Certification Course: This seminar is designed for therapists and assistants who work with persons with soft tissue or neurologic conditions requiring the use of ultrasound or electrical stimulation therapies to foster improved occupational participation. This course covers the didactic portion of the Florida licensure requirements for physical agent modalities. Client check off forms will be provided at the course for participants to complete the following this course.
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants\
Accreditation: This course has been approved for 8 hours of continuing education.
Course Presenter: Raphael Rios, OTR/L, CHT brings 18 years of experience in
the area of physical dysfunction, with specialization in upper extremity
management. He began his career working
in skilled nursing and hospital settings where he gained extensive experience
treating individuals with neurological, orthopedic and multi trauma
injuries. For ten years, since 2003,
Raphael has worked in outpatient clinics where his main focus has been in hand
and upper extremity diagnoses. During
this time, he received his certification in hand therapy.
He has lectured, to professionals, on custom orthotics
fabrication, physical agent modalities and management of the shoulder
complex. Throughout his career, he has
been involved with level one and level two field work students from statewide
universities. He also works as an adjunct instructor at Adventist University of
Health Sciences, where he teaches students in the occupational therapy program,
physical agent modalities and custom orthotics fabrication. Currently, he works in a general outpatient
clinic seeing both orthopedic and neurological diagnoses.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course attendees will be able to:
- Describe the physiological effects of ultrasound and electrical stimulation.
- Explain the role of ultrasound and electrical stimulation in rehabilitation and expected outcomes.
- Become knowledgeable in the general indications, contraindications and precautions when using ultrasound and electrical stimulation.
- Choose the most appropriate modality depending on the diagnosis.
- Administer therapeutic ultrasound and electrical stimulation safely and with the proper dosage/parameter selection.
- Properly document ultrasound and electrical simulation treatments.
- Operate and describe characteristic of ultrasound and electrotherapy equipment.
- Describe normal and abnormal tissue responses to electrical stimulation and ultrasound.
- Understand Ohm's law of electricity.
- Understand physical laws related to passage of currents through various media.
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