Seminar Detail
Falls and Balance
- Where:
- FARGO, ND
- When:
- Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Course Description:
Fall injuries and the corresponding detriment to patient care and facility liability have grown over the last decade. As we age, our balance is affected and falls increase. Fortunately, most causes of falls and instability can be treated successfully, resulting in improved mobility and reduced risk of falls.
Attend this seminar and explore up-to-date, clinically-relevant evaluation and treatment techniques for improving balance. Shani T. Johnson will focus your learning on the selection and use of the most appropriate tools for assessing balance/fall risk and evaluating function. You will examine the relationship between cognition, the sensory system, medications and balance control problems. Leave this seminar with cutting-edge strategies and prevention techniques to improve patient outcomes.
Fall injuries and the corresponding detriment to patient care and facility liability have grown over the last decade. As we age, our balance is affected and falls increase. Fortunately, most causes of falls and instability can be treated successfully, resulting in improved mobility and reduced risk of falls.
Attend this seminar and explore up-to-date, clinically-relevant evaluation and treatment techniques for improving balance. Shani T. Johnson will focus your learning on the selection and use of the most appropriate tools for assessing balance/fall risk and evaluating function. You will examine the relationship between cognition, the sensory system, medications and balance control problems. Leave this seminar with cutting-edge strategies and prevention techniques to improve patient outcomes.
Please refer to the course brochure for continuing education information.
Learner Objectives:
- Identify the various predictors and risk factors of falls, and the current concepts of balance control.
- Identify and demonstrate the rationale and strategies for fall prevention.
- Develop screening/examination processes for the patient at risk of falls.
- Identify red flags that may contribute to fall risk.
- utilize various types of functional balance tests.
- Develop and integrate functional balance tests for outcomes measures and treatment planning.
- Differentiate various types of treatment interventions, and apply them to patient care.
SHANI T. JOHNSON, MPT, DSCPT, CMPT
Shani T. Johnson is a licensed physical therapist with over 20 years of experience in the profession. She has been a private practice owner for over eleven years and completed her Doctorate of Science in Physical Therapy from Andrews University in Michigan in 2012. Manual therapy is key with her practice and further education; she has taken NAIOMT coursework through level IV and is a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist.
Shani is a graduate of the University of Iowa Physical Therapy program and has held a variety of positions in her career. She has worked as a staff PT for a traveling company, worked with special needs children, has been the Rehab Manager for multiple facilities and a Regional Rehabilitation Director of skilled nursing homes. She has also consulted with PTs on starting their own private practices.
As an active member of the APTA, WPTA, Section on Women's Health, Orthopedic and the Private Practice Section of the APTA, Shani understands the importance of physical therapy as an integral role in the challenges that are ever-present in the healthcare system today. As a direct access practitioner, she understands the relevance of critical thinking and uses it consistently with her patient population. She has provided educational training in a variety of settings, and is enthusiastic about helping other physical therapists enhance their skills.
Disclosures:
Financial: Shani T. Johnson is receiving a fee for speaking at today's educational activity.
Nonfinancial: Shani T. Johnson has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Shani is a graduate of the University of Iowa Physical Therapy program and has held a variety of positions in her career. She has worked as a staff PT for a traveling company, worked with special needs children, has been the Rehab Manager for multiple facilities and a Regional Rehabilitation Director of skilled nursing homes. She has also consulted with PTs on starting their own private practices.
As an active member of the APTA, WPTA, Section on Women's Health, Orthopedic and the Private Practice Section of the APTA, Shani understands the importance of physical therapy as an integral role in the challenges that are ever-present in the healthcare system today. As a direct access practitioner, she understands the relevance of critical thinking and uses it consistently with her patient population. She has provided educational training in a variety of settings, and is enthusiastic about helping other physical therapists enhance their skills.
Disclosures:
Financial: Shani T. Johnson is receiving a fee for speaking at today's educational activity.
Nonfinancial: Shani T. Johnson has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
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If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
The planning committee and staff who controlled the content of this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. For speaker disclosures, please see speaker bios.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Kids, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
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Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI Rehab, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.
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