📢 Attention physical therapists!
Take your practice to the next level or get a refresher by taking the Advanced Imaging for Physical Therapists course, taught by Aaron Keil, PT, DPT, OCS.
This one-day course will focus on:
• Medical screening
• When, why, and how physical therapists can refer for imaging
How to register:
Salem Health Employees: Please complete a CE request form and return it to your supervisor.
Non-Salem Health Employees: Register by emailing
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Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your skills and better serve your patients! More details below.
Course: Advanced Imaging for Physical Therapists
Community Health Education Center
890 Oak St. SE
Salem, OR, 97301
Dr. Keil currently serves as a clinical professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has published extensively on the topic of implementing diagnostic imaging into PT practice. He has presented at national conferences about direct access and diagnostic imaging and has provided insight and guidance to several institutions across the country who are interested in implementing direct access. He has functioned as a first-contact provider at both Georgetown University Hospital in Washington
D.C. and the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland where he oversaw the outpatient rehabilitation department. Dr. Keil currently directs the Orthopedic Residency and Faculty Practice at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Course Objectives:
• Describe the responsibilities PTs have in functioning as first-contact providers.
• Implement medical screening procedures to appropriately identify conditions that may fall outside the PTs scope of practice.
• Implement evidence-based guidelines related to ordering appropriate diagnostic imaging studies.
• Demonstrate appropriate use of the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria and other published guidelines when referring for imaging.
• Differentiate between the role of plain film x-rays vs advanced imaging (MRI, CT scan, etc.)
Credits:
This course is approved for 7 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for physical therapists & physical therapy assistants in Oregon.
Cost:
• $300 – Salem Health employees
• $350 – Non-Salem Health employees
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