Enhancing the Competencies of TNMU Educators in Assessing the Functional Abilities of Patients After Amputations

The charitable organization “Protez Hub” together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine, within the project “Mine Action in Ukraine” and with the financial support of the Government of the Republic of Korea, organized a training for rehabilitation specialists on the use of assessment tools to determine the functional abilities of individuals with limb amputations and to prescribe assistive rehabilitation devices in cooperation with a prosthetist-orthotist.

The training was conducted to prepare rehabilitation teams for meeting the requirements of the Standard for the Provision of Rehabilitation Care for Limb Amputation.

Professors of the Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Tetiana Bakaliuk and Iryna Kamyshna, both physicians in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM), took part in the training “Application of Assessment Tools for Determining the Functional Abilities of Individuals with Limb Amputations.”

Rehabilitation specialists from across Ukraine participated in the training in a friendly and collaborative atmosphere. All members of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team (PRM physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists) were involved in the training process.

Lectures were delivered by PRM physicians and physical therapists from the Center of Excellence at Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Hospital.

The training was conducted in an interactive format, where participants performed practical tasks, tested various assessment instruments, and evaluated the real-world functional abilities of individuals after amputations. Special attention was given to assessing patients’ readiness for prosthetic use.

We express our sincere gratitude to the Protez Hub team and the Center of Excellence for the opportunity to participate in this training, which aims to enhance the professional competence of specialists in prosthetics and rehabilitation. The knowledge gained will serve as a foundation for training future prosthetists and orthotists, and will strengthen the work of multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams.