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Knowledge Pathway: Prevention
Recommended for our Early Professional Attendees
Nutrition Fact or Fiction:
Providing Evidence-Based Education
In today’s digital era, information, and misinformation, is readily available for most people via media outlets, social media and online streaming videos . Nutrition is of utmost interest due to its role in health, fitness and weight management. Because of the public interest and information availability, a general, evidence- based nutrition counseling should be provided by all qualified health care providers to appropriate patients in an effort to refute any misunderstandings and deliver accurate guidance .
This session will discuss common nutritional “myths” and how
to use evidence-based practice to answer patient questions in regard to diets, weight loss, cardiovascular health and athletic performance . The session will also discuss the physical therapist and physical therapist assistant’s scope of practice in terms of nutrition counseling and how to practice within this scope . The course is designed to provide a source of practitioner and patient evidence-based nutritional education to facilitate the nutritional counseling process .
Learning Objectives:
• Accurately summarize the physical therapist and physical therapist assistant scope of practice regarding nutritional counseling .
• Correctly discriminate between nutritional facts and fiction using evidence-based practice .
• Correctly apply the evidence-based practice guidelines to produce an introductory nutritional counseling session of a physical therapy patient .
Content Leader:
Nicole Schroeder, PT, DPT, CSCS
Knowledge Pathway: Movement Bridging the Gap Towards Wellness:
Can the Experts in Human Movement be the Drivers?
Physical therapists are experts in human movement . Physical activity is defined as the movement of the body using energy, and exercise is a form of physical activity . Many chronic diseases are correlated to a lack of physical activity . Physical therapy professionals are trained to apply special disease considerations in dosing physical activity safely and effectively . Physical therapy professionals can be drivers in the community and individual physical activity, and through inter-professional communication, promote change in patient and client wellness . The goal of today is to open minds to incorporating wellness in physical therapy
day to day evaluation and intervention . This lecture will provide an innovative structure to a physical therapy wellness-focused evaluation and provide a discussion on the future of wellness in physical therapy .
Learning Objectives:
• Explain the impact of a lack of physical activity on chronic disease .
• Strategically plan wellness intake, tests and measures, and interventions to be incorporated into a physical therapy examination and plan of care .
• Determine the need for inter-professional communication and referral to enhance patient outcomes .
• Generate ideas for incorporating wellness into day to day physical therapy operation .
Content Leader:
Angela Huber, PT, DPT
Board-Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist
Knowledge Pathway: Wildcard Reduce Your Stress: Strategies for Smart
Documentation
There has been a recent increase in OTPTAT Board disciplinary action, including among OPTA members, which indicates the
need for continuing education regarding documentation .
This presentation will provide an overview of documentation requirements for the PT and PTA, with a focus on improving quality and demonstrating skill . Accurate, defensible documentation is critical for protecting yourself and your license, as well as for efficient continuity of care and maximizing reimbursement. Course content will culminate into real-life examples from documentation peer review findings and an interactive round table discussion that focuses on legal and ethical issues surrounding documentation .
Learning Objectives:
• Provide an overview of recent OTPTAT Board actions and peer review complaints to reflect on the current therapy environment .
• Discuss strategy for producing defensible documentation that demonstrates skilled services and meets legal requirements .
• Highlight key areas of practice that require ethical decision making .
Content Leaders:
Lisa Kohler, PT, DPT
Alexia Lairson, PT, DPT
Board-Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist
Truly Moore, PT, Cert. MDT, TPS Jill Dubbs, PT, DPT
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