CEU Courses Audio for PTs

This course will provide participants with a framework for finding motivation in their education and clinical roles within physical therapy. Motivation will be explored in terms of basic physiological needs and examining the essential question “why.”

Studies indicate that the ability of healthcare providers to form an optimal therapeutic alliance is more strongly correlated with patient outcomes at times than even the treatments chosen. This course covers what therapeutic alliance is and provides practical ideas on how to create a strong alliance or strengthen an existing alliance.

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in the context of preparing for the ATP examination is presented in this course. The course will address terminology as well as the HAAT model to explore key features including access, display layout, optimizing access, programming, mounting, and integration of systems.

This course reviews current literature, definitions, and guidelines on dementia in older adults and its impact on physical activity and physical therapy practice. Recommended treatments, precautions, and contraindications when treating individuals with dementia and implementing functional exercise are also included.

Building a therapist's capacity to incorporate cultural humility into their everyday practice is the purpose of this course. It will also stress the importance of self-reflection to allow therapists to examine their attitudes on cultural humility and foster views about acceptance and inclusion to create more authentic and meaningful therapeutic relationships with their clients.

Authorization denied. Are you tired of having your length of stay or your number of visits dictated by an impersonal algorithm, or an insurance reviewer that does not understand the "case" (person) that you are working with? Do you feel that you have lost control over your professional role and clinical decision-making about prognosis, intensity, and interventions? Are you experiencing burnout because of your battles with peer-to-peer reviews and forms? Finally, do you feel incapable and caught between payers, families, administrations, and policies - leaving you to blame for not advocating effectively enough for the people that you entered your profession to help and defend? Let's talk about how to win these battles, proactively, and restore your agency, trust, and peace.

With current research focusing on resilience factors that may impact the presentation and severity of Alzheimer's, occupational therapists have an opportunity to activate an elder's best defense against the effects of dementia. This course focuses on health promotion activities to deploy across any adult/older adult population interested in building cognitive resilience in individual, group, and community health—even oneself!

Respiratory concerns for the premature infant is an intermediate course discussing the common lung conditions related to prematurity. Practical clinical applications include successful positive-pressure ventilation techniques, neuroprotection, long-term disease management, and improved interdisciplinary team communications.

Understanding and addressing chronic pain before it is treated pharmacologically may be an important first step in addressing opioid misuse. By attending this course, therapists will gain a better understanding of the scope of opioid use and abuse as well as the role that therapists can play in identifying and addressing addiction and pain. This course is directly related to the practice of physical therapy and is therefore appropriate for the PT/PTA.

This webinar is the second in a series of webinars that address diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare. This webinar focuses on disabilities and the impact of implicit bias on service delivery. This webinar also explores the importance of the representation of people with disabilities as health care professionals and how this representation can impact the quality of patient care. In addition, this webinar provides tools for facilitating and implementing effective diversity and inclusion initiatives.