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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-IFOMPT-24)
In this course, presented in partnership with the International Federation of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (IFOMPT), learners will explore neuropathic pain, including definition, etiology, pathomechanism, and clinical application to enhance the management of patients presenting with spine-related extremity orthopedic conditions.
Learning Objectives:
- What is neuropathic pain?
- Not all nerve pain is neuropathic.
- An explanation for why not all nerve pain is neuropathic.
- Clinical assessment of neuropathic pain.
- Consequences for management.
Annina Schmid
Prof Annina Schmid is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and a Neuroscientist affiliated with the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Oxford University in the UK. She leads the Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Lab which uses a translational and interdisciplinary approach to study the pathophysiology of neuromusculoskeletal conditions with the ultimate goal to improve management for patients. Annina has a particular interest in entrapment neuropathies and neuropathic pain and the development of precision therapy for these patients. Annina has published her work widely and regularly presents her work at national and international meetings. Her research contributions have been recognised by the award of several prizes (most recently the Emerging Leaders Prize in Pain Research, Medical Research Foundation) and competitive fellowships. She was the first allied health professional to win a prestigious Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship from the Welcome Trust. In addition to her research activities, Dr Schmid teaches postgraduate courses related to pain and neuroscience internationally. She also maintains a weekly caseload as a specialist musculoskeletal Physiotherapist both privately and in the NHS.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-Micro-Beyond-the-Binary) This microlearning course provides an overview of treating pelvic health issues with the LGBT+ community.
This microlearning course provides an overview of treating pelvic health issues with the LGBT+ community. This presentation is part of the APTA Optimizing Access to Pelvic Health event, powered by Select Medical. To access the full event recording and other relevant learning resources, click here.
Katlyn Nasseri
PT, DPT, Board-Certified Women's Health Physical Therapist
Kat Nasseri PT, DPT, Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Women’s Health Physical Therapy, (she/her) is a ReVital cancer rehabilitation specialist, certified lymphedema therapist, and certified doula. She graduated with her doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Kentucky in 2015, and later graduated from Baylor’s nationally accredited Women’s Health Residency Program in 2018. She is experienced in treating gender diverse patients both pre- and post-operatively and is passionate about treating these patients for a variety of diagnoses. Since 2022, she has worked as the pelvic health physical therapist for the gender affirmation surgery program at Rush University Medical Center. She also treats both adult and pediatric pelvic and abdominal health patients for a variety of diagnoses at Rush Physical Therapy in downtown Chicago.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-Micro-Male-Pelvic-Health) This microlearning course provides a quick guide on how to get started treating male pelvic issues.
This microlearning course provides a quick guide on how to get started treating male pelvic issues. This presentation is part of the APTA Optimizing Access to Pelvic Health event, powered by Select Medical. To access the full event recording and other relevant learning resources, click here.
Di Wu
PT, DPT, MD
Di Wu (Woody) trained as a medical doctor and completed his residency in Beijing. He practiced as an Orthopedic Surgeon for several years, before establishing himself in Montreal, Canada. In Montreal, he attended physical therapy school at McGill University where he was the first man to enroll in the pelvic floor course. He adapted his learning from that course, which solely focused on women, to be able to effectively treat men. Over the past decade, drawing inspiration from his background as a doctor and as a PT, he has built a framework to help him get repeatable and reliable treatment results for treating male pelvic pain. After almost a decade of refinement and conducting studies to corroborate the findings, Di has solidified the framework. He now shares his knowledge and passion about male pelvic pain nationally and internationally with PTs who are interested in treating male pelvic pain.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-VA-13)
This course offers recommendations to help develop rapport with Primary Care staff as well as ways to increase the Primary Care PTs caseload.
Primary Care physical therapy offers many challenges and opportunities for physical therapists. This course offers recommendations to help develop rapport with Primary Care staff as well as ways to increase the Primary Care PTs caseload.
Learning Objectives:
- Analyze the most common communication options in Primary Care.
- Share examples of a musculoskeletal review class that can be shared with Primary Care staff.
- Discuss the benefits of discussing injuries with staff in Primary Care.
- Highlight the benefits of Primary Care staff/students observing the PT in Primary Care.
- Provide example handouts that may be used in Primary Care to build rapport with staff.
- Discuss beneficial Primary Care meetings for the PT to attend.
- Highlight ten strategies to increase Primary Care caseload.
- Review the importance of issuing durable medical equipment (DME) in Primary Care.
- Review sample case scenarios highlighting strategies to build rapport with staff.
Brandon I. Peterson, DPT, Cert. MDT, ATC
DPT, Cert. MDT, ATC
Dr. Brandon Peterson has practiced physical therapy at the Sioux Falls VA Healthcare system since 2013. He created a Primary Care (PACT – Patient Aligned Care Team) physical therapy program at the Sioux Falls VA in 2016 and has since worked in Primary Care full time. In 2017, he was appointed the Chair of Embedding Physical Therapists into Primary Care across VISN 23 (Veterans Integrated Services Network). Due to the success of this program, Dr. Peterson and other members of VISN 23 submitted the Primary Care PT program into the VA Shark Tank competition. In 2020, the program was awarded a promising practice and later a national diffusion project. Dr. Peterson currently serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Primary Care Physical Therapy National Diffusion project through the VA Diffusion of Excellence. The goal of the project is for every VA or CBOC (Community Based Outreach Clinic) to embed physical therapists into their PACT team by 2025.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-IFOMPT-20)
This course, in partnership with the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapy (IFOMPT), will explore the experience of persistent pain for patients with musculoskeletal conditions, encouraging a reframing of how persistent pain is approached.
Why do we need to change our direction?
- We are not being honest with people seeking care.
- We are prioritising low-value and high-cost procedures on an industrial scale.
- The provision of healthcare is inequitable and unsustainable.
How as a profession can we provide better care to the communities we are serving?
Jeremy Lewis
Professor of Musculoskeletal Research, Physiotherapist
Dr. Jeremy Lewis is a Consultant Physiotherapist, Professor of Musculoskeletal Research, Sonographer and Independent Prescriber. He has been awarded a Fellowship of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and he has been acknowledged as one of the 5 most eminent clinicians in his profession (The UK Department of Health National AHP Clinical Expert Database). He assesses and treats patients with shoulder problems and performs ultrasound guided injections, if appropriate and required, as part of the treatment process. His main areas of clinical expertise are rotator cuff related shoulder pain (impingement syndrome / rotator cuff tendinopathy), shoulder pain syndromes and frozen shoulder.
He has a PhD and postgraduate diplomas in: Medical Imaging, Biomechanics, Sports Physiotherapy and an MSc in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, and practice certificates in injection therapy and independent prescribing. He has presented numerous keynote and invited presentations at international conferences. He is a fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (FCSP) and was co-editor and author for Grieve's Modern Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy (4th edition), Elsevier.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(DEI-BIAS-22)
Learn to confront implicit bias in your clinical practice.
Implicit associations are subconscious connections made between mental representations of objects and concepts in one’s memory. All conscious human brains make these associations. We form these associations as a result of our experiences, including our background and our exposure to mass media. These associations may foster positive, negative, or ambivalent feelings towards other individuals based on their outward characteristics, but they do not necessarily result in biased behavior.
Importantly, health professionals who are unaware of their biases may unintentionally cause harm to their patients via differences in the delivery of the care they provide. It is important for health professionals to recognize and confront any biases they may have that could become a barrier to providing optimal patient care. Patients commonly discussed in the literature as being the victims of clinicians’ implicit biases are those with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) or from historically-marginalized racial groups.
Confronting one’s implicit biases may afford clinicians an avenue through which to mitigate the negative impact of their biases. This is challenging, however, as traditional discussions of bias in a classroom setting are often intimidating to participants due to fear of judgment. This course will provide an opportunity for participants to address the implicit biases they may have regarding patients with SUD or from historically-marginalized racial groups. Ultimately, this course is designed to allow clinicians to privately reflect upon and acknowledge their implicit biases, with the hope of starting them down the path of conscious, meaningful change to providing more equitable care.
Learning Objectives:
1. Differentiate implicit bias from implicit associations within a personal and clinical context.
2. Acknowledge that racial and clinical biases may be operating in the clinical setting.
3. Recognize the impact of stigma on the care of patients with opioid use disorders.
4. Select appropriate tools to screen patients for substance use disorders and for post-surgical pain risk.
Roy Film
PT, DPT
Dr. Roy J. Film is an assistant professor and the Director for Residency and Fellowship Education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) in the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science where he teaches in the areas of orthopaedics, persistent pain, and evidence-based practice. He serves as the Program Director for the UMSOM Fellowship in Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy as well as the Academic Director for the University of Maryland Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency. He is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT).
Dr. Film is APTA Maryland’s Vice President and AAOMPT’s National Secretary. He serves as a member of the World Health Organization’s Peer Review Group for Musculoskeletal Conditions, a group of 50 recognized experts in physical rehabilitation who develop international recommendations for global implementation related to Low Back Pain, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Fracture Management. He is the former taskforce leader for nonpharmacological pain management for US Army MEDCOM’s National Opioid Crisis Community Summit. He is currently a part-time PhD student in Epidemiology at the University of Maryland Baltimore where he studies nonpharmacological pain management approaches to combat the global opioid crisis.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(DEI-PopHealth-22)
Learn about the population-based approach to improve health for underserved communities.
Health and illness are shaped by social conditions and the structural forces that shape these conditions. As a result, historically excluded and underserved communities disproportionately carry the burden of many acute and chronic conditions. Population health represents an approach to 1) understanding systematic disparities in health outcomes and the inter-related factors that shape health over time and 2) leveraging this information to inform interventions, programs, and policies. To be successful, this approach must acknowledge social inequities, elevate community voices, and produce actionable knowledge. The purpose of this webinar is to describe a population-based approach, grounded in emancipatory research, to improving the health of historically excluded and underserved communities.
Learning Objectives
1. Differentiate individual, social, and structural determinants of health
2. Describe structural medicine and examine the role of PTs in identifying and addressing social needs
3. Summarize the principles underlying emancipatory research
4. Define population health and consider the use of population-based approaches in eliminating health disparities.
Dawn Magnusson
PT, PhD
Dawn Magnusson, PT, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Physical Therapy Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She received a PhD in Population Health Sciences, a certificate in Global Health, and an MS in Physical Therapy from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics, with a focus on health disparities research, through the Department of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Magnusson’s research employs emancipatory research methods within a population health framework to a) describe the distribution of health outcomes within a population, b) understand the contribution and interconnectedness of multiple determinants of health within a population, and c) inform the development of innovative, community-led solutions that advance health equity for historically excluded populations.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(DEI-ADA-22)
Learn how to ensure your clinic is accessible for those with a wide range of disabilities.
The process for ensuring that the needs of customers and clients with disabilities are met begins before they make their first contact with your organization – and carries through until they leave. From how to create awareness of your organization, to how people with disabilities get there, to how accessibility is ensured at every step of the way, takes not just great planning, but sustained effort. This course will share the tips and tricks used by some Federal agencies that serve millions of people with disabilities annual to ensure that experiences are accessible from entry to exit for a wide range of disabilities.
Learning Objectives
1. Identify the components of an "entry to exit" experience
2. Understand the barriers to look for based on different disabilities
3. Learn tools and resources for barrier mitigation
Jeremy Buzzell
Branch Manager, National Park Service
Jeremy Buzzell has been working in the disability field for more than two decades. He began his career as a special education teacher and disability program coordinator for schools and non-profits, then entered Federal service as a Presidential Management Fellow with the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education. Jeremy spent eight years at the U.S. Department of Education working on programs to support education, employment, and community living for individuals with disabilities. He also was honored to spend a year-and-a-half working on disability legislation for the late Senator Edward Kennedy. Jeremy then moved to the Transportation Security Administration as the manager of Disability Policy and Outreach responsible for ensuring that airport security was accessible to travelers with disabilities. He worked for the Chief of Support Operations at the Library of Congress prior to joining the National Park Service to oversee its accessibility efforts in 2014.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(DEI-Micro-22)
Learn more eliminating microaggressions and implicit bias in your practice
This presentation explores microaggressions and implicit bias of race/ethnicity, privilege, power and ableism that occur in education, academe, the workplace, and in clinical practice. Descriptions and examples of the types of microaggressions are provided. The perspective of targets, or microaggressees; perpetrators, or microaggressors; bystanders; and, allies is presented. Strategies for eliminating microaggressions and implicit bias are provided that pertain to microaggressees, microaggressor, bystanders and allies.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Describe microaggressions and the types of microagressions
2. Explain the impact of implicit bias and microaggressions on targets
3. Formulate a plan to eliminate microaggressions
Noma Anderson
PhD
Dr. Noma Anderson is Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Vermont. She is a speech-language pathologist with areas of expertise in multicultural aspects of communication sciences and disorders, health and educational disparities, language acquisition, and microaggressions. She has served ASHA as President and Vice President for Academic Affairs and has been Deputy Director of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing. She is a Fellow and recipient of Association Honors from ASHA.
Her degrees are from Hampton Institute (B.A.), Emerson College (M.S.), and University of Pittsburgh (PhD).
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(ABPTRFE-RCI)
This training course is required for all individuals who will complete the APTA Resident Competency Evaluation Instrument. This course familiarizes users with the evaluation instrument and consists of 5 modules: (1) introduction, (2) core competencies defined, (3) rating scale and definitions, (4) significant concerns - providing comments, and (5) instrument administration and copyright laws.
This training course is required for all individuals who will complete the APTA Resident Competency Evaluation Instrument. This course familiarizes users with the evaluation instrument and consists of 5 modules: (1) introduction, (2) core competencies defined, (3) rating scale and definitions, (4) significant concerns - providing comments, and (5) instrument administration and copyright laws.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-IFOMPT-24) In this course, presented in partnership with the International Federation of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (IFOMPT), learners will explore neuropathic pain, including definition, etiology, pathomechanism, and clinical application to enhance the management of patients presenting with spine-related extremity orthopedic conditions.
Learning Objectives:
- What is neuropathic pain?
- Not all nerve pain is neuropathic.
- An explanation for why not all nerve pain is neuropathic.
- Clinical assessment of neuropathic pain.
- Consequences for management.
Annina Schmid
Prof Annina Schmid is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and a Neuroscientist affiliated with the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Oxford University in the UK. She leads the Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Lab which uses a translational and interdisciplinary approach to study the pathophysiology of neuromusculoskeletal conditions with the ultimate goal to improve management for patients. Annina has a particular interest in entrapment neuropathies and neuropathic pain and the development of precision therapy for these patients. Annina has published her work widely and regularly presents her work at national and international meetings. Her research contributions have been recognised by the award of several prizes (most recently the Emerging Leaders Prize in Pain Research, Medical Research Foundation) and competitive fellowships. She was the first allied health professional to win a prestigious Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship from the Welcome Trust. In addition to her research activities, Dr Schmid teaches postgraduate courses related to pain and neuroscience internationally. She also maintains a weekly caseload as a specialist musculoskeletal Physiotherapist both privately and in the NHS.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-Micro-Beyond-the-Binary) This microlearning course provides an overview of treating pelvic health issues with the LGBT+ community.
This microlearning course provides an overview of treating pelvic health issues with the LGBT+ community. This presentation is part of the APTA Optimizing Access to Pelvic Health event, powered by Select Medical. To access the full event recording and other relevant learning resources, click here.
Katlyn Nasseri
PT, DPT, Board-Certified Women's Health Physical Therapist
Kat Nasseri PT, DPT, Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Women’s Health Physical Therapy, (she/her) is a ReVital cancer rehabilitation specialist, certified lymphedema therapist, and certified doula. She graduated with her doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Kentucky in 2015, and later graduated from Baylor’s nationally accredited Women’s Health Residency Program in 2018. She is experienced in treating gender diverse patients both pre- and post-operatively and is passionate about treating these patients for a variety of diagnoses. Since 2022, she has worked as the pelvic health physical therapist for the gender affirmation surgery program at Rush University Medical Center. She also treats both adult and pediatric pelvic and abdominal health patients for a variety of diagnoses at Rush Physical Therapy in downtown Chicago.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-Micro-Male-Pelvic-Health) This microlearning course provides a quick guide on how to get started treating male pelvic issues.
This microlearning course provides a quick guide on how to get started treating male pelvic issues. This presentation is part of the APTA Optimizing Access to Pelvic Health event, powered by Select Medical. To access the full event recording and other relevant learning resources, click here.
Di Wu
PT, DPT, MD
Di Wu (Woody) trained as a medical doctor and completed his residency in Beijing. He practiced as an Orthopedic Surgeon for several years, before establishing himself in Montreal, Canada. In Montreal, he attended physical therapy school at McGill University where he was the first man to enroll in the pelvic floor course. He adapted his learning from that course, which solely focused on women, to be able to effectively treat men. Over the past decade, drawing inspiration from his background as a doctor and as a PT, he has built a framework to help him get repeatable and reliable treatment results for treating male pelvic pain. After almost a decade of refinement and conducting studies to corroborate the findings, Di has solidified the framework. He now shares his knowledge and passion about male pelvic pain nationally and internationally with PTs who are interested in treating male pelvic pain.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-VA-13) This course offers recommendations to help develop rapport with Primary Care staff as well as ways to increase the Primary Care PTs caseload.
Primary Care physical therapy offers many challenges and opportunities for physical therapists. This course offers recommendations to help develop rapport with Primary Care staff as well as ways to increase the Primary Care PTs caseload.
Learning Objectives:- Analyze the most common communication options in Primary Care.
- Share examples of a musculoskeletal review class that can be shared with Primary Care staff.
- Discuss the benefits of discussing injuries with staff in Primary Care.
- Highlight the benefits of Primary Care staff/students observing the PT in Primary Care.
- Provide example handouts that may be used in Primary Care to build rapport with staff.
- Discuss beneficial Primary Care meetings for the PT to attend.
- Highlight ten strategies to increase Primary Care caseload.
- Review the importance of issuing durable medical equipment (DME) in Primary Care.
- Review sample case scenarios highlighting strategies to build rapport with staff.
Brandon I. Peterson, DPT, Cert. MDT, ATC
DPT, Cert. MDT, ATC
Dr. Brandon Peterson has practiced physical therapy at the Sioux Falls VA Healthcare system since 2013. He created a Primary Care (PACT – Patient Aligned Care Team) physical therapy program at the Sioux Falls VA in 2016 and has since worked in Primary Care full time. In 2017, he was appointed the Chair of Embedding Physical Therapists into Primary Care across VISN 23 (Veterans Integrated Services Network). Due to the success of this program, Dr. Peterson and other members of VISN 23 submitted the Primary Care PT program into the VA Shark Tank competition. In 2020, the program was awarded a promising practice and later a national diffusion project. Dr. Peterson currently serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Primary Care Physical Therapy National Diffusion project through the VA Diffusion of Excellence. The goal of the project is for every VA or CBOC (Community Based Outreach Clinic) to embed physical therapists into their PACT team by 2025.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
For assistance logging in, accessing activities, claiming credit, or for other questions or concerns, please e-mail learningcenter@apta.org.
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
(LMS-IFOMPT-20) This course, in partnership with the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapy (IFOMPT), will explore the experience of persistent pain for patients with musculoskeletal conditions, encouraging a reframing of how persistent pain is approached.
Why do we need to change our direction?
- We are not being honest with people seeking care.
- We are prioritising low-value and high-cost procedures on an industrial scale.
- The provision of healthcare is inequitable and unsustainable.
How as a profession can we provide better care to the communities we are serving?
Jeremy Lewis
Professor of Musculoskeletal Research, Physiotherapist
Dr. Jeremy Lewis is a Consultant Physiotherapist, Professor of Musculoskeletal Research, Sonographer and Independent Prescriber. He has been awarded a Fellowship of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and he has been acknowledged as one of the 5 most eminent clinicians in his profession (The UK Department of Health National AHP Clinical Expert Database). He assesses and treats patients with shoulder problems and performs ultrasound guided injections, if appropriate and required, as part of the treatment process. His main areas of clinical expertise are rotator cuff related shoulder pain (impingement syndrome / rotator cuff tendinopathy), shoulder pain syndromes and frozen shoulder.
He has a PhD and postgraduate diplomas in: Medical Imaging, Biomechanics, Sports Physiotherapy and an MSc in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, and practice certificates in injection therapy and independent prescribing. He has presented numerous keynote and invited presentations at international conferences. He is a fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (FCSP) and was co-editor and author for Grieve's Modern Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy (4th edition), Elsevier.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(DEI-BIAS-22) Learn to confront implicit bias in your clinical practice.
Implicit associations are subconscious connections made between mental representations of objects and concepts in one’s memory. All conscious human brains make these associations. We form these associations as a result of our experiences, including our background and our exposure to mass media. These associations may foster positive, negative, or ambivalent feelings towards other individuals based on their outward characteristics, but they do not necessarily result in biased behavior.
Importantly, health professionals who are unaware of their biases may unintentionally cause harm to their patients via differences in the delivery of the care they provide. It is important for health professionals to recognize and confront any biases they may have that could become a barrier to providing optimal patient care. Patients commonly discussed in the literature as being the victims of clinicians’ implicit biases are those with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) or from historically-marginalized racial groups.
Confronting one’s implicit biases may afford clinicians an avenue through which to mitigate the negative impact of their biases. This is challenging, however, as traditional discussions of bias in a classroom setting are often intimidating to participants due to fear of judgment. This course will provide an opportunity for participants to address the implicit biases they may have regarding patients with SUD or from historically-marginalized racial groups. Ultimately, this course is designed to allow clinicians to privately reflect upon and acknowledge their implicit biases, with the hope of starting them down the path of conscious, meaningful change to providing more equitable care.
Learning Objectives:
1. Differentiate implicit bias from implicit associations within a personal and clinical context.
2. Acknowledge that racial and clinical biases may be operating in the clinical setting.
3. Recognize the impact of stigma on the care of patients with opioid use disorders.
4. Select appropriate tools to screen patients for substance use disorders and for post-surgical pain risk.
Roy Film
PT, DPT
Dr. Roy J. Film is an assistant professor and the Director for Residency and Fellowship Education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) in the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science where he teaches in the areas of orthopaedics, persistent pain, and evidence-based practice. He serves as the Program Director for the UMSOM Fellowship in Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy as well as the Academic Director for the University of Maryland Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency. He is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT).
Dr. Film is APTA Maryland’s Vice President and AAOMPT’s National Secretary. He serves as a member of the World Health Organization’s Peer Review Group for Musculoskeletal Conditions, a group of 50 recognized experts in physical rehabilitation who develop international recommendations for global implementation related to Low Back Pain, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Fracture Management. He is the former taskforce leader for nonpharmacological pain management for US Army MEDCOM’s National Opioid Crisis Community Summit. He is currently a part-time PhD student in Epidemiology at the University of Maryland Baltimore where he studies nonpharmacological pain management approaches to combat the global opioid crisis.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
Need Assistance?
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(DEI-PopHealth-22) Learn about the population-based approach to improve health for underserved communities.
Health and illness are shaped by social conditions and the structural forces that shape these conditions. As a result, historically excluded and underserved communities disproportionately carry the burden of many acute and chronic conditions. Population health represents an approach to 1) understanding systematic disparities in health outcomes and the inter-related factors that shape health over time and 2) leveraging this information to inform interventions, programs, and policies. To be successful, this approach must acknowledge social inequities, elevate community voices, and produce actionable knowledge. The purpose of this webinar is to describe a population-based approach, grounded in emancipatory research, to improving the health of historically excluded and underserved communities.
Learning Objectives
1. Differentiate individual, social, and structural determinants of health
2. Describe structural medicine and examine the role of PTs in identifying and addressing social needs
3. Summarize the principles underlying emancipatory research
4. Define population health and consider the use of population-based approaches in eliminating health disparities.
Dawn Magnusson
PT, PhD
Dawn Magnusson, PT, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Physical Therapy Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She received a PhD in Population Health Sciences, a certificate in Global Health, and an MS in Physical Therapy from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics, with a focus on health disparities research, through the Department of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Magnusson’s research employs emancipatory research methods within a population health framework to a) describe the distribution of health outcomes within a population, b) understand the contribution and interconnectedness of multiple determinants of health within a population, and c) inform the development of innovative, community-led solutions that advance health equity for historically excluded populations.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(DEI-ADA-22) Learn how to ensure your clinic is accessible for those with a wide range of disabilities.
The process for ensuring that the needs of customers and clients with disabilities are met begins before they make their first contact with your organization – and carries through until they leave. From how to create awareness of your organization, to how people with disabilities get there, to how accessibility is ensured at every step of the way, takes not just great planning, but sustained effort. This course will share the tips and tricks used by some Federal agencies that serve millions of people with disabilities annual to ensure that experiences are accessible from entry to exit for a wide range of disabilities.
Learning Objectives
1. Identify the components of an "entry to exit" experience
2. Understand the barriers to look for based on different disabilities
3. Learn tools and resources for barrier mitigation
Jeremy Buzzell
Branch Manager, National Park Service
Jeremy Buzzell has been working in the disability field for more than two decades. He began his career as a special education teacher and disability program coordinator for schools and non-profits, then entered Federal service as a Presidential Management Fellow with the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education. Jeremy spent eight years at the U.S. Department of Education working on programs to support education, employment, and community living for individuals with disabilities. He also was honored to spend a year-and-a-half working on disability legislation for the late Senator Edward Kennedy. Jeremy then moved to the Transportation Security Administration as the manager of Disability Policy and Outreach responsible for ensuring that airport security was accessible to travelers with disabilities. He worked for the Chief of Support Operations at the Library of Congress prior to joining the National Park Service to oversee its accessibility efforts in 2014.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(DEI-Micro-22) Learn more eliminating microaggressions and implicit bias in your practice
This presentation explores microaggressions and implicit bias of race/ethnicity, privilege, power and ableism that occur in education, academe, the workplace, and in clinical practice. Descriptions and examples of the types of microaggressions are provided. The perspective of targets, or microaggressees; perpetrators, or microaggressors; bystanders; and, allies is presented. Strategies for eliminating microaggressions and implicit bias are provided that pertain to microaggressees, microaggressor, bystanders and allies.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Describe microaggressions and the types of microagressions
2. Explain the impact of implicit bias and microaggressions on targets
3. Formulate a plan to eliminate microaggressions
Noma Anderson
PhD
Dr. Noma Anderson is Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Vermont. She is a speech-language pathologist with areas of expertise in multicultural aspects of communication sciences and disorders, health and educational disparities, language acquisition, and microaggressions. She has served ASHA as President and Vice President for Academic Affairs and has been Deputy Director of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing. She is a Fellow and recipient of Association Honors from ASHA.
Her degrees are from Hampton Institute (B.A.), Emerson College (M.S.), and University of Pittsburgh (PhD).
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits
(ABPTRFE-RCI) This training course is required for all individuals who will complete the APTA Resident Competency Evaluation Instrument. This course familiarizes users with the evaluation instrument and consists of 5 modules: (1) introduction, (2) core competencies defined, (3) rating scale and definitions, (4) significant concerns - providing comments, and (5) instrument administration and copyright laws.
This training course is required for all individuals who will complete the APTA Resident Competency Evaluation Instrument. This course familiarizes users with the evaluation instrument and consists of 5 modules: (1) introduction, (2) core competencies defined, (3) rating scale and definitions, (4) significant concerns - providing comments, and (5) instrument administration and copyright laws.
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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