Date: Wednesday, October 10th at 12 PM CT (1 PM ET)
Title: Musculoskeletal Considerations in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Speakers: Ellen Hillegass PT, EdD, CCS, FAPTA, FAACVPR
President
Cardiopulmonary Specialists, Inc
This presentation will target Health care professionals working in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation who may not have background in understanding of the musculoskeletal system and conditions that occur post cardiovascular events and also with aging. These individuals working in cardiovascular rehabilitation should be assessing the musculoskeletal system prior to and during exercise and provide interventions to assist the individual in obtaining the optimal rehabilitation. In addition, clients entering cardiovascular rehabilitation should also be assessed for impairments with outcome measures that can show change following interventions in cardiovascular rehabilitation.
Learning Objectives:
1.The learner will be able to identify common musculoskeletal impairments found in the cardiovascular rehabilitation population
2. The learner will be able to assess for general musculoskeletal impairments
3. The learner will be able to provide 3 interventions for common musculoskeletal impairments found in the cardiovascular rehabilitation population
Financial Disclosure:
All individuals who have the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity have disclosed all relevant relationships within the past 12 months with any commercial interest. Relevant relationships are relationships with a commercial interest if the products and services of the commercial interest are related to the content of the educational activity.
Education Committee Co-chairs:
Nadine A. Greco, MS Nothing to Disclose
Carla M. Vorndran, MBA, FAACVPR Nothing to Disclose
Speakers:
Ellen Hillegass PT, EdD, CCS, FAPTA, FAACVPR Nothing to Disclose
CE Credit:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education (HSCE) and American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education (HSCE) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AACVPR CE: this course has been approved by the AACVPR Professional Education Committee for a total of 1.0 AACVPR Continuing Education Credits.
Nurse CE: Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education designates this activity for 1.0 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accessing CE Credits:
Successful completion is required in order to claim CE including 100% score on the knowledge assessment and completion of the course evaluation. All knowledge assessments and course evaluations are included in the Webcast Recording product. Instructions will be sent following the live webcast on how to access the Webcast Recording and take the knowledge assessment and course evaluation.
Please note that additional CE requests must identify the paid registrant with whom they are watching the Webcast. Additional CE will be available to purchase following the Live Event.
Registration for this event is closed.