Science is ever changing, thus, so is what we do. If we only stick to what we know now, three to five years down the road.. you might lose your credibility and clientele. We should always strive for excellence and professional advancement. One way to brush up your knowledge and skills is attend seminars and courses of high quality (speakers and organization). I have short listed seminars which I think will help your clinical practice.
A true professional empties his cup to learn and fill his cup with new ideas. He continually seeks for ways to be more efficient and skilled at what he does. As healthcare and medical professionals, it is our duty to give the best quality service to our patients/clients. And, it is only through continuing education that we can be at par and upgrade our clinical practice.
Science is ever changing, thus, so is what we do. If we only stick to what we know now, three to five years down the road.. you might lose your credibility and clientele. We should always strive for excellence and professional advancement. One way to brush up your knowledge and skills is attend seminars and courses of high quality (speakers and organization). I have short listed seminars which I think will help your clinical practice.
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It has been two years and almost seven months since I crossed that finish line. Just this month, I had to renew my license as a practicing physical therapist in the Philippines. How time flies by... Now I am seeing family, friends and future colleagues reach the same finish line. These days, all around social media, almost everyday, there would be a post of someone crossing that line, graduating and getting a diploma. This is why I dedicate this post to all those who made it until the end and never gave up.. to those who are about to graduate.. to those who are aspiring to reach the finish line.
In today’s world where Biomechanical science still speaks of the laws of nature and movement within a mechanical reference and as being one that is fixed and quantified beyond future questioning, your conclusion thus would naturally think that evolution into Biomechanics has been met and no further knowledge can be or should be examined. However on inspection the foundation upon which Biomechanics has based its history may be implemented with problems and unrealities when dealing with the human organism. This article will attempt to ask two questions: firstly is Biomechanics correct when describing all human movement? And secondly, what are the problems that have arisen if not?
Before the above two question are postulated a look at the reasons as to why Biomechanics may have problems needs addressing. Dynamic Concepts Webinar Series: Session 5American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Improving the care and well being of workers through science and the sharing of knowledge presents EVIDENCE BASED TREATMENT FOR |
Learn more about the different cervical and thoracic conditions. The recorded webinar presented last December 6, 2010 talks about signs and symptoms of each disorder for a more accurate diagnosis. It also focuses on evidence based evaluation, assessment and treatment of common cervical and thoracic spinal disorders. *Any CME/MOC credit for this activity mentioned within the presentation has expired and is no longer valid. |
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Jeffrey S. Harris, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Senior Physician, The Permanente Medical Group; President, J. Harris Associates, Inc.; Clinical Associate Professor, University of California at San Francisco, University of Utah and Medical College of Wisconsin
Senior Physician, The Permanente Medical Group; President, J. Harris Associates, Inc.; Clinical Associate Professor, University of California at San Francisco, University of Utah and Medical College of Wisconsin
Activities/Associations:
Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Policies and Procedures Committee, ACOEM; President and member of the Board of Directors, Collaborative for Excellence in Occupational Medicine (CEOM); Methodology Committee and Evidence-Based Practice Committee, ACOEM; Consultant, Evidence-Based Medicine Task Force, ACOEM; Associate Chair, Scientific Affairs Committee; Editor, ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 1st Edition and Associate Editor, 2nd Edition; past chair, Practice Guidelines Committee, ACOEM, 1994-98; Guideline Quality Review Committee, The Permanente 6 Federation/Care Management Institute; Reviewer, the Cochrane Collaboration, Musculoskeletal and Low Back Groups and Occupational Medicine Field; and American College of Physicians/American Pain Society Low Back Guideline. - See more at: ACOEM website
Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Policies and Procedures Committee, ACOEM; President and member of the Board of Directors, Collaborative for Excellence in Occupational Medicine (CEOM); Methodology Committee and Evidence-Based Practice Committee, ACOEM; Consultant, Evidence-Based Medicine Task Force, ACOEM; Associate Chair, Scientific Affairs Committee; Editor, ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 1st Edition and Associate Editor, 2nd Edition; past chair, Practice Guidelines Committee, ACOEM, 1994-98; Guideline Quality Review Committee, The Permanente 6 Federation/Care Management Institute; Reviewer, the Cochrane Collaboration, Musculoskeletal and Low Back Groups and Occupational Medicine Field; and American College of Physicians/American Pain Society Low Back Guideline. - See more at: ACOEM website
Bringing Out The Evidence of Lack of Evidence Based Practice
How many times have you treated a certain case with the same management over and over again with different patients? Have you ever given the same home exercise program handouts to patients of similar diagnosis? Was there a time you did special tests and measures but it did not yield a positive result to the condition? Are you guilty of all of these? I know I was.
This is just proof that we are not as committed to incorporate evidence based practice in our profession. We know well that every patient no matter how similar the case may be will have a different response to an assessment or treatment. We also know pretty well that patient’s compliance to physical therapy sucks as hell. But because handing out HEPs (as Ryan Kelps points out) is easier, we just go with it. Same goes for the monotonous treatment protocols we provide to patients.
The problem does not lie with the patients being lazy but US being lazy. We do not give them the support they need. When, as a matter of fact, there many materials out there to work with; that will make them more compliant. This is where evidence based practice comes into play.
This is just proof that we are not as committed to incorporate evidence based practice in our profession. We know well that every patient no matter how similar the case may be will have a different response to an assessment or treatment. We also know pretty well that patient’s compliance to physical therapy sucks as hell. But because handing out HEPs (as Ryan Kelps points out) is easier, we just go with it. Same goes for the monotonous treatment protocols we provide to patients.
The problem does not lie with the patients being lazy but US being lazy. We do not give them the support they need. When, as a matter of fact, there many materials out there to work with; that will make them more compliant. This is where evidence based practice comes into play.
Dynamic Concept Series 4: Positional Release of The Spine with Dr. Leon Chaitow
As presented by Hands On Seminars: Manual Therapy Training Education 'The leading continuing education organization with a purpose to provide the best quality Manual Therapy seminars at an affordable cost.' |
Positional Release Technique was based on strain - counterstrain (by Lawrence Jones, DO) and was developed by George Roth, Kerry D’Ambrogio and other pioneers of musculoskeletal therapy. It is a non-traumatic manual therapy technique to treat neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders or basically those with somatic dysfunction. Assessment and treatment utilizes tender points and the patient's position of comfort. It causes a positive change in muscle activity , sympathetic nervous system and circulation by applying forces AWAY from resistance.
Medical professionals were taught about different types of illnesses and its mechanisms. Learning the cause of each would greatly help in determining the treatment action plan and preventing worse conditions to happen. This is what is known as PATHOGENESIS. From the Greek words 'pathos' and 'genesis,' meaning the 'disease' and 'creation.' The new Latin word was first used in 1876. From then on, most medical practitioners believed that the path to health was focused on the disease itself, discovering its origins and determinants.
After passing internship and graduation, every physical therapy student's relief is short-lived. The epic exam of a lifetime is at the back of every PT graduate's mind. For months, it is one's dream to covet the title Physical Therapist Registered in the Philippines (PTRP). Sounds pathetic but it's true. It is the moment every PT graduate has been waiting for to be licensed, join the work force and dive into the medical world as a professional.
But what happen's next after the hoorays of passing the licensure examination? You already have the title in your name, but what now? Soon enough you get settled and take everything in. Being a registered therapist, you are now ready and bound to enter the real world independently. As you go through the professional life, you get to realize many things....
Dynamic Concept Series 3: Strength Essentials for Lower Back Problems
Almost 80% of the world's population suffers from low back problems. At some point in your life, I'll guess that you've experienced it as well. Back pains sometimes persist due to improper diagnosis or inappropriate exercise rehabilitation plan. Tim Keeley, who is the director of Physio Fitness, gives pointers on the essential corrective exercises and rehab principles for hyperlordotic posture, disc problems, sacroiliac joint pain and the 'flat back and no glutes' syndrome. Learn the right muscles to strengthen, what to stretch, the right time to do it and what not to do in the gym!