Interprofessional Education

Reimagine Your Interprofessional Education Content with PhysioU

We have all had the experience of organizing Interprofessional Education (IPE) content for our programs. Between scheduling time with our own students, coordinating with faculty and students from other disciplines, reserving rooms, and budgeting for the related expenses, there are plenty of reasons that IPE has historically been difficult to integrate into the curriculum.

If this sounds familiar to you, click here to learn more about PhysioU’s IPE module

By now, educators at all levels are familiar with simulation-based learning. Research suggests that interprofessional care is important for patient outcomes, better quality of care and lower costs.

Homeyer et al, discussed four primary arguments for IPE:

• Development and promotion of inter-professional thinking and acting

• Acquirement of shared knowledge

• Promotion of beneficial information and knowledge exchange

• Promotion of mutual understanding

Using PhysioU’s case simulations allows programs from a variety of geographical locations to have the same access to students from disciplines not available at their campus. Click here to view the IPE module, complete with a real patient case, evaluation and treatment of a traumatic brain injury patient, and supplementary materials to help with consistent administration of the synchronous content. 

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MSK Decision Tree: Integrated Clinical Decision Tree for Management of Common Musculoskeletal Conditions

What Is It?

This digital decision tree integrates the critical decision-making factors from the clinical practice guidelines for common musculoskeletal conditions developed by the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and published in the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy. It puts the CPG’s recommendations for evaluation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of 24 conditions at your fingertips. The CPG’s clinical decision trees are a time-tested means to accelerate the acquisition of essential clinical reasoning skills for interpreting data obtained during the patient’s interview, driving the choice of physical examination procedures to rule-in or rule-out the presence of both common musculoskeletal conditions and medical conditions that mimic common musculoskeletal conditions, determining the most appropriate diagnostic classification, and selecting the intervention strategies based on the client’s tissue tolerance and most relevant presenting impairments for each stage of the client’s rehabilitation and recovery. Now, all clinical practice guidelines and their key elements are in one place, ready to support the development of clinical pattern recognition in students and practicing clinicians.

Why Is It Important?

Evidence suggests that adherence to established clinical practice guidelines assists with decreasing healthcare utilization and costs. Results from other studies agree and indicate that guideline-based practice is related to improved physical functioning, and reduced pain and disability (Fritz 2007, Hanney 2016, Rutten 2010). The research also suggests that orthopaedic specialists and fellows adhere to clinical practice guidelines more than the generalist clinician. The team at Clinical Pattern Recognition believes that the development of guideline implementation tools and interactive decision support can help homogenize high-level clinical practice and enhance pattern recognition in entry-level clinical education.

How Does It Work?

Elements from the clinical practice guidelines are aggregated in an easy-to-use step-by-step decision support tool. This tool helps to strengthen the clinical pattern recognition of common musculoskeletal patterns, linking them to common impairments and their evidence-based interventions. A record of the reasoning used by a student or clinician for a particular case can be saved and visualized, if desired, for discussion or comparison between practitioners or practitioners in training.

How Do I Use This In My Program?

1. Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation/Orthopaedics Course during practice evaluations

2. Use in clinic during rotations between clinical instructors and students

3. Use for mentoring of residents and fellows in post-professional clinical programs

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References:

• Fritz, J. M., Cleland, J. A., & Brennan, G. P. (2007). Does adherence to the guideline recommendation for active treatments improve the quality of care for patients with acute low back pain delivered by physical therapists? Medical Care, 45(10), 973–980. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0B013E318070C6CD

• Geert M. Rutten, Saskia Degen, Erik J. Hendriks, Jozé C. Braspenning, Janneke Harting, Rob A. Oostendorp, Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines for Low Back Pain in Physical Therapy: Do Patients Benefit?, Physical Therapy, Volume 90, Issue 8, 1 August 2010, Pages 1111-1122. https://doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20090173

• Hanney, W. J., Masaracchio, M., Liu, X., & Kolber, M. J. (2016). The Influence of Physical Therapy Guideline Adherence on Healthcare Utilization and Costs among Patients with Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of the Literature. PLOS ONE, 11(6), e0156799. https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0156799

• Ladeira, C. E., Cheng, M. S., & da Silva, R. A. (2017). Clinical specialization and adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines for low back pain management: A survey of US physical therapists. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 47(5), 347–358. https://doi.org/10.2519/JOSPT.2017.6561/ASSET/IMAGES/LARGE/JOSPT-347-FIG001.JPEG

Acute Care

This app is meticulously designed with the most common equipment, braces, post-operative considerations, patient education, functional training, and personal protective equipment relevant to the acute care setting. Students become immersed in the acute care setting without ever leaving their classroom through case studies with real patients in simulated treatment sessions.

Working together with Jennifer Nash, PT, DPT, NCS, the Acute Care App offers an in-depth, high-quality, asynchronous learning opportunity complete with
amazing resources to augment teaching and learning.

Key Features:

• Learn the most common precautions and appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) utilized for different pathologies in the acute care setting in the Isolation Precautions section. Each with unique signage and explanations, this will help build foundational knowledge of infection control and safety.

• In the Patient Population section, the learner can review major categories of patient diagnoses commonly encountered in inpatient settings, typical lines and tubes, complete with background information, precautions/contraindications and assistive device recommendations.

  • It is important to note that this module does not include a step-by-step process for preparing a patient for discharge from the hospital. However, it does provide an overview of what will be needed on discharge by listing items such as goals (which may include medications or other treatments), discharge planning, and patient education materials.

• In the Functional Training section, the learner can see a clinical expert performing common functional tasks with a real patient in short treatment videos complete with narration, step by step cues, safety information, and closed captioning.

  • Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) is a medical emergency that can happen to anyone at any time. It's also one of the leading causes of death in America and worldwide.

  • If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with CVA, it's important to know what happens next! In this module, we'll cover how CVA occurs, why it's so dangerous and what you can do about it if you're at risk for developing this condition yourself or someone close to you.

It’s not just about being able to apply theory in the classroom.

We want our learners to be prepared for real-world situations and challenges, so we’ve designed this app with the most common equipment, braces, post-operative considerations, functional training needs of patients within an acute care setting. Students become immersed in their coursework without ever leaving their classroom through case studies with real patients in simulated treatment sessions. Working together with Jennifer Nash PT DPT NCS, the Acute Care App provides an in-depth high quality asynchronous learning opportunity complete with amazing resources to augment teaching and learning.

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NeuroRehab update: Many improvements for better organization, search & usability

Hi Everyone, It’s Mike from PhysioU,

We are excited to announce a big new update to the NeuroRehab app, authored by Dr. Sara Kraft and created in Partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina.

In this new update, all intervention videos have been carefully reorganized by impairments or functional movements to improve searchability while improving usability in the clinic and the classroom.

A full examination of a neuro patient has been converted into an interactive learning experience, guiding students and new clinicians through the thought process of an expert during the evaluation session. This experience includes formative feedback and interactive quizzing to help develop clinical reasoning. These e-learning modules allow for score reporting and tracking of time spent in each module

Case studies built on clinic-based patient videos have been created to enhance clinical reasoning development and to create opportunities to engage students in context-rich learning environments. These cases include clients in the following categories:

• Stroke

• Spinal cord injury

• Traumatic brain injury

• Parkinson’s disease

• Wheelchair- Evaluation and intervention

The NeuroRehab app also includes a centralized hub for available online resources and websites to facilitate clinician and student access to enhance evidence-based clinical practice.

The next generation of learning in Neurological Rehabilitation. Brought to you by the team at PhysioU!

SIM Updates: Acute care, NeuroAnatomy, Assistive Devices and more

Our team continues to update our apps and simulations in accordance with updated literature and guidelines. We highly value user feedback as this helps us to improve our users' experience with the simulations. Recently, our neuroanatomy, assistive devices, acute care, and neurologic mini and micro simulations have been updated. First and foremost, all objectives have been improved according to Bloom's Taxonomy so educators and learners will have a better understanding of what the simulation will accomplish. Errors with playability and navigation have been solved, closed captioning and alternate text has been reviewed to ensure accessibility standards are met, and terminology has been adapted to include clinicians across disciplines.

Additional changes have been made to certain simulations including the following:

Range of Motion sims: visible targets were added to prevent confusion

Acute care: Correction of auscultation sites

Neurologic mini sims: 10 Minute Walk test scoring has been corrected

Neuroanatomy microlearning: all simulations will have feedback for every question to enhance the learner's experience.