Course Code: REL-RTS-0-22POD1
Hours: 1.25
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Identify best practices for assessing cognitive abilities and leveraging the expertise of the interdisciplinary team.
Determine best practices for implementing physical therapy interventions based on a person’s cognitive abilities.
Outline:
Introduction
Key Takeaways from Today’s Discussion (2:38)
Using the Allen Cognitive Score: A Clinical Example (3:49)
Cognitive Scores and Interventions: Overcoming Knowledge Gaps (9:19)
The Allen Cognitive Levels (ACL) Scale Explained (14:33)
Matching Interventions to Cognitive Assessments (23:50)
Interdisciplinary Team Education and Approach (28:38)
Review of Blocked Practice (32:09)
Leveraging Implicit Memories Using Spaced Retrieval (37:48)
Interventions for Patients with Moderate or Severe Dementia (44:37)
Are Cognitive Screens as Useful as the ACL? (54:08)
What to Include in Your Documentation (56:01)
Conclusion (58:56)
Subject Matter Expert: Andrea Ecsedy, PT, DPT, NCS
Andrea Ecsedy, PT, DPT currently works SavaSeniorCare Consulting, LLC as the National Director of Evidence-based Practice. Dr. Ecsedy has 38 years of clinical experience and has been a board-certified clinical specialist in neurologic physical therapy for 28 years. Her clinical focus has been in the areas of balance and vestibular dysfunction, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, and other neurologic dysfunctions. She owned a private practice for 8 years providing neurological and vestibular rehab to outpatients of all ages. Andrea has extensive teaching background to include guest lecturing at several university physical therapy curriculums. She is presently adjunct faculty for PTA programs at Mendocino College and Shasta College. Andrea also serves on the JNPT Orthotic and Neuro Prosthetics Knowledge Translation task force and serves as a Clinical Content Expert for the Specialist Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy.
Writer: Tiffany Shubert, PT, PhD
Dr. Shubert has a Master’s in Physical Therapy from UC San Francisco/San Francisco State University and a PhD in Human Movement Science from UNC Chapel Hill. She is a licensed physical therapist with over 20 years of clinical experience. She has taught in pre and post-professional DPT programs and is a funded researcher with 35 peer-reviewed publications. The majority of her research has focused on evidence-based fall risk management and the dissemination and implementation of the Otago Exercise Program.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: 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.