Course Code: REL-RTS-0-DOPSF
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 11/30/2024
Learning Objectives:
Prioritize key questions to ask about fall history and recovery from the floor.
Recognize risk factors and potential consequences of a critical fall.
Identify floor rise correlates, including physical function, assistive device use, health condition, and balance confidence.
Choose appropriate interventions, including community-based fall prevention programs to address floor transfers.
Outline:
Introduction
Clinical Example (3:44)
The Critical Fall: Definition and Adverse Effects (6:30)
Fall History: Asking the Right Questions (10:19)
The Importance of Protecting the Head and Hip During a Fall (16:00)
The History of Studying Rising to Stand (18:41)
The Timed Supine to Stand Test: A Study of Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults (21:28)
Correlates of Rising to Stand (24:26)
Documentation Considerations (26:41)
Variations of the Timed Supine to Stand Test (27:40)
Who Is Appropriate for the Floor, and Who Is Not? (32:36)
Teaching Floor Transfers (34:50)
Setting Up Practice Sessions (40:34)
Self-Efficacy: What Does the Research Show? (42:40)
Community-Based Programs That Address Floor Recovery (45:54)
Floor Recovery, Falls, and Fear of Falling: Special Populations (53:12)
The Importance of Education and Our Role as Rehabilitation Professionals (55:00)
Summary (58:01)
Conclusion (1:00:04)
Instructor: Dennis W. Klima, PT, MS. PhD, DPT
Dennis Klima joined the University of Maryland Eastern Shore faculty in the fall of 2002. Prior to his UMES appointment, Dennis served as program director of the Physical Therapist Assistant Program at the Baltimore City Community College for 13 years. A graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in physical therapy in 1983 and began clinical experience at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore, Maryland. He received a Master of Science in Adult and Continuing Education and completed a PhD in Physical Therapy from Temple University. He supervises community-based fall prevention clinics for older adults on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and is a Master Trainer for the Stepping On Program. Dennis received his geriatric and neurologic clinical specializations from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. He has presented geriatric and neurologic continuing education courses locally, nationally, and internationally and has authored both peer-reviewed articles and book chapters related to falls among older adults.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Occupational Therapists; Physical Therapists; in the following settings: Rehabilitation Settings.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.