Raising the Bar: Including Physical Activity in Clinical Care

Course overview

Feel like you are treating one body part, but not the whole person? Try fully incorporating Physical Activity into your practice. Physical Activity can help you to justify medical necessity for your patients. Confused as to what Physical Activity entails? This course will show you everything you need to know to include physical activity in your practice. Watch three patient cases where you will see the real time application of the best, research-based tools, techniques and treatment progression. Discover why physical activity is such an important factor to add to your routine practice. Walk away with a strong understanding of what the Physical Activity guidelines are and how addressing them with every one of your older patients will have long term, positive impact form them and you. Receive specific guidance on how to screen for appropriateness of exercise for every patient. Learn several ways to measure intensity for three types of exercise. Kele Murdin will present the strengths and weaknesses of research-based tools to assess physical activity and behaviors surrounding activation. Experience a deep dive into specific tools to help you improve patient engagement, a common area of weakness for many clinicians. Including physical activity in your practice is simple, quick, and will uplift your care you are providing to older adults and your patients engagement and long-term sustainability will radically improve.