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PACER Series: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Examination

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This course is included in the Post-Acute COVID-19 Exercise and Rehabilitation (PACER) Project, which brings together multiple courses focused on rehabilitation strategies for patients recovering from COVID-19. If you’re interested in the full collection of courses in this package, click here.

This course teaches clinicians how to perform a comprehensive cardiovascular and pulmonary examination using standard chest assessment techniques. Participants will learn how to inspect, palpate, auscultate, and percuss the chest wall, interpret findings related to heart and lung function, and understand how SARS-CoV-2 may influence examination results.

Key Features

  • This course is available until 12/31/2026
  • Cost: 
    • Free for Members
    • $99 for Non-Members
  • Earn CEU: 0.1 (1 contact hour)

Morgan Johanson

PT, MSPT, Board Certified Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Clinical Specialist

Morgan is the president of Good Heart Education, a continuing education company that provides live and online continuing education courses to rehabilitation professionals on cardiovascular and pulmonary topics across the lifespan and all settings and provides mentoring services to physical therapists who are studying for the ABPTS Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Specialty Examination. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Toledo in Ohio. She worked extensively in acute care at the California Pacific Medical Center where she treated patients in the ICU, telemetry, heart transplant and adult CF wards. She was the program director for the Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System’s outpatient Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs and the Co-Director of the Ann Arbor VA Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy Residency Program where she continues to as an adjunct faculty member. Currently she is working at the Grand Traverse Pavilions SNF in Traverse City, Michigan. She is the Professional Development Chair for the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section of the APTA.

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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