STROKE REHABILITATION - MODULE 1: MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS, IMPROVING PARTICIPATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE, TAS

Course overview

This course utilizes content from the textbook ?Stroke Rehabilitation ? A Function Based Approach? Third Edition by Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA ? 2011, published by Elsevier. Instructional Level: Beginner to Intermediate This course provides the latest research in assessment and intervention; offering a definitive guide to successful outcomes in stroke rehabilitation. The text combines aspects of background medical information, a comprehensive review of standardized and nonstandardized evaluation procedures and assessments, treatment techniques and evidence-based interventions. Throughout this course clinicians are provided with specific suggestions to maintain a client-centered approach when working with stroke survivors. The course includes the most up-to-date research on stroke rehabilitation from a variety of rehabilitation settings and professions, challenging the clinician to use the most current treatment approaches (including both remediation and adaptation approaches) to decrease impairments, prevent secondary complications, improve the clients ability to perform meaningful activities, decrease participation restrictions and improve quality of life. To better meet your professional needs, this fully illustrated text of 776 pages has been carefully broken down by sections into 7 modules. Each module approved for 10 contact hours of post-graduate continuing education (NOTE: board approvals vary state to state, please check your states approval status in the state specific course catalog by returning to our home page and entering both your state and profession). Each 10 contact hour module can be purchased individually or combined with one or all of the other modules from this course to create a Course Bundle. Each course is offered in two easy formats to again meet your professional needs. You can choose to have immediate access to your course by selecting the online format (PDF download) or a hard copy of the material can be rushed to your home by selecting our mail format. Module Description Included in Module 1: Medical Management, Psychological Aspects, Improving Participation and Quality of Life, Task Oriented Approach with Activity-Based Intervention Chapter 1: Pathophysiology, Medical Management, and Acute Rehabilitation of Stroke Survivors Chapter 2: Psychological Aspects of Stroke Rehabilitation Chapter 3: Improving Participation and Quality of Life through Occupation Chapter 4: Task-Oriented Approach to Stroke Rehabilitation Chapter 5: Activity-Based Intervention in Stroke Rehabilitation Module Goals Stroke Rehabilitation Module 1: Medical Management, Psychological Aspects, Improving Participation and Quality of Life, Task Oriented Approach with Activity- Based Intervention. Course Goals and Objectives Course Goals:This course is intended to instruct the professional through a self-paced study on Medical Management, Psychological Aspects, Improving Participation and Quality of Life and Task Oriented Approach with Activity Based Intervention. Professional Learning Objectives 1. Discuss the pathology of a stroke. 2. Differentiate between the various sources of emboli. 3. Demonstrate knowledge in the types of thrombotic stroke. 4. Discuss lacunar syndrome. 5. Identify possible causes of hemorrhagic stroke. 6. Demonstrate knowledge in Strokelike Syndromes. 7. Discuss medical stroke management for patients who have had ischemic strokes. 8. Explain thrombolytic therapy and when this type of treatment should be initiated. 9. Identify neurological complications associated with stroke. 10. Differentiate between seizures in patients with SAH and patients with ICH. 11. Demonstrate knowledge in the psychological aspects of stroke rehabilitation.