PTA Special Topics • Courses by EIM | Evidence In Motion

PTA Special Topics

$309

Contact Hours: 0.5

Length: Self-paced

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For: PTA

This self-directed course will provide the learner with information regarding healthcare professionalism, medical screening, pharmacology, empathy, and pain neuroscience education. The material will be presented in a manner that improves the quality-of-care PTAs can provide their patients/clients, while also enhancing their ability to interact with other healthcare providers. There is no lab intensive associated with this course.

Course Learning Goal: Upon completion of this course a successful learner, will be able to analyze topics that directly influence the quality-of-care PTAs provide to their clients and understand important screening tools for those with Upper and Lower Quarter Dysfunctions.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, a successful participant will be able to: 

  • Identify appropriate behaviors associated with professionalism in the healthcare setting.
  • Recognize the role of empathy and the therapeutic alliance in providing an environment that maximizes the opportunities for success in the physical therapy setting.
  • Recognize and communicate red and yellows flags that may change course of treatment.
  • Describe the basics of pharmacokinetic and pharmacotherapeutic principles and how they impact our patients.
  • Apply information on therapeutic actions, potential side effects, and implications for PT practice in planning and modifying patient plans of care with other healthcare providers.

 

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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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