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Instructional Level: Intermediate

Accreditation Information:

Course Outline:

Hour 1

  • Health care screening terminology
  • Role of physical therapist in medical screening
  • Rationale for medical screening
  • Primary care models in U.S.
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Levels/ grades of evidence
  • Statistics & clinical metrics
  • Clinical prediction rules
  • Physical Therapy Examination
  • Physical Therapy Evaluation
  • Medical Screening & Triaging

Hour 2

  • Pain Science
  • Sources of pain
  • Central sensitization
  • Peripheral sensitization
  • Use of yellow/red flags in medical screening
  • Case study
  • Medical intake & interview
  • Pain questionnaires
  • Self-report measures
  • Systems-based symptoms
  • Specific yellow/red flags
  • Concepts in communication

Author

Robert McCabe, MS, DPT, OCS

Direct Access: Foundations of Medical Screening

Direct Access: Foundations of Medical Screening

2 Hours Instructional Level: Intermediate
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Description:

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of medical screening strategies and techniques based on a systems approach. Through this course, students will learn to identify and evaluate various red flag findings and clinical manifestations associated with different body systems. The course will focus on developing students' skills in recognizing potential health issues, which will aid in early detection and intervention.

Full Course Description
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of medical screening strategies and techniques based on a systems approach. Through this course, students will learn to identify and evaluate various red flag findings and clinical manifestations associated with different body systems. The course will focus on developing students' skills in recognizing potential health issues, which will aid in early detection and intervention.

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of medical screening strategies and techniques based on a systems approach. Through this course, students will learn to identify and evaluate various red flag findings and clinical manifestations associated with different body systems. The course will focus on developing students' skills in recognizing potential health issues, which will aid in early detection and intervention.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Identify the definition of direct access.
  2. Recognize why physical therapists are suited to serve as a primary care provider.
  3. Identify the difference between specificity and sensitivity as it applies to a clinical screening test.
  4. Recognize the minimally accepted metrics for specificity as it applies to a clinical screening test.
  5. Select the three possible outcomes during the triaging process.
  6. Select three sources of pain.
  7. Identify three flags from Greenhalgh’s hierarchy of red flags.
  8. Identify two red flags/symptoms that implicate the gastrointestinal system.
  9. Recognize two signs/symptoms that serve as red flags for domestic abuse.
  10. Identify the funneling technique during the interview process.

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of medical screening strategies and techniques based on a systems approach. Through this course, students will learn to identify and evaluate various red flag findings and clinical manifestations associated with different body systems. The course will focus on developing students' skills in recognizing potential health issues, which will aid in early detection and intervention.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Identify the definition of direct access.
  2. Recognize why physical therapists are suited to serve as a primary care provider.
  3. Identify the difference between specificity and sensitivity as it applies to a clinical screening test.
  4. Recognize the minimally accepted metrics for specificity as it applies to a clinical screening test.
  5. Select the three possible outcomes during the triaging process.
  6. Select three sources of pain.
  7. Identify three flags from Greenhalgh’s hierarchy of red flags.
  8. Identify two red flags/symptoms that implicate the gastrointestinal system.
  9. Recognize two signs/symptoms that serve as red flags for domestic abuse.
  10. Identify the funneling technique during the interview process.

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 2 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved.

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial – Robert McCabe is employed by NYU Center for Musculoskeletal Care and receives a salary. He receives payment from Colibri Healthcare, LLC for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 2 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved.

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial – Robert McCabe is employed by NYU Center for Musculoskeletal Care and receives a salary. He receives payment from Colibri Healthcare, LLC for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.