Illinois Physical Therapy Assistants 15 Hour Package
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Ethical Practice In Physical Therapy 3About the Course:
This course covers the principles and standards of ethical practice for physical therapists and assistants and references the Codes of Ethics and Conduct Guides of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT). Ethical issues related to professional practice are discussed. Steps to identify potential conflicts and strategies for decision making to avoid and resolve ethical issues are included. - Evidence-Based Implicit Bias Implications for Physicians and Healthcare Professionals 1Course release date: 12/23/2021
About the Course:
The purpose of this course is to provide a historical context of race and racism and its relationship to the development of racial implicit bias. The development of implicit bias will be discussed along with research demonstrating the impact of implicit bias on the clinical encounter. Recommendations for mitigating implicit bias are offered. - Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace for Illinois Professionals, 2nd edition 1
Release Date: 7/10/2023
About the courseThis basic-level course will help Illinois Healthcare professionals identify sexual harassment in the workplace, prevent it, and take appropriate action if it occurs.
- Cultural Competency and Healthcare 1
Course release date: 1/6/2025
Course Overview
Understanding and accepting diversity is an important imperative for all healthcare professionals. Being culturally competent enables professionals to have insight, recognition, empathy, and compassion for the different cultures, ethnicities, religions, generations, and physical abilities that shape our lives, perspectives, beliefs, and ability to trust. This one-hour course provides a detailed overview of elements of cultural competency and the impact it will have on the ability to communicate, understand, and treat. Learners will be able to discern how the three domains of cultural competency, which include affective, cognitive, and behavioral, play into all aspects of healthcare. Developing an awareness of cultural competency is necessary to collectively address health inequities and ensure that all people have access to quality care and best outcomes. - The Aging Patient with Dementia: Using an Interdisciplinary Team Approach 1Interdisciplinary teams focus on the big picture of patient care, facilitating a shared purpose and focus on quality. This session will discuss an interdisciplinary approach to working with patients who have dementia. Models of disability, team building, and examples of staff education will be reviewed. Participants will leave the course with strategies they can immediately implement in their work environments.
- ACL Rehabilitation: A Review of Current Treatment Approaches 4
Course release date: 7/8/2024
About the Course
As technology, surgical techniques, and graft options continue to evolve with regards to ACL reconstruction, sports medicine professionals must stay abreast of changes within the literature to assure proper rehabilitation of athletes. The instructor provides a review of the current literature as it pertains to current controversies in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction rehabilitation. Some of the topics to be covered throughout this course include the need for surgical reconstruction, graft choice options, functional bracing, rehabilitation techniques, and return to play decision making. Participants will review the possible benefits of inclusion of a neuromuscular injury prevention program while taking a closer look at appropriate rehabilitation exercises to integrate during different stages of post-operative recovery. Individuals will be able to distinguish between different types of functional tests, which will allow sports medicine professionals to develop a more comprehensive return to play plan. Participants will be able to compare the recommended guidelines presented within the lecture to the participant’s current clinical practice while assessing the need for change within a specific patient population.
- Move Better, Feel Better: A Movement-Based Approach to Soft Tissue Mobilization for the Upper Body 4
Course release date: 04/16/2024
About the Course
This course provides an evidence-based approach, combining IASTM, Cupping and Kinesiology Taping by focusing on how we can stimulate the Central Nervous System (CNS) to reduce pain and enhance mobility. This comprehensive treatment philosophy is movement-focused instead of treating the individual muscle, or the fascia, or the joints. The goal is to make overall movement of the affected body part more efficient to allow the body to heal and to become more resilient: “Move Better, Feel Better”
Clinicians will be able to take their Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) -techniques to the next level by incorporating movement. Additionally, learners can understand how Cupping Therapy (CT) is different than all other manual techniques, and how it supports healing, and recovery. Clinicians will learn how Kinesiology Taping (KT) is used to influence the fascia and underlying neural tissues to cause functional changes in both the local tissue as well as the Central Nervous System (CNS). KT is the ideal complement to soft tissue treatments like IASTM and Cupping.
Understanding how pain works and being able to educate your clients on how to manage their pain is critical to patient outcomes. This course uses principles of the BPS model and Pain Scienced Education as a roadmap to make your treatments even more effective. This treatment approach does not just look at the area of pain, but considers the entire person, and treats the entire dynamic chain that is affected.