Instructors:
Geoff Willard, PT, DPT, NCS
Amy Jo Rohe, MSOT, OTR/L, CBIS

Course Description:
Stroke accounts for a large amount of death and disability annually across the world. With advancing medicine, more individuals are surviving stroke than ever. As rehabilitation professionals, it is our responsibility to provide these individuals with the most evidence-based approach to examination and treatment to maximize functional recovery. The goal of this course is to provide a comprehensive approach to stroke management based on functional presentation. In addition, we will review medical, pharmacological, and anatomical characteristics in stroke management to develop a collaborative and thorough approach to treatment.

Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, PT/OT participants will be able to:

  • Describe incidence, prevalence, and characteristics of individuals who suffer from stroke
  •  Apply understanding of neuroanatomy to functional exam and treatment planning
  • Integrate task analysis into functional examination and treatment planning
  •  Develop appropriate evidence-based treatment utilizing the principles of neuroplasticity through case-based learning
  •  Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive patient care plan
  • Discuss secondary risks for stroke survivors and professional role in intervention

At the end of this course, PTA/OTA participants will be able to:

  • Describe incidence, prevalence, and characteristics of individuals who suffer from stroke
  • Correlate gross neuroanatomy with clinical findings
  • Understand and implement evidence-based interventions and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes
  • Better understand the examination process, clinical reasoning, and task analysis in individuals post-stroke
  • Discuss secondary risks for stroke survivors and professional role in intervention

Intended Audience:
The information presented in this course is clinically relevant for licensed Physical Therapist (PT), Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA), Occupational Therapist (OT), and Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) clinical designations.

Contact Hours:
This course has been approved for 18 Contact Hours.

Continuing Education credit for each participant who meets the satisfactory course completion requirements (licensed in FL) will be automatically uploaded to CE Broker, which means the Florida Boards will have record of your attendance, even if you do not have your own personal CE Broker account. Course certificates will be provided at the completion of the course for those that meet the course completion requirements. Certificates will be mailed for courses that include a post-course test.

Enrollment:
If you are a Brooks Clinician and want to pay by cost center, please fill out this registration form and return the check and form to the Brooks IHL.

Satisfactory Course Completion:
Full course attendance (including signing the attendance sheet each day), performance demonstrations and question and answer session.

Course Evaluation/Survey:
Within 48 hours of course completion, you will receive a post course survey. The IHL values your feedback and we thank you in advance for taking the survey.