Upcoming Events
Join clinical experts and guest speakers in learning experiences designed for you.
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October 29, 2024
Contracture Management
This three hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information with respect to contracture assessment and treatment using biophysical agents in conjunction with orthotics.
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October 30, 2024
Progressive Resistance Exercises for Aging Adults
Elastic bands and free weights are common modes of resistance exercise. They are used in virtually every therapy setting and frequently in patient home exercise programs. This one and one half hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses.
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November 4, 2024
Biophysical Agent Essentials: Ultrasound
This two hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about ultrasound.
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November 5, 2024
Ethics for the Speech-Language Pathologist
This one-hour, introductory level course provides an overview of the principles and values of ethics in healthcare. The course encompasses specific examples and guidelines for application of ethics to the field of speech-language pathology, with an emphasis on considerations in dysphagia assessment and treatment and use of modified diets on nutritional needs.
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November 6, 2024
Biophysical Agent Essentials: Shortwave Diathermy
This one and one-half hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about shortwave diathermy. The course materials and clinical protocols presented are evidence-based and oriented to immediate clinical application of therapeutic shortwave diathermy.
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November 13, 2024
Advanced Therapeutic Ultrasound
This two-hour course provides clinicians with in-depth information on ultrasound research and clinical applications. It reviews contributing factors influencing ultrasound efficacy, physiologic effects of the clinical protocols, and evidence-based research for common patient conditions
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November 14, 2024
Advanced Pulsed Shortwave Diathermy
This 1.5 hour course provides clinicians with in-depth information on pulsed shortwave diathermy and clinical applications. It reviews electromagnetic energy, mechanisms of action, and evidence-based research for common patient conditions.
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November 19, 2024
Electrode Application and Safety
Through a combination of didactic lecture and lab demonstration, this course provides the attention necessary for clinicians to understand the use and safe application of electrodes for pain management and neuromuscular electrical stimulation.
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November 20, 2024
Frailty Series: Frailty Overview
Frailty is a geriatric syndrome which leads to increased vulnerability to stressors, affects overall health and quality of life, and limits functional mobility and ADL/IADL. Clinical Practice Guidelines recommend interdisciplinary team management to prevent or reverse frailty.
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November 26, 2024
Biophysical Agent Essentials: Electrotherapy
This two hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about the essentials of electrotherapy.
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December 3, 2024
Frailty Series: Preventing Adverse Outcomes
This course provides an overview of available interdisciplinary team (IDT) best practice to improve quality of care and prevent adverse outcomes for frail older adults. IDT approaches include comprehensive geriatric assessment, evidence-based practice and best practice tools, expanded rehab services, strong communication among IDT members, and resident and caregiver education.
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December 5, 2024
Upper Quadrant PENS
This intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs on patterned electrical neuromuscular stimulation (PENS) is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a combination of lecture and lab demonstration this course provides the attention necessary to achieve proficiency in the use and application of functional and neuro re-education PENS to muscles in the Upper Quadrant.
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December 11, 2024
Chronic Heart Failure and Rehab
This two hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs provides instruction on the evidence regarding the clinical benefits of electrical stimulation, aerobic exercise, and resistive exercise to treat patient with chronic heart failure.
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December 12, 2024
Clinical Swallow Evaluation
This intermediate level course for SLPs identifies the essential components of Clinical Swallow Evaluation (CSE). The literature indicates a systematic, comprehensive, and thoughtful methodology may yield meaningful clinical data. This course overviews a systematic approach to conducting a CSE including objective assessments, questionnaires, structural assessment, respiratory considerations, and next steps in the swallow evaluation process.
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December 17, 2024
Virtual Reality Augmented Therapy
This two hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs provides instruction on the evidence regarding the clinical benefits of virtual reality as an adjunctive component of therapy programs to address a variety of clinical presentations.
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December 19, 2024
Biophysical Agents in Subacute Rehab
This two hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs provides instruction on the treatment of subacute patients and is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a combination of didactic lecture and lab demonstration, this course provides the individual attention necessary for clinicians to understand the unique, potential clinical benefits provided by specific therapy interventions.