Community Rehabilitation - Allied Health Management of Chronic Conditions

Community rehabilitation - Allied health 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. This course is taught in a remote format of online lectures, knowledge checks, case studies, and virtual instructor interaction.

Now registering for the course running February 5 - March 15, 2024.

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Course Goals

• Review the pathophysiology and clinical presentation of select chronic conditions
• Highlight key components of rehabilitation assessment for select 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

COURSE HOURS

The course is approximately 1 credit equivalent (13 content hours).  However, you should expect to spend somewhere between 18-35 total hours on the course (varies depending on the individual). We do equate the course on the high end of that and 35 educational hours appear on the digital certificates that are issued after course completion

*If you are an allied health staff member with Alberta Health Services and you support University of Alberta Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine student placements (e.g. preceptor, site coordinator) you may be eligible to receive complimentary registration for this micro-course. Please contact alliedhealth.education@ahs.ca for more information.

*If you are a current (2023-24) Faculty of Rehab Medicine (FRM) Affiliated Clinical Educator you may be eligible to receive a 15% discount for this micro-course.  Please contact frmcpe@ualberta.ca for more information.

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.

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