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Cancer Rehabilitation-One Day course

GREAT Seminars and Books

Objectives

Upon completion of this seminar, participants will be able to:
• Describe cancer pathology, diagnostic methods, and staging.
• Explain medical and surgical management of common cancer diagnoses.
• Choose and perform appropriate screening, systems review, and tests and measures specific to the type of cancer and its treatment.
• Design treatment interventions for common impairments that impact function at various stages of the disease process.
• Recognize precautions and contraindications to impairment management and rehabilitation interventions based on the side effects of cancer treatments.
• Understand how to align rehabilitation care delivery along the continuum of cancer care using the Dietz model as a construct to set goals and plan treatment.
• Identify resources for providing patient centered care

Target Audience

AUDIENCE: Primary Audience - Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants. Secondary Audience: Other Rehabilitation Professionals.

Confirmation Notes

EDUCATIONAL CREDIT: Approved for PTs and PTAs in TN for 1.0 CEUs (10 contact hours). TPTA Approval #2108-335. Our courses also meet the guidelines for approval in GA, AL, IN, WY, VA, AZ, DE, NH, OR, RI, UT and MO. Courses are accepted for CEUs in NE, ID, MT, WA, CT, IA, and ND. If you do not see your state listed, please give our office a call. GREAT Seminars is an American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Approved Provider of continuing education. Provider #5363. This course is not approved by ASHA or Board of Certification. Your tuition is tax deductible. All expenses of Continuing Education (including registration fees, travel, meals, and lodging) taken to maintain or improve professional skills are tax deductible according to Treasury Regulation 1.162-5 Couglin vs. Commissioner, 203 F2d 307.

Agenda

7:30 – 8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00 – 10:00 Cancer Epidemiology and Pathology • Epidemiology of common cancers • Disease Screening Guidelines • Tumor growth and spread • Diagnostic techniques • Genetics 10:00 – 10:15 BREAK 10:15 – 11:30 Common Disease Treatment • Treatment Planning • Surgery • Chemotherapy • Radiation Therapy • Hormonal Therapy • Immunotherapy 11:30 – 12:30 Integrating the Principles of Oncology into Rehabilitation Practice • Rehabilitation along the Cancer Care Delivery Continuum • Lifespan Considerations for Rehabilitation – The Dietz Model • The patient management model- Intake and Evaluation 12:30 – 1:30 LUNCH (on your own) 1:30 – 3:30 Integrating the Principles of Oncology into Rehabilitation Practice • Review of Systems • Musculoskeletal • Neuromuscular • Integumentary • Cardiovascular and Pulmonary 3:30 –3:45 BREAK 3:45 – 6:00 Integrating the Principles of Oncology into Rehabilitation Practice • Lab Values and Tumor Markers • Plan of Care • Prospective Surveillance • Exercise prescription and impairment management • Survivorship care plan • Palliative and End of Life Care • Outcomes Measurement • Patient reported outcomes • Functional outcomes 6:00 – 6:30 Final case review and questions

Description

1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Do you know the principles of cancer and its treatment? Some treatment side effects last a lifetime, others do not present until years after the treatment is complete. How do you choose rehabilitation interventions that are safe and effective? This comprehensive course will provide the evidence-base for you to incorporate rehabilitation strategies in any setting for patients who have had cancer or those undergoing cancer treatments. This engaging and animated course covers current screening guidelines, basic disease and treatment principles including short term and late effects that will impact a patient’s rehabilitation treatment plan. You will learn: impairments and functional limitations directly related to common cancer diagnoses and treatment. Short term and late effects of cancer treatment and how this impacts patients across the lifespan. Current evidence based rehabilitation strategies will be described in detail including: exercise prescription, contraindications and precautions with exercise & modalities. You will identify in a problem based format, with group interaction, using real case examples; the latest in evaluation, treatment and progression of care.

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