Clinical Case Presentations Continuing Education Opportunity for Physical Therapists

Description

This project is a continuing education opportunity offered to physical therapists that are clinical instructors for Bellarmin University in Louisville, KY, USA.  The university is offering this as a special opportunity to receive four contact hours of category 1 continuing education credit. This project has state board approval.

Project Instructors

Instructed by Elaine Lonnemann & Dr. David Pariser at Bellarmine University, Louisville KY, USA

Project Dates

August 2010 - ongoing

Project Objectives

The case presentations course will offer strategies to provide

1. Clinician exposure to online learning in a wiki format
2. Professional writing opportunities for clinicians with external peer review
3. Clinician understanding of the components of a case presentation that potentially be published as a case report with the addition of a literature review and supportive studies
4. Clinician exposure to professional literature related to current evidence-based practice (EBP) guidelines
5. An interactive forum between clinical instructors (CI’s), students and academic faculty for collaborative learning in contemporary practice topics
6. An ongoing forum to present contemporary clinical practice standards and expectations
7. Academic institution support and appreciation to CI’s for contributions to the training of future clinicians. 

Project Directions

If you are treating an interesting patient and would like to write the case up in return for credit you can do so by following these instructions:

1. Contact Elaine for approval of patient diagnosis
2. Write up the case presentation based on this template
3. Email your completed case presentation to either Elaine or Dave
4. Your case presentation will then be reviewed
5. Once approved your case presentation will be added to the appropriate clinical pages in Physiopedia and also to the Case Studies section.
6. You will receive your continuing education credit after completing the course feedback survey from this link.
   

Feedback

Any feedback you have for us is welcomed and you can contact Elaine Lonnemann by email ([email protected]).  If this project was utilized, please let us know!