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 September 18 - October 28, 2023.

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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

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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How to Apply

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Part 1 (online course): $250 Course Fee

Payment at: Course Payment

A 100% refund of the $250 course fee is available to students who withdraw before the first day of the course.

Course Offerings

Now registering for the course running September 18 - October 28, 2023

Format

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.

Assessment

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.

Recognition

Upon successful completion of each module participants will be issued a faculty digital
certificate noting the number of educational hours.

Questions

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