EXFRM 2722 Community Rehabilitation & Management of Chronic Conditions
In this course the learner will explore updates in the rehabilitation care and support/monitoring for those with chronic conditions such as Frailty, Arthritis, COPD, and Long-COVID.
Course Registration
Registration now available for the following sections (see details under 'How to Register')
- September 7 - October 16, 2026
- October 19 - November 27, 2026
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COURSE HOURS
The course is approximately 12 content hours. Completion times amongst individual participants vary however 35 educational hours appear on the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine digital certificate issued after successful course completion. A digital badge issued by UofA CE is also available through MyCreds.
Course facilitator
Gabriela Abbud is a physiotherapist and has worked as an Assistant Teaching Professor with the University of Alberta at the Calgary Satellite since 2016. She has clinical experience in acute care, outpatient neurological rehabilitation and chronic disease management, return to work and transition hospitals. She is involved in teaching several different topics in the MScPT program and is the Clinical Education Coordinator at the Calgary Satellite.
More Information
Step 1: Please submit the CE Unit application form
EXFRM 2722 CE Unit Application Form
Step 2: Proceed to create a UofA CERegister account
Step 3: Register for a course section on CERegister
Cost $285
Visit UofA Continuing Education for information on course withdrawal, refund, and transfer policy.
Course Goals
- Review the pathophysiology and clinical presentation of select chronic conditions.
- Highlight key components of rehabilitation assessment for selected chronic conditions.
- Provide learners with up-to-date and evidence-based interprofessional management
strategies for select chronic conditions. - Demonstrate how technology can be used in the assessment and/or treatment of
chronic conditions.
Course learning objectives
- Discuss the pathophysiology, prevalence, and clinical presentation of frailty, arthritis, COPD and Long-COVID.
- Identify key components of the rehabilitation assessment, including objective measures appropriate for specific chronic conditions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the rehabilitation strategies, education, and training of clients with chronic conditions from an interdisciplinary lens.
- Explain how technology such as telerehabilitation or mobile applications can be used in the assessment and treatment of clients with chronic conditions.
- Apply theory learning to practical case study examples.
- Discuss the pathophysiology, prevalence, and clinical presentation of frailty, arthritis, COPD and Long-COVID.
- Identify key components of the rehabilitation assessment, including objective measures appropriate for specific chronic conditions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the rehabilitation strategies, education, and training of clients with chronic conditions from an interdisciplinary lens.
- Explain how technology such as telerehabilitation or mobile applications can be used in the assessment and treatment of clients with chronic conditions.
- Apply theory learning to practical case study examples.
The course content is delivered 100% asynchronously meaning there is no requirement to be online at a specific class date and time. Participants can complete the learning activities in a place and time of their choosing. Content is accessible twenty four (24) hours-a-day from any location with an internet connection.
There are no grades for this course. Instead, students receive a complete or incomplete score based on satisfactory completion of the course. To complete the course students are required to work through all learning activities and achieve 60% on all the knowledge check quizzes at the end of each module. Students are given unlimited quiz attempts and can challenge these at any time throughout the course.
Upon successful completion of each module participants will be issued a faculty digital certificate noting the number of educational hours.