IRETT Mentor Training – Week One

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe IRETT’s purpose and impact: Grasp the history, development, and goals of IRETT, including the global rehabilitation workforce needs it addresses.
  2. Explore IRETT tools and their applications: Overview of each toolkit (APRT, PRRT, CSTT), the specific workforce needs addressed, and examples of real-world applications.
  3. Recognize the mentor’s role and responsibilities: Clarify the responsibilities of a mentor within the IRETT framework and how you support local stakeholders in adopting these tools.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this week, you will:

  • Have a foundational understanding of IRETT and its importance in global rehabilitation workforce development.
  • Be familiar with the purpose and scope of each IRETT tool.
  • Clearly understand the role of a mentor and how you will support organizations in implementing these tools.

Webinar

This weeks webinar will take place on Thursday 6 February at 2pm UK (find your time here)

Meeting link

Task 1 – Explore the IRETT website

Explore the IRETT website making sure that you are familiar with the IRETT. In particular:

  • The about page to be sure that you have an understanding of the toolkit and its purpose.
  • The three available tools to be sure you have a basic understanding of each tool.
  • The nine pilot projects to be sure that you know what you are letting yourself in for!
  • The current mentors who will be leading the training over the coming weeks. 

Task 2 – Complete the mentorship course on Plus

Effective mentorship can lead to success and satisfaction for mentors and mentees. Mentors serve as role models, and they guide the mentees’ personal and professional development. However, formal mentoring programmes in healthcare are often lacking. This one hour Physiopedia Plus online course will define mentorship and describe what makes mentorship successful.

Go to the course

Task 3 – Reflection Task

After the webinar, write a short reflection on how the IRETT aligns with your own experience. In this reflection you should share your previous experiences related to rehabilitation workforce capacity building. What projects have you been involved with, what outcomes have you experienced, what has been successful and what hasn’t. Reflect on how the IRETT tools and how you think they may contribute to workforce development activities. Share your reflection in the “week one discussion one” #w1d1 channel in Slack. Provide constructive feedback on each other’s discussion posts to simulate the mentor-mentee support dynamic.

Week one discussion one (#w1d1)

Task 4 – Practical Assignment

Think about a real world scenario where you could apply the tool that you will be working with. In a short statement that includes description of the context and identification of the need, share your chosen application of the tool in the “week one discussion two” #w1d2 channel in Slack. Provide constructive feedback on each other’s scenarios to simulate the mentor-mentee support dynamic.

Week one discussion two (#w1d2)

And that’s it, week one done! Well done for getting this far and we are looking forward to working with you in week two!