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Physical Therapists as the Exercise Experts
for the Aging Adult: Evidence-based Assessment and Exercise
Prescription
Note: last year this course was sold out: reserve your space now!
Contact Hours: 15
Presenters: Karen Kemmis, PT, DPT, MS, CDE
Mark Richards, PT, MS
Being presented twice in 2008:
April 12-13, 2008 (8 am–5 pm)
University of Kansas Med Center
Kansas City, KS
Advance Deadline: 3/28/08 |
September 27-28, 2008 (8 am–5 pm)
Providence Portland Med Center
Portland, OR
Advance Deadline: 9/5/08 |
Upon completion of this course, participants
will be able to:
- Explain the relationship
between aging, activity, exercise, and functional abilities
- Explore barriers to physical activity participation
and effective exercise program
- Integrate components
of an effective exercise program for individuals with
pathologies, impairments, and functional limitations
and disability
- Choose, justify
and perform best objective tests and measures to identify
relevant impairments and functional limitations
- Establish
an effective exercise prescription informed by functional
limitations and impairments
- Interpret exercise
responses and modify exercise prescription accordingly
- Adapt an effective exercise prescription for individuals
considering specific pathologies and needs
Who should
attend? Physical Therapists, Physical
Therapist Assistants, and Physical Therapists students working with older adults in a
variety of settings.
Pricing:
- Before Advance Deadline (on or before)
- Section on Geriatrics Member $280
- APTA Member $340
- Non-member $400
- After Advance Deadline
- Section on Geriatrics Member $330
- APTA
Member $390
- Non-member $450
Best Practice Forum: Caring for the Aging Adult with Amputation
Contact Hours: Worth 16 Contact Hours (Approved for CEU in Ohio)
Dates: September 26-27, 2008 (8:30 am–5:30 pm)
Presenters: Michelle M. Lusardi, PT, PhD; Victor G. Vaughan, PT, MS, ATC; David H. Rooney, CPO
Location: The Virginian, Fairfax, VA
Advance Deadline: 9/5/08
This 2-day interactive workshop uses a case based, problem-oriented approach to illustrate “best practice” for the rehabilitation and prosthetic care of aging adults, from time of amputation across the continuum of care toward independent function. The course draws on evidence from the clinical research literature as well as expertise of faculty and experience of participants, and applies and adapts this evidence the evaluation and care of aging adults with complex health issues, functional difficulties, and social/emotional/cognitive resources.
Upon completion of this course, Participants will be able to:
- Organize an effective examination and documentation strategy for aging adults with recent amputation at the acute care and early rehabilitation level
- Develop an effective plan of care appropriate for initial care of aging adults with recent amputation.
- Develop an effective plan of care and exercise prescription, specifically tailored for an aging adult need for endurance, muscle performance, and postural control, for pre-prosthetic period of rehabilitation
- Use understanding of the design, pros/cons, and indications/contraindication of available prosthetic components to develop a recommendation for prosthetic prescription
- Develop an effective plan of care for introducing an aging adult to his/her prosthesis and initial prosthetic training.
- Effectively identify problems during prosthetic gait, and suggest appropriate strategies for remediation/improvement
- Develop an effective plan of care and plan for outcomes assessment (considering endurance, postural control, and functional mobility) for skilled use of a prosthesis in functional activities and environments.
- Suggest appropriate options for long-term prosthetic and rehabilitative follow-up for aging adults who have completed “prosthetic rehabilitation”
Who Should Attend?
Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants working with older adults in a variety of settings.
Pricing:
- Before Advance Deadline (on or before)
- Section on Geriatrics Member $280
- APTA Member $340
- Non-member $400
- After Advance Deadline
- Section on Geriatrics Member $330
- APTA
Member $390
- Non-member $450
Manual Physical Therapy for the Geriatric Patient
Contact Hours: Worth 15 Contact Hours (Approved for CEU in Ohio)
Dates: October 25-26, 2008
Presenters: Carleen Lindsey, PT , MScAH, GCS (Biography)
Location: University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
This 2 day course is designed to give experienced therapists a practical approach to manual therapy interventions for the geriatric patient. The introductory lecture reviews the aging process highlighting musculoskeletal and soft tissue mechanics. Assessment approaches for tissue flexibility and trunk muscle strength will also be presented. Lab sessions and demonstrations will feature flexible curve kypholordosis measurement, myofascial and tender point releases, PNF with deep tissue mobilization, mobilization with movement, and muscle energy techniques for spinal, rib, and SIJ dysfunctions. Detailed video and slide case presentations, as well as class member examples will be utilized for specific clinical problem solving. The personal mechanical health of the individual participant will be addressed throughout the course. Patient case studies will assist the therapist in developing an overall comprehensive treatment approach by appropriately combining tissue and postural assessment, manual therapy techniques, and exercise programs. This course has been designed for the therapist to immediately apply the information in the clinical setting to geriatric patients with restrictions that can be addressed through a variety of manual therapy interventions. This is a clinically comprehensive “hands-on” workshop featuring osteopathic muscle energy techniques.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the aging process as it relates to musculoskeletal and soft tissue mechanics
- Understand the sequencing concept for evaluation and treatment of mechanical impairments focusing on muscle imbalance, spinal and peripheral mal-alignments, and gait dysfunction.
- Utilize the flexible curve for accurate measurement of kypholordosis
- Learn and practice manual therapy soft tissue skills highlighting
- Myofascial release
- Tender point release
- PNF with deep tissue mobilization
- Combine mobilization with movement for kyphosis/forward head, protracted shoulders, flexed hip and valgus knee correction
- Learn and practice osteopathic thoracic muscle energy techniques for treatment of thoracic, lumbar, rib, and SIJ torsion dysfunctions
Who Should Attend?
Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, and PT students who are in their final year of school.
Pricing:
- Before Advance Deadline (on or before)
- Section on Geriatrics Member $280
- APTA Member $340
- Non-member $400
- After Advance Deadline
- Section on Geriatrics Member $330
- APTA
Member $390
- Non-member $450
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How it Works
Each monograph will be 16 to 28 pages in length and will require 4 to 6 hours to complete. Course registrants receive all monographs together along with a final exam, answer sheet, and registration form for continuing education units. Exams will consist of multiple-choice questions, based on the material in the monographs. Registrants must complete the exam and return the forms within 3 months after the course retires (see the “available through” date). The Section will award a certificate of completion to those who score 70% or higher on the exam.
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Topics in Geriatrics: Volume 4
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Dates: Course to be released summer 2008. Please visit us in spring 2008 to place your order. Available through December 2013. You can take the exam any time after receiving the course to receive your credit: all exams must be received before March 2014.
Educational Credit: 30
Contact Hours
Topics & Authors:
- Editor: Sue Wenker
- Topics and Authors:
- Electrically Powered Mobility Devices and Seating Systems: Trends in Examination, Reimbursement, and Equipment
Robbie B. Leonard, PT, MS
- Reimbursement Issues in Health Care: Understanding the Medicare and Medicaid System
Bob Thomas, PT, MS
- Breast Cancer: The Role of the Physical Therapist
Nicole L. Stout Gergich, MPT, CLT-LANA
- Issues in the Veterans Health Care System: A Focus on the Veterans Health Administration for the Physical Therapist."
Alice Dorworth Holder, PT, MHS
- Interdisciplinary Approach to End-of-Life Issues
Nancy Kirsch, PT, DPT, PhD
- Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Disease Management: Implications for Physical Therapists
Orly Vardeny, Pharm.D, and Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD
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Focus: Geriatric Physical Therapy
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Dates: Available through December 2011. You can take
the exam any time after receiving the course to receive your
credit: all exams must be received before March 2012.
Description: The Section on Geriatrics is pleased to present this
update to the highly popular FOCUS: Geriatric
Physical Therapy continuing education course.
Last presented as an onsite preconference course in
2003, this current monograph series was written by
board certified specialists in geriatric physical therapy.
The purpose of FOCUS has always been to cover the
breadth of geriatric physical therapist specialty practice
in such a way that the course participant can better
self-assess gaps in knowledge areas, whether to
prepare for specialization or for their own personal
development. Course materials include classic and
current literature so participants can dig deeper,
relevant case studies that show how a specialist might
approach clinical problems, and practice test questions.
Educational Credit: 30
Contact Hours
Topics & Authors:
- Musculoskeletal System: Age-related Changes and
Common Problems—Jill Heitzman, PT, DPT, GCS,
CWS
- Neuromuscular System Lesions and the Older
Adult—Deb Kegelmeyer, DPT, MS, GCS
- Pulmonary System: Age-related Changes and
Common Problems—Rubye Walker, PT, MS, GCS
- Integumentary System: Age-related Changes and
Common Problems—Renee Cordrey, PT, PhD(c),
MSPT, MPH, CWS and Alan Chong W. Lee, PT, DPT,
GCS
- Cardiovascular System: Age-related Changes and
Common Problems—Ellen Strunk, PT, MS, GCS
- Examination and Management of the Older Adult
With Complex Multisystem Involvement:
Emphasis on Clinical Decision Making—Kathleen
Kline Mangione, PT, PhD, GCS; Amy Heritage Miller,
PT, DPT; and James D. Tomlinson, PT, MS
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Topics in Geriatrics: Volume 3
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Dates: Available
through December 2012. You may
take the test any time after receiving the exam: as long
as it is mailed to us by March 2013.
Description: Topics in Geriatrics: Volume 3 will offer the course participant an increased depth of knowledge across several practice dimensions. The course begins with 2 niche practice areas; working with older adult drivers and older adults who are obese. Readers will understand how physical therapists can have a role in working with older adult drivers, even if we don’t work in a setting with special equipment to specifically rehabilitate driving skills. Readers also will be introduced to the growing area of bariatrics across the health care continuum. In addition, there is an update on the role of the physical therapist in prevention of falls; what the latest research tells us and how we, as physical therapists, work with other team members. Readers also will gain insight into how physical therapists are successfully integrating public health in everyday practice and what physical therapists can offer in the public health arena. In the final 2 monographs, the reader will come away with a sound foundation to prescribe exercise for older adults and integrate the definition of “successful aging” into their practice. What does that mean for you and your practice area?
Educational Credit: 30 contact hours
Topics & Authors:
- Physical Therapy Applications for Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers--Cheryl LaFollette Anderson, PT, PhD, MBA, GCS
- Bariatric Geriatrics: Physical Therapy Management of Older Adults who are Obese--Michael L. Puthoff, PT, PhD
- Fall Prevention--Celinda P. Evitt, PT, PhD, GCS
- Health Promotions in Geriatric Care: The Collaboration Between Physical Therapy and Public Health--Kathryn K. Brewer, PT, GCS, MEd
- Exercise Prescription for Older Adults--Dale Avers, PT, DPT, PhD and Patrick VanBeveren, PT, DPT, MA, OCS, CSCS
- Successful Aging: Biopsychosocial and Environmental Implications for Physical Therapist Practice--Mary Thompson, PT, PhD, GCS
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this home study course the participant will be able to:
- Understand the role of the physical therapist when treating the older driver.
- Evaluate and formulate treatment strategies including equipment needs for older adults who are obese.
- Provide evidence-based falls prevention strategies.
- Define the role of physical therapy in public health.
- Prescribe exercise to the older adult using evidence-based guiding principles.
- Define successful aging and incorporate this definition into physical therapist practice.
Click here to download registration form
Click here to download sample pieces (cover, editor's note, and table of contents) from one monograph: Physical Therapy Applications for Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers—Cheryl LaFollette Anderson, PT, PhD, MBA, GCS |
Topics in Geriatrics: Volume 2
(Formerly named Topics in Geriatrics 2005)
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Dates: Available
through December 2010. You may take
the test any time after receiving the exam: as long as it
is mailed to us by March 2011.
Description: This
series is designed to present relevant topics of interest
to the practicing physical therapist working with older adults.
Topics arose from frequent requests from Section on Geriatrics
members. The authors in this series have linked theory to
practice across the spectrum of care and provide practical
insights through case studies.
Educational Credit: 30 contact hours
Topics & Authors:
- Beyond Quad Sets: Therapeutic Exercise for Today's
Older Adult - Cololeen S Grafa, PT, DSc, CPI
- The Older Adult With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease - Sue E Schuerman, PT, PhD, GCS
- Post-Polio Syndrom - Carolyn Kelley, PT, MS,
NCS
- Aquatic Exercise: Indications and Effectiveness for
Older Adults - Veronica Southard, PT, MS, GCS
- Clinical Management of Physical and Chemical Restraints
- Cathy Haines Ciolek, PT, GCS, and Daniel E Ciolek,
PT, MS, GCS
- Ethics in Geriatric Physical Therapy - Laura
Lee Swisher, PT, PhD
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Topics in Geriatrics: Volume 1
(Formerly named Topics in Geriatrics 2004)
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Dates: Available
through December 2009. You may take the test
any time after receiving the exam: as long as it is mailed
to us by March 2010.
Description: This
series is designed to present relevant topics of interest
to the practicing physical therapist working with older adults.
The topics link theory to practice across the spectrum of
care and provide practical insights through case studies.
Educational Credit: 20 contact hours
Topics & Authors:
- Issues in Home Care-Sue Wenker,
PT, MS, GCS and Jane Bernatovich, PT, GCS
- Alzheimer Disease: Incidence, Etiology,
Neuropathic Manifestations, and Effects on Function-Jennifer
M. Bottomley, PT, MS, PhD2
- Alzheimer Disease: Assessment,
Evaluation, and Treatment Approaches-Jennifer M. Bottomley,
PT, MS, PhD2
- Physical Therapy Management of
the Older Adult With Diabetes-Pamela Scarborough, PT, MS,
CDE, CWS
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Full Listing of Topics
Call Toll Free for more information:
(877) 766-3452
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Demo Packet and Registration
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Focus on Physical
Therapist Assistants
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Dates: Available
through December 2009. You may take the test
any time after receiving the exam: as long as it is mailed
to us by March 2010.
Topics & Authors:
- Red Flags in the Acute Care Environment
-- Karen Ryan, PTA, and Kandy Ortgies, PTA
- Wound Care -- Richard L. Mowrer,
PTA
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Educational Credit
10 contact hours
Completion of the series and satisfactory performance on
the post-test will give the subscriber 10 contact hours
of continuing education. Only the registrant named will
obtain contact hours. No exceptions will be made. Registrants
must apply to their State Licensure Boards for approval
of continuing education credit.
Registration Fees
Call Toll
Free for more information: (877) 766-3452
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Cultural
Diversity of Older Americans
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Dates: Available
through December 2008. You may take the test any time
after receiving the exam: as long as it is mailed to us by
March 2009.
Description: Consideration
of the client's culture is an essential element in effective
contemporary health care practice. this series is designed
to help the clinician move toward cultural competency by providing
information on a broad sample of specific cultures and sub-cultures
with special attention to older adults. The practical case
studies will show the clinician how one may adopt care to
be congruent with the client's culture.
Credit: 30 contact hours
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