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Improving Your Physical Therapy Skills Using Functional Outcome Tools AND Effective Physical Therapy Following Total Hip/Knee Arthroplasty LIVE WEBINAR

In-Fit Rehabilitation

Objectives

FUNCATIONAL OUTCOMES:
Will be equipped with access to outcome tools that they will easily be able to apply apporpiate outcome measures. More importantly, clinicians will want to apply outcome measures with their newly acquired understanding on how these tools: improve clinicians understanding of different patient presentations, improve rapport, satisfy third party insurer demands, improve treatment provision and outcomes and in general can make the clinicians job easier!
TOTAL HIP/KNEE:
Will be equipped with the most up-to-date information on facing patients with knee or hip joint arthroplasty. Clinicians will be able to provide the rehabilitation treatments that lead to the best treatment outcomes. The breadth of knowledge obtained will allow realistic goal setting, identifiying difficult presentations earlier and aid communications with clients to establish good rapport, compliance and client loyalty. The knowledge obtained and skills learned will make the clinicians job easier!

Confirmation Notes

This course is pre-approved by the Louisiana Physical therapy Board

Agenda

FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES:
7:30 - 8:00 - Registration 8:00 - 9:00 - Introduction to course objectives and benefits and shortcomings of Outcome Measures 9:00 - 9:30 - BRIEF review of important statistical information 9:30 - 9:45 - questions/opinions/ observations NEUROLOGICAL TOOLS 9:45 - 11:30 - Discussion and lab practice of stroke tools including cognitive status tools 11:30 - 12:00 - Spinal Cord Injury Tools 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 1:30 - Course attendee identified outcome measure issues 1:30 - 2:30: Parkinson’s and Cerebellar/ Ataxia outcome tool discussion and practice 2:30 - 2:45 - questions NON-NEURO MOBILITY TOOLS 2:45 - 3:15 - amputee outcome tool discussion and practice 3:15 - 3:30 - Geriatric outcome tool discussion and practice ORTHOPEDIC TOOLS 3:30 - 4:15: Orthopedic outcome tools for extremities with discussion and practice 4:15 - 4:45 - Spine tools and catastrophizing/Psych overlay tools 4:45 - 5:00 - Final thoughts, questions and course evaluations
TOTAL HIP/KNEE
7:30 - 8:00 - Registration 8:00 - 9:00 - Introduction to course objectives and hip/knee arthroplasty overview 9:00 - 9:30 - BRIEF review of the history of joint replacement 9:30 - 10:30 - Discussion of orthopedic and PT considerations of THA 10:30 - 10:45 - Questions 10:15 - 11:00 - Lab of Assessment/goal setting and best practice for physical therapy treatments 11:00 - 12:00 - The complicated THA patient discussion for enumberation of isses and treatment Lab 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 - Discussion of orthopedic and PT considerations of TKA. 2:00 - 2:30 Lab with discussion for Assessment/goal setting plus best practice physical therapy treatment for knee arthroplasty 2:30 - 2:45 - Questions 2:45- 3:45 - The complicated TKA patient 3:45 - 4:15 - Lab for mobilizations/other treatments amidst discussion of most challenging issues with post TKA pts 4:15 - 4:45 - Case studies on common presentations of hip/knee arthroplasty patients 4:45 - 5:00 - Final thoughts, questions and course evaluations

Description

LIVE WEBINAR APPROVED IN Illinois, Louisiana, Arkansas, Iowa and Utah. Check your state board for reciprocity

FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES: This course was created to encourage PTs/PTAs to embrace outcome tools in order to improve their abilities as therapists. Outcome tools can be used to assist clinicians in better identifying their patient’s issues and the extent of the domains of the problems the patients present with. The more complete information derived from the use of outcome measures will lead to the improved provision of therapy services. Furthermore the use of outcome measures can help decipher the presentation of the complex patient or a patient whose presentation is not within the comfort zone of the treating clinician. Outcome tools are also beneficial in educating the patient. Finally, beyond the vast improvement in the therapist’s abilities that are afforded by the use of outcome tools, more and more third party providers are requiring the use of outcome measures for reimbursement. Competent use of tools can lead to increased allowance of visits and easier reimbursement for services. Register now to up your therapy game.
TOTAL HIP/KNEE:
This course was created to improve PTs/PTAs understanding of Knee and hip arthroplasty, and their understanding of therapy from immdediately following surgery until discharge from therapy services with appropriate post discharge instructions. Most often joint replacement patients progress through therapy with minimal issue. However, many patients have residual deficits following surgery and therapy that could be remedied with adjustments to the therapy plan. Also, as therapists we have all seen the reticent Trendelenberg gait in the hip and the severely stiff knee that persists post surgery. This course will address these difficult patients and provide a plan for attacking the issues via treatment, and educate clinicians on when it is appropriate to contact the surgeon or encourage other treatment options. Also, after attending this course the clinician will feel confident about knowing they have provided the best treatment available and be able to identify when it is time to stop therapy.

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