH9 2HL, UK.

Published: May 2003

Purpose: To evaluate our current training programme for professionals involved in brain injury rehabilitation, which involves disability simulation, and to consider the ethics and consequences of such programmes.

Method: Seventy-two professionals took part in a brain injury disability simulation exercise and completed questionnaires pre and post the workshop.

Results: Results suggest that participants have increased insight into the challenges faced by people with brain injuries.

Conclusions: We believe that brain injury simulation exercises help professionals increase their understanding of the impairments and disabilities that may follow brain injury and can therefore form an important part of a training programme for rehabilitation staff.

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