Why EIM
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Management of the Shoulder and Elbow
For: PT, OT, COTA
Important Updates Related to COVID-19 Precautions and Policies: For upcoming courses, we want you to know that we continue to place priority on the health and safety of our community, so we’ll be working with each site on an individualized plan to ensure we keep everyone safe. Learn more about the steps we’re taking.
EIM’s Management of the Shoulder and Elbow course is designed to enhance the participant’s knowledge and skills in the evidence-based management of individuals with shoulder and elbow disorders and dysfunction. This lab-intensive course focuses on clinical reasoning and hands-on skill development necessary to effectively perform a comprehensive shoulder and elbow evaluation with an understanding of how these two joints interact. Participants will learn and receive hands-on practice of evidence-based treatments including joint mobilizations, taping, strength progression and exercises, and orthotic fabrication.
Credit
Contact Hours: 24 – 8 online & 16 on-site
CEUs: 2.4 – .8 online & 1.6 on-site
CCUs: 24 – 8 online & 16 on-site
Course Objectives/Outcomes
- Locate and discuss appropriate shoulder and elbow anatomy and pathology.
- Perform a comprehensive shoulder and elbow evaluation to determine the cause of dysfunction.
- Select appropriate special tests to evaluate the shoulder and elbow complex.
- Discuss evidence-based treatments for conservative care of a variety of shoulder and elbow injuries.
- Understand the precautions and evidence-based care of post-operative treatment.
- Demonstrate splinting and appropriate immobilization and progression of chronic and acute diagnoses from the shoulder to the elbow.
Applicability
If you are in need of a disability-related accommodation, please contact us here. We will process requests for reasonable accommodation and will provide reasonable accommodations where appropriate, in a prompt and efficient manner. For more information please see the Accommodation Procedures for Disabled Participants.
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The weekend intensive course was a great opportunity to learn and practice mobilization techniques/assessments along with splinting for a variety conditions of the UE. And the faculty were awesome!
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This course was informative, hands on and interactive and a great way to expand your knowledge on the UE.