Vestibular for Oncology Reg

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This course will provide background of the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system.  The participant will learn about common vestibular diagnoses and then how to deferentially diagnosis for an oncology patient.  The course will provide some tools for examination, intervention and patient education with a solid foundation of the vestibular system. 

​Prerequisites: Foundation in Oncology Rehabilitation & Chemotox & CA Exercise
Course Capacity: up to 25 participants
Target Audience:  PT / OT / PTA / OTA
Course Type: Live Webinar / Video & Live Virtual Lab Sessions
Contact Hours: 8 hrs
​Price: $300

​Live and/or Video Patient Presentations
Running over 8 hours, the Vestibular Rehabilitation in the Oncology Population continuing education course includes patient case presentations of patients who have undergone a variety of treatments for their cancer and present with a variety of conditions and side-effects (primarily vestibular) relating to their cancer treatments. For virtual courses, patient presentations will run from between 60 minutes and 90 minutes via pre-recorded videos of patient treatments, technique demonstrations and patient interviews. In live courses or live lab supplementary courses, a patient case presentation can run as long as 2 hours.

 Course Requirements

• Course participants must attend 90% of scheduled course hours
• Each participant must sign in and out of the course each day
• Each participant must complete the online post course exam

​Examination
Within 7 days of the completion of the course, participants are required to complete a 30 minute written examination.  Understanding of techniques of oncology rehabilitation therapy and their application as well as an understanding of the effects of cancer treatments on the body’s systems will be tested. A passing grade (75%) is required for Continuing Education Units to be issued. Participants who do not pass the exam will be eligible to sit a supplementary exam.

Target Audience for the Course
Qualified and Licensed Physical Therapists (Physiotherapists), Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, and Certified Occupational Therapists are the target audience for the course. 

Ratio of Instructor to Participants
In-person courses are limited to 14 per instructor and, for live virtual, the number of participants is kept below 25 people so as to ensure optimal assimilation of information and concepts presented in the course.

​Instructor Disclosures:
Frannie Westlake, PT, DPT, NCS

• ​Financial Disclosure: Frannie receives a salary for teaching and developing PORi courses.
• Nonfinancial Disclosure: Frannie has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Vestibular Rehab for Oncology reg

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CEU Information

• Continuing Education Units for Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy vary from State to State - please visit our CEU page for more information.
• This course is approved for 8 Contact Hours for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants by the Redefine– www.redefinehealthed.com/ceuinfo
• Florida CE Broker #s
  Live (In-Person or Virtual): 20-969540
• please visit our CEU page for more information.