CEU Courses for OTs

This third course of the four-part series will provide a focus on the various considerations in the management of common shoulder conditions during the pre-operative, emergent, and acute stages. Particular emphasis is given to the application and integration of occupation-centered care with evidence-based guidelines.

Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease affecting the skin, internal organs, and blood vessels. People with scleroderma often develop severe contractures in their hands that make it very difficult to perform daily occupations. This course will review symptoms of scleroderma and the occupational therapist's role. Specific interventions to increase joint motion and manage daily tasks will be presented.

The past decade has seen an exponential growth in the use mindfulness-based interventions among health professionals. This program will explore how restorative yoga can be used by occupational therapy practitioners to promote occupational performance.

Occupational therapy and its role in the school system, including collaboration with special education, MTSS/RTI process, and how to make it a full-circle approach, will be discussed in this course. This course will also review deficits seen in the school and what strategies can be provided to school teams.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has identified that the majority of adults do not have proficient health literacy to understand health information, with some subgroups more adversely impacted than others. The status of health literacy in the U.S., and evidence-based strategies to ensure that information and services match individuals' capacity to understand and use them, are discussed in this course.

This second course of the four-part series will provide a focus on the various considerations when conducting an OT evaluation of common shoulder conditions throughout the continuum of recovery. Particular emphasis is given on combining occupation-centered care with evidence-based guidelines and inter-/intra-professional practice.

Pediatric seating and mobility equipment are not simply smaller than equipment designed for adults. This course will present the importance of pediatric positioning, clinical considerations, how to determine if a child is positioned adequately, as well as alternative positioning. A detailed case study will pull all the information together in a practical way.

Today's healthcare environment makes it difficult to address patients' needs. This podcast will discuss how we can be client-centered and comprehensive while also adhering to time constraints. This is part of the Continued Learning Podcast series.

This course is designed to help practitioners with the ethical dilemmas in everyday practice and to review the Tennessee Board of Occupational Therapy Chapter1150-02: General Rules Governing the Practice of Occupational Therapy. The information also includes the AOTA Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Ethics Standards, with a goal to promote a better understanding of the ethical decision making process in healthcare.

This first course of four-part series provides fundamental anatomical, biomechanical, and pathomechanical concepts in the evaluation and management of common shoulder conditions. This course will also review concepts of tissue healing and will provide a general overview of medical-surgical management approaches.