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July 22, 2025Pharmacology and Dysphagia
Dysphagia AdvancedSpeech Language Pathologists (SLP) are experts in the evaluation and treatment of swallowing disorders. Although this area of practice constitutes the majority of medical SLPs’ caseload, formal education is minimal. One area that is often overlooked is pharmacology. This course describes the basic mechanisms of medications inducing dysphagia and common medications responsible for this issue. It also identifies different medications that could be labeled as clinical signs of dysphagia, so that an effective rehab program can be achieved.
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July 24, 2025
Electrode Application and Safety
EssentialsThrough 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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July 29, 2025
Chronic Heart Failure and Rehab
CardiopulmonaryThis 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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July 31, 2025
Continence Improvement
Continence ImprovementThis three hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information with respect to normal and compromised continence, and its assessment and treatment using electro-stimulation, therapeutic exercise and ADLs.
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August 5, 2025
Nutrition and Altered Diets in Dysphagia Therapy
Dysphagia AdvancedThis intermediate level course offered via National Webinar Series presents an overview of concepts regarding how altered diets may impact nutrition and overall health. The course reviews possible negative consequences to altered diets, physical consequences of malnutrition and diet-based interventions to achieve the most optimal nutrition and hydration outcomes.
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August 7, 2025
Frailty Series – Frailty Overview
GeriatricFrailty 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. Incorporating frailty interventions and leveraging existing evidence-based strategies will facilitate optimal outcomes for residents with frailty. This course provides a review of frailty definitions, risk factors, pathophysiology, screening and assessment tools, and emphasizes the relationship between frailty and other geriatric syndromes and chronic diseases.
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August 12, 2025
Contracture Management
Neuro RehabThis 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. The course materials and clinical protocols prepare the clinician to design and implement skilled, evidence-based rehabilitation programs for the treatment of contractures and their impact on patient participation, activity, and functional performance.
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August 14, 2025
Frailty Series – Preventing Adverse Outcomes
GeriatricThis 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. Clinicians should be aware of unique patient goals in order to integrate timely palliative and hospice care as well as a comprehensive plan for transitions of care.
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August 19, 2025
Advanced Pulsed Shortwave Diathermy
EssentialsThis 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. The case studies lab provides active engagement to reinforce concepts and techniques using pulsed shortwave diathermy for evidence-based indications across the healthcare continuum.
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August 21, 2025
Virtual Reality Augmented Therapy
Fall PreventionThis 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. This course is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a combination of small class size and lab activities, this course provides the individual attention necessary for clinicians to understand the unique clinical benefits provided by virtual reality systems as part of a comprehensive rehabilitation program.
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August 26, 2025
Biophysical Agent Essentials – Ultrasound
EssentialsThis two hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about ultrasound. The course materials and clinical protocols presented are evidence-based and oriented to immediate clinical application of therapeutic ultrasound. The lab demonstration provides active participation to reinforce concepts and techniques using ultrasound for common treatment indications in rehab.
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August 28, 2025
Pulmonary Essentials Spirometry
CardiopulmonaryBreathing difficulty affects all aspects of health and quality of life including functional mobility, ADLs/IADLs, swallowing, speaking and sleeping. Spirometry assessment and exercise can be easily incorporated into pulmonary rehabilitation to optimize patient outcomes. This one hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through instruction and lab, this course provides the essential information to understand how to assess and incorporate spirometry into breathing exercise within an evidence-based pulmonary rehabilitation program.
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September 2, 2025
Biophysical Agent Essentials – Electrotherapy
EssentialsThis two hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about the essentials of electrotherapy. The course materials and clinical protocols presented are evidence-based and oriented to immediate clinical application of therapeutic electrical stimulation. The lab demonstration reinforces concepts and techniques using electrotherapy applications for common treatment indications in physical rehabilitation.
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September 4, 2025
Pulmonary Interventions – Advanced Rehab Technology
CardiopulmonaryCardiopulmonary disease can affect all aspects of health and quality of life, including functional mobility and ADLs/IADLs. Advanced rehab technologies and exercise can be incorporated into pulmonary rehabilitation to optimize patient outcomes. This one-hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through instruction and lab, this course provides information on how to incorporate electrical stimulation, ergometry/cycling, virtual reality, and dynamic standing balance systems into exercise within an evidence-based pulmonary rehabilitation program.
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September 9, 2025
Biophysical Agents Essentials – Shortwave Diathermy
EssentialsThis 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. The lab demonstration reinforces concepts and techniques using shortwave diathermy for common treatment indications in rehab.
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September 11, 2025
What is Normal Swallowing?
Dysphagia AdvancedNormal swallow physiology is quite variable. Understanding the range of normal is an essential prerequisite to assessing swallow function. This intermediate level course for SLPs provides a review of normal kinematics and temporal events in the swallow.
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September 16, 2025
Advanced Therapeutic Ultrasound
EssentialsThis 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. The hands-on case studies lab provides active participation to reinforce concepts and techniques using ultrasound for evidence-based indications across the healthcare continuum. The lab demonstration provides active participation to reinforce concepts and techniques using ultrasound for common treatment indications in rehab.
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September 18, 2025
Pain Management
Pain ManagementThis three hour course is intended to provide clinicians with the most current in-depth information about pain management and its treatment. The course materials and clinical protocols presented are evidence-based and oriented to immediate clinical application for standard and skilled therapy for pain management. The lecture and lab demonstration reinforces concepts and techniques using biophysical agents for pain management and the impact on participation, activity, and functional performance for patients across the healthcare continuum.
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September 23, 2025
Neuro Rehab Task Analysis
Neuro RehabThis one-hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs is part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Neurological disorders increase with age and are the leading cause of disability across the world. The WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) can be used as a framework for the neurorehabilitation process to facilitate assessment, set goals, and select appropriate outcome measures and interventions. This course reviews the ICF model, with a focus on the qualitative measure of movement/task analysis for neurological conditions in order to support comprehensive assessment of activities of daily living (ADLs) and function. Several core tasks will be discussed, emphasizing analysis of observable constructs and application of task and environmental variations. The course includes a case study incorporating task analysis to reinforce the course content and support the therapist’s critical thinking.
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September 25, 2025
Progressive Resistive Exercises for Aging Adults
Fall PreventionElastic 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. Through a combination of lecture and lab demonstration this course provides the attention necessary for clinicians to understand how to apply optimal progressive resistance exercise (PRE) protocols using elastic bands and other tools to geriatric patients in a safe, efficacious, and time-efficient manner.
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September 30, 2025
Upper Quadrant PENS
GeriatricThis 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. The course includes a review of literature regarding muscle activation, physiology research, and functional outcomes associated with PENS applications. Additionally, the course covers the impact of PENS on physiological impairments and how it contributes to improved patient participation, activity, and functional performance.
