Telehealth Ergonomics for Healthcare Professionals

Online Course

Includes all course content in digital format

Prerequisites Required
2 hours - Provided by Summit Professional Education

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Description

For years, the American Physical Therapy Association has been telling us as practitioners: "Telehealth will not replace traditional clinical care - but it will give flexibility to provide services efficiently. Quicker screening, assessment and referral can improve care coordination within collaborative delivery models." They go on to further admit what's now undeniable: "In physical therapy, patients /clients are asking for more time-efficient and less costly care models. Busy lifestyles make it difficult for greater numbers of people to attend traditional BIW / TIW appointments. Applications of telehealth in physical therapy already allows PT's to better communicate with patients / clients and provide more flexible care." These statements were all made prior to the new realities of a post-COVID-19 clinical landscape.

Telehealth Ergonomics is a novel approach to computer workstation ergonomic assessment and modification whose time has come - especially with the current pressures made starkly clear by the new COVID-19 reality. This emerging way to work effectively and efficiently will reduce the personal cost of obtaining expert ergonomic assessments and interventions and provide an evidence-based and systematic program of completing ergonomic assessments remotely. It will also offer the scrupulous practitioner a new area of expertise and commerce. It couldn't come at a better time.

Highlights

  • Diversify your skillset with strategies to effectively deliver telehealth to your patients
  • Easy-to use, practical assessment tools that meets the industry standards of OSHA
  • Assessment strategies for structural deficits and underlying conditions you can use the next day

Learning Objectives

  1. Utilize the Malchaire and Piette 2002 Ergonomic Four Stage Process described in the International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health for onsite tasks and offsite tasks - and convert these steps to Telehealth PT / OT populations and Prevention Medicine clients.
  2. Apply the `Easy Ergonomics for Desktop Computer Users' booklet - developed and prepared for publication by Cal/OSHA, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, California Department of Industrial Relations(www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/ ) - uniquely to Telehealth PT / OT populations and Preventive Medicine clients.

Course Content

Telehealth Ergonomics for Healthcare Professionals
SCORM Package
Next Steps
Module
  1. The COVID-19 Shift to Telehealth
  2. Bending the Old Curve Using Telehealth
  3. Breaking Old Models Using New Thinking
  4. Blending New Thinking & New Standards
  5. The Path Forward in Virtual Connectivity
Matt Jeffs, DPT, PSM, CEAS is a preventive care specialist and certified ergonomist. He holds two professional clinical degrees in physical therapy (Bachelors of Health Science in Physical Therapy from University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida and Doctor of Physical Therapy from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). He is licensed in both Florida and North Carolina and teaches nationwide. Dr. Jeffs has over 25 years of clinical and management experience and has directly overseen the successful rehabilitation of over 23,000 individuals in the clinical setting. With over 12,000 hours of direct experience serving clients onsite in corporate and industrial settings, he applies continuous improvement methodology to all onsite projects and processes. His ongoing work in prevention medicine is his most gratifying and rewarding work to date. Dr. Jeffs is a health and safety performance advisor for national and international firms. He's also a seasoned ergonomics educator and Principal Faculty at The Back School. He serves as a Tai Chi fitness instructor in multiple settings - including modern healthcare centers and the modern workplace. His techniques are rigorously field-tested in varied settings and evidence-based in their outcomes.

DISCLOSURES

FINANCIAL: Matt Jeffs is compensated by Summit as an instructor.

NONFINANCIAL: Matt Jeffs has no nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

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