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Evidence-Based Interventions for Effective Care

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This course is part of the Persistent Pain Management: A Comprehensive Learning Series. 

Release Date: May 13, 2025

This course is designed for healthcare professionals and includes four essential modules:

Key Features:

  • Person-Centered Strategies: Apply evidence-based self-management strategies for pain that promote overall well-being.
  • Intervention Insights: Identify indications, evidence, and mechanisms for commonly used interventions, including exercise, manual therapy, and relaxation strategies.
  • Earn Credit: 0.6 CEU/6 contact hours
  • Pricing:
    • Students: $29
    • Members: $139
    • Non-members: $199

Course Details:

  • Module 1: Graded Motor Imagery – PIP Intervention, Graded Exposure
    • Explore graded motor imagery and graded exposure techniques for pain management.
  • Module 2: Manual Therapy as a Rehabilitation Tool
    • Understand the role of manual therapy in rehabilitation and its evidence-based applications.
  • Module 3: Exercise in Chronic Pain: Unpacking What We Know and Why It Doesn’t Always Work
    • Analyze the effectiveness of exercise in chronic pain management and explore reasons for variability in outcomes.
  • Module 4: Using Telehealth to Improve Access to Pain Management Care
    • Learn how to leverage telehealth to enhance access to pain management services.

Course Instructions

  1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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Module 1: Graded Motor Imagery
Begin self-paced component package.
Begin self-paced component package. Explore the application of graded motor imagery and graded exposure techniques to effectively manage pain.
You must register to access.
Module 2: Manual Therapy as a Rehabilitation Tool
Begin self-paced component package.
Begin self-paced component package. Understand the evidence-based role of manual therapy in rehabilitation and its impact on pain management.
You must register to access.
Module 3: Exercise in Chronic Pain: Unpacking What We Know and Why It Doesn’t Always Work
Begin self-paced component package.
Begin self-paced component package. Analyze the effectiveness of exercise in chronic pain management and investigate factors influencing its success (or failure).
You must register to access.
Module 4: Using Telehealth to Improve Pain Management Care
Begin self-paced component package.
Begin self-paced component package. Learn how to utilize telehealth to enhance accessibility and delivery of pain management services.
You must register to access.
Assessment
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