This course will review upper quadrant screening for the physical therapist. It will review the screening techniques in lecture format; including the cardiac, pulmonary, head/neck, sensory and musculoskeletal integrity. Normal and abnormal findings will be discussed along with referral procedures. The course will also contain a lab portion to allow participants to review and perform the screening techniques.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this program, the learner will be able to:

1. Identify the physical therapist's role in Primary Care per the American Physical Therapy Association's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice.
2. Apply medical screening techniques to traditional examination procedures that result in a comprehensive examination scheme for all patients/clients across the lifespan.
3. Perform physical examination techniques and medical screening procedures for the head, neck, chest, upper quarter and thorax.
   
4. Differentiate normal from abnormal findings in the screening physical examination procedures.
5. Recognize signs and symptoms from health history and screening that necessitate immediate medical referral when analyzing a case scenario.
   

Speaker Bio

Joan Potter-Brunet PT, DPT, MS has been a physical therapist for 25 years. She has been teaching at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center DPT Program for the past 17 years. She is currently the assistant program director on the Amarillo campus. She has clinical experience in the acute care, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation and OP settings. She has been involved in and or coordinating the DPT entry level students’ History and Systems Screening course for the past 8 years. She also co-teaches the Screening and Differential Diagnosis course for the transitional DPT pathway at Texas Tech. She received her BS from West Texas State University in Biology/Chemistry in 1990, a BS in physical therapy from UT Southwestern in Dallas in 1991, her Master’s in Interdisciplinary Studies from West Texas A & M in 2002 and her DPT from A.T. Still University in 2010.

Registration Fees

Member $50.00

Non-Member $80.00