Case Studies for the Master Clinician: Brachial Plexus Birth Injury
Course: #3795Level: Advanced 3 Hours 2295 Reviews
This course will briefly review the brachial plexus and walk the learner through prolonged treatment of a child with a brachial plexus birth injury. Topics covered include epidemiology, presentation, assessment, surgical and therapeutic management.
This course is also part of our Hand Therapy Review Series. This content would fall under the "Specialty Topics in Upper Extremity Rehabilitation" topic area for the CHT examination.
On Demand
Course Type: Video
CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.3 Advanced, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge, Category 2: Occupational Therapy Process - Evaluation; CE Broker/3.0 Home Study, General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct Client/patient Services In Occupational Therapy (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Directly Related To OT (TN), CE Broker #20-668522; IACET/0.3; IL EITP/3.0; NBCOT PDUs/3.75 Advanced, Pediatrics
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the brachial plexus, epidemiology and presentation of a brachial plexus birth injury.
- After this course, participants will be able to list assessments and outcome measures used with this population.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain several evidence-based interventions for brachial plexus birth injury, both conservative and post-operative.
Course created on July 27, 2018
Agenda
| 0-25 Minutes | Introduction |
| 25-70 Minutes | Assessment and Intervention |
| 70-160 Minutes | Case Introduction/Resources |
| 160-180 Minutes | Clinician Interview |
Reviews
2295 ReviewsPresented By
Patti Sharp
OTD, MS, OTR/L
Dr. Patti Sharp is an occupational therapist with 17 years of pediatric experience. She has practiced in several specialty areas, including burns, neurorehabilitation, brachial plexus injury, cerebral palsy, and aquatic OT. She is a Certified Instructor for the Cognitive Orientation approach to Occupational Performance (CO-OP) method and leads the Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) clinical specialty team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Patti is also adjunct instructor at the University of Cincinnati and is passionate about sharing knowledge with colleagues, students, patients, and families.
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