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Continuing
Education Home Study Modules
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 5
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Dates: Available through December 2014. You can take the exam any time after receiving the course to receive your credit: all exams must be received before March 2015.
Description Topics in Geriatrics: Volume 5 offers the course participant an increased depth of knowledge on multiple topics: amputee rehabilitation for patients with diabetes; the integumentary system; health promotion; fitness and exercise; and orthopaedic considerations in the lower quarter. The participant will gain clinically-applicable knowledge across a variety of practice areas, making this course ideal for the generalist in geriatric physical therapy who is committed to lifelong learning and providing top-quality, evidence-based care to his or her patients.
Educational Credit: 25 Contact Hours
Topics and Authors:
- Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient With Diabetes Post Amputation-Terri Nuccio-Youngs, PT, DPT
- Differential Diagnosis in the Management of the Integumentary System-Paula Simon, PT, DPT, GCS
- The Role of the Physical Therapist in Health Promotion for Older Adults-Jason Hardage, PT, DScPT, NCS
- Responding to the Fitness and Exercise Needs of Older Adults: An Evidence-Based Approach for Physical Therapists-ShaLynn Smith, PT, DScPT, MS, GTC
- The Aging Skeleton: Lower Quarter-Holly Lookabaugh-Deur, PT, DSc, GCS
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Topics in Geriatrics: Volume 4
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Dates:
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.
Description:
The Section on Geriatrics if pleased to present Volume 4 of the Geriatric Home Study Course. Course topics have been complied based upon readers' interest and feedback. In addition to this, the series is the first to focus on women's health as it pertains to the older adult. 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:
- 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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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
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Free for more information: (877) 766-3452
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