Journal Club: Experienced Practitioners

$65.00

This innovative continuing education program is designed to help physical therapists implement evidence into practice. Current clinical research in pediatric physical therapy will be reviewed in detail and used as a model to translate new knowledge into clinician behavior change. The program is divided into four separate sessions and includes ongoing supported clinical implementation of course information. Participants (the target group is practitioners with >5 years of experience, but all are welcome) will learn strategies to gather, analyze, and apply knowledge relevant to clinical practice needs, along with specific recommendations for translation of this knowledge into daily clinical practice. All sessions will be interactive and include case based discussions on successes and challenges related to knowledge-to-action. In order to enhance and support learning, participants will be expected to complete readings and assignments in between sessions.

This innovative continuing education program is designed to help physical therapists implement evidence into practice. Current clinical research in pediatric physical therapy will be reviewed in detail and used as a model to translate new knowledge into clinician behavior change. The program is divided into four separate sessions and includes ongoing supported clinical implementation of course information. Participants (the target group is practitioners with >5 years of experience, but all are welcome) will learn strategies to gather, analyze, and apply knowledge relevant to clinical practice needs, along with specific recommendations for translation of this knowledge into daily clinical practice. All sessions will be interactive and include case based discussions on successes and challenges related to knowledge-to-action. In order to enhance and support learning, participants will be expected to complete readings and assignments in between sessions.

Learning Objectives
At the completion of this conference participants will be able to:

  1. Systematically gather, analyze, and apply information to improve clinical practice through:

    1. Database searching

    2. Article analysis

    3. Knowledge-to-action strategies

  2. Critically review four pediatric clinical research articles

  3. Integrate information from pediatric clinical research articles into clinical practice for self and colleagues

  4. Analyze the effectiveness of the knowledge-to-action plan and modify as appropriate

Note: This course will provide 8 CEU credits. Participants must attend and participate in all four sessions and successfully complete all course assignments in order to receive the CEU credits. Participants who miss any sessions will have their CEU credits adjusted accordingly.