Knowledge Centre
Training Methods
24 articles
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Don't take your health for granted - How to avoid upper limb disorders
Upper limb disorder may affect the shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist or hand. Steps to take to avoid upper limb disorders (ULDs) or to prevent them worsening.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Challenging perspectives, changing perspectives
Challenging perspectives and changing perspectives. How should we train our manual handling delegates effectively?
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Advice for Manual Handling trainers - Make sure you monitor and evaluate!
It’s all very well updating your training methodologies, but if you’ve got no evaluation process in place you have no idea of what’s working and what isn’t.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Make ‘Practical’ a key component of your training
Hands-on practical skills training is an absolute must. Use mixed training methods in your sessions, striking the balance between verbal & physical instruction.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Explain the 'why' behind the 'how'
Reinforcing ‘how to do’ something with ‘why it is done this way’ increases the chance of training being retained for longer.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Personalise Your Training with Anecdotes and Case Studies
Weaving Anecdotes and real-life Case Studies into our training sessions helps to communicate learning more clearly.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Advice for Manual Handling trainers – Mix up your training method!
Make your manual handling courses more engaging by refreshing and mixing-up your training methods. Osteopaths For Industry.
Training Methods, Risk Assessment & Management
Apply the ‘Stages of Change’ model to your training
Research supports the ‘Stages of Change Model' in its approach to education in Risk Management. Osteopaths For Industry.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Advice for Manual Handling trainers - How to make your courses more engaging
How can a Manual Handling trainer make their training courses more engaging? Our expert OFI trainers share their advice and tips.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Advice for Manual Handling Trainers - Tailor your course to fit your audience
Make courses more engaging by customising training. Evidence suggests that tailored education to suit differing roles or recipient groups is more effective.
Top 5 tips for improving staff morale
Low morale can lead to poor cooperation, low productivity and increased staff turnover. Here are our Top 5 Tips for improving the morale of your employees.
People Moving & Handling, Training Methods, Bariatric
The Bariatric Suit: A Proven Training Tool
A bariatric suit, often referred to as a fat suit, provides the wearer with an insight in to the restrictions of movement of an obese person.