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Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines for Physiotherapists

Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines for Physiotherapists

Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines for Physiotherapists

CA$75.00
This course includes
Lifetime access after purchase
Certificate of completion
This course was recorded in June 2023

Overview

This online course will emphasize clinical practice guideline evidence to consider in the rehabilitation of patients with heart failure. It will focus on what the clinician should know, what examinations should be done, and what interventions are evidence-based.

In this course, we will compare the American Physical Therapy Association Heart Failure clinical practice guideline publication to the Canadian Heart Failure clinical practice guideline.  

Join the Cardiorespiratory Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association for this online course 'Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines for Physiotherapists'.


Speaker

John Heick, PT, PhD, DPT, OCS, NCS, SCS

The instructors
Canadian Physiotherapy Association

As the vital partner for the profession, the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA) leads, advocates, and inspires excellence and innovation to promote health. CPA’s goal is to provide exceptional service, valuable information and connections to the profession of physiotherapy, across Canada and around the world.

Cardiorespiratory Division

The Cardiorespiratory Division (CRD) unites physiotherapists with a special interest in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy. We provide a valuable forum for our members to share information relevant to working with clients across the lifespan and in all areas of cardiorespiratory.

To facilitate knowledge sharing and encourage networking, we produce our newsletter, the Gas Exchange, three times per year and relay information on job opportunities, online resources, courses and other educational events.

Material included in this course
  • Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines for Physiotherapists
  • Welcome!
  • Slides
  • Hospital Admissions and Readmissions
  • Heart Failure Pathophysiology and Classification
  • Classification of Heart Failure: ACC/AHA VS. NYHA Class
  • Patient Example
  • Canadian HF Action Statements
  • US APTA HF CPG Action Statements
  • Knowledge Translation - A New Framework
  • Objectives of the US HF CPG
  • Conclusions
  • Questions
  • Feedback
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