EXFRM 2715 Neurological Rehabilitation
Update your knowledge and advance your clinical skills in neurological rehabilitation. In this course, you will learn the latest best practices and clinical guidelines for the rehabilitation management of neurological conditions including Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia, stroke, brain injury, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease. You will better understand these conditions and learn to develop an evidence-based rehabilitation treatment plan for them.
This online course is designed for physical therapists, occupational therapists, nurses, kinesiologists, recreational therapists, therapy assistants and other rehabilitation professionals.
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
- January 11 - February 19, 2027
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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
Kim Dao, PT, DPT is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy with more than fifteen years of clinical practice in acute care, rehabilitation and outpatient settings.
She taught at the University of Alberta for over eleven years and is currently an Assistant Professor with the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Tufts University. Her teaching focuses on neuroscience, neuromuscular practice management, aging, complex conditions, prosthetics and orthotics.
More Information
Please submit an application form then proceed to make the course fee payment at:
EXFRM 2715 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.
By the end of this microcredential, you will be able to:
- Describe the pathophysiology and medical management of common neurologic conditions in Canada (Alzheimer’s Disease/dementia, stroke, brain injury, epilepsy, and Parkinson’s Disease).
- Summarize the clinical presentations of common neurologic conditions.
- Develop an evidence-based rehabilitation treatment plan for patients with common neurologic conditions, including using the latest technology.
This course 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 successfully 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 completion of each module participants will be issued a faculty digital certificate noting the number of educational hours.
Contact us at sdrefs@ualberta.ca.