Are you ready to take on the rapidly emerging role of an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist? Medical screening is an integral component of the skill set of an Physiotherapists working in advanced practice roles. This 10-week fully online program provides over 15 contact hours of self-paced learning through 10 comprehensive audio-visual modules supported by downloadable handouts, readings, case studies, videos and additional resource materials. Participants will be grounded in medical screening concepts from both a regional and systems approach. Clinical utilization guidelines, practice recommendations are delivered with quick reference summary tables provided in the 325 page handouts, which may be downloaded and printed for future reference. A certificate of completion is provided for your professional portfolio and recertification provided biennially through an ongoing competency maintenance program. This course is open to Physiotherapists practicing in all areas of the health care system. As all program content is delivered on-line, reliable access to Internet services should be secured. Prospective registrants can contact the instructor at jack@keyclinskills.ca if they require more information about the program.
| Unit 1 Introduction | Screening is not an option Advanced practice models Medical traffic lights |
| Unit 2 Health screening | Visceral pain patterns Health status forms Systems approach |
| Unit 3 The “Big 3” | Hypertension Arthritis Depression |
| Unit 4 Inflammatory conditions | Sero-positive arthritis Sero-negative arthritis Non-articular conditions |
| Unit 5 Cancer screening | Pathways for metastases Endogenous factors Exogenous factors |
| Unit 6 Regional screening Cranium, Cervical | Headaches Myelopathy/ Radiculopathy Visceral |
| Unit 7 Regional screening Thorax Lumbo-pelvic | Metabolic bone lesions Radiculopathy / Stenosis Visceral / Vascular |
| Unit 8 Regional screening Upper limb | Visceral Vascular Bone lesions |
| Unit 9 Regional screening Lower limb | Visceral Vascular Bone lesions |
| Unit 10 Systems screening | Digestive, Cardio-vascular Endocrine, Urogenital Integumentary, Medications |
