Course Description:

Therapy professionals comprise the greatest number of musculoskeletal care providers in the United States. With more and more states allowing Direct Access, therapists are becoming Primary Care Providers! Are you prepared to perform a thorough medical screening? What if the patient has an issue that is not musculoskeletal, are you confident in your skills to identify the red flags and refer the patient?
Robert McCabe, DPT, OCS, CSCS, MTC digs deeper in this second course on Evidence Based Primary Care Screening. His presentation will help you hone your screening skills based on patient symptoms. Dr. McCabe will cover:
*Recognizing the role of Therapy Providers as Primary Care Providers
*Identify the importance of Reference Standard/Reliability/Common Statistics/Clinical Prediction Rule in Evidence Based Practice
*Differentiating between Tissue Tension, Ischemic Pain, Myofascial Pain, Muscle Spasm and more…
*Recognize the Red Flag Hierarchy….and when to refer!

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Dr. McCabe continues this series with two other audio/video courses:
Evidence Based Primary Care Screening: Foundations
Evidence Based Primary Care Screening: Symptoms- Part 2