Neurological Rehabilitation

This online course will provide an update on best practice and clinical guidelines for the medical and rehabilitation management of common neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s Disease/dementia, stroke, brain injury, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s Disease.

The online course is 13 content hours delivered over a 6-week timeframe.

Now accepting registrations for the next course running September 26 - November 4, 2022

Course Goals

  • Describe the pathophysiology and medical management of the common neurologic conditions in Canada (Alzheimer’s Disease/dementia, stroke, brain injury, epilepsy, and Parkinson’s Disease)
  • Summarize the clinical presentations of various common neurologic conditions
  • Develop an evidence-based rehabilitation treatment plan for patients for common neurologic conditions, including use of technological advances.
Portrait of Kim Dao

Course Instructor

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 focus is on neuroscience, neuromuscular practice management, aging, complex conditions, and
prosthetics and orthotics.

More Information

How to Apply

Please submit an application form then proceed to make the course fee payment at:

Application Form

Course Fee Payment

Online Course: $250 course fee.

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

Course Offerings
September 26 - November 4, 2022
Format
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.
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

Contact us at sdrefs@ualberta.ca