MedBridge is continuously working to provide updated courses, HEP exercises, patient education, and more so you can continue to support your patients and improve your expertise.
In this article, we'll highlight new content releases to help you stay in the know about any updates to our course and HEP libraries. Click on the courses below to learn more about each topic.
New Clinical Courses
Motivational Interviewing: Learn strategies on how to communicate with patients using different forms of technology, digital platforms, and patient-centered coaching to help patients stay motivated and adhere to their exercise program.
- Motivational Interviewing: Taming Your Fixing Reflex
- Motivational Interviewing: Listening for Change
- Motivational Interviewing: Mastering Active Listening
- Motivational Interviewing: Building Patient Motivation
- Motivational Interviewing: Planning for Change
- Motivational Interviewing: Supporting Your Patients in the Digital Age
Motivational Interviewing Quick Tips: Short on time? Watch these quick videos for tips to set expectations with your patient when given limited time.
- Cultivating Partnership With Motivational Interviewing
- Research Brief: Motivational Interviewing in the Digital Age
- Patient-Centered Care Through Digital Platforms
- Supporting Motivational Interviewing When You’re Short on Time: Tip #1
- Supporting Motivational Interviewing When You’re Short on Time: Tip #2
- Supporting Motivational Interviewing When You’re Short on Time: Tip #3
- Supporting Motivational Interviewing When You’re Short on Time: Tip #4
- Supporting Motivational Interviewing When You’re Short on Time: Tip #5
- Supporting Motivational Interviewing When You’re Short on Time: Tip #6
OASIS: Brush up on OASIS-E assessment knowledge by listening to a series of audio only courses covering a range of assessment and management topics. Then, test your knowledge with patient demonstrations and learning assessment questions.
- Candid Conversations About OASIS-E: Assessing Function (Sections G and GG)
- Candid Conversations About OASIS-E: Wounds (Section M)
- Candid Conversations About OASIS-E: Medications (Section N)
- OASIS-E: Putting Knowledge Into Practice—Focus on Function
HSD/EDS Rehabilitation: Learn more about hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and how to support individualized therapeutic strategies for your patients.
- Lower Extremity Presentation in HSD/EDS
- Upper Extremity Presentation in HSD/EDS
- Head and Cervical Spine Presentation in HSD/EDS
- Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Presentation in HSD/EDS
Occupational Therapy for Older Adults: Watch this series of evidence-based assessments and resources to strengthen preventive approaches for older adults.
- Advancing Your Skills to Promote Aging in Place
- Preventing and Delaying ADL/IADL Disability in Older Adults
Autonomic Dysfunction in Neurologic Physical Therapy: Gain a deeper understanding of common ANS-driven hypotensive and hypertensive responses that may be observed in physical therapy practice and strategies for addressing them.
Webinars: Missed a live webinar? Make sure to watch the recorded version to catch up on latest evidence and hear instructors’ responses to questions asked during the Q&A session.
- Low Vision Strategies for Everyday Application (Recorded Webinar)
- Applying Trauma-Informed Care to Practice for Adults (Recorded Webinar)
- Interdisciplinary Management and Screening of the Long-COVID Patient (Recorded Webinar)
- Need more live CE? Register for upcoming live webinars here: Upcoming Webinars
New Compliance Courses
New Patient Education and Home Exercise Programs
- Dysphagia: This patient education and home exercise program is for patients with dysphagia and their caregivers. These 60+ videos and handouts cover topics such as swallowing activities, IDDSI levels, modifications for meal independence, NPO guidelines, and more.
- This content launches on September 30th. Find the latest exercises and education by heading to the HEP builder and sorting by most recent.
Improvements
Here’s a breakdown of course content improvements made over the past month.
- Compliance Course Updates: Eight courses updated to enhance currency of data and content, refresh interactive elements and examples, and improve user experience and inclusivity in alignment with end-user feedback.
- Clinical Course Updates: 21 courses updated to include new bibliographies with sources that reflect current application of practice and up-to-date research and reports.
Previous Updates
July 2023
New Clinical Courses
Stroke Rehabilitation: Watch this series on evidence-based care strategies and treatment ideas to achieve the greatest impact for your patients. Handouts with recommendations for exercises and patient education resources are also included.
- Integrating ADL Tasks Into Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Post Stroke
- Strategies to Integrate Function Into Rehabilitation Post Stroke
- Positioning and Protecting the Hemiplegic Upper Extremity
- Identifying Priorities for Long-Term Rehabilitation Post Stroke
Wound Care: Watch this series for strategies on assessing and treating a wound, identifying infection, and determining the best treatment option.
- Wound Assessment, Healing Principles, and Identifying Infection
- Wound Debridement, Dressing Types, and Coverage Selection
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Learn about holistic admissions and strategies to create a positive, nurturing environment for healthcare professional students, including those from diverse backgrounds.
- Supporting a Diverse Future Healthcare Workforce
- Learn more about our full DEIA Compliance Curriculum
Early Mobility Series: Brush up on your knowledge on early mobility for complex patients—mostly those in the ICU—to improve patient outcomes.
- Early Mobility Best Practices: Evidence and Barriers
- Early Mobility Best Practices: Assessment and Activity Considerations
- Early Mobility Best Practices: Case Studies
Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy: Learn more about supporting patients with lung diseases and cardiovascular deficits, from creating programs in your clinic to selecting appropriate interventions.
- Outpatient Physical Therapy Management of Cardiovascular Disease
- Restrictive Lung Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
- Obstructive Lung Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
- Outpatient Physical Therapy Management of Pulmonary Disease
Outcome Measures in Neurologic Physical Therapy: Through clinical scenarios, brush up on the recommended core set of outcome measures for individuals with neurologic conditions.
Webinars: Missed a live webinar? Watch the recorded version.
- Implicit Bias: Strategies to Counter Bias in Clinical Interactions (June 2023 Recorded Webinar)
- Implicit Bias: Addressing Microaggressions and Bias in Healthcare (June 2023 Recorded Webinar)
- Interdisciplinary Insights for Common Prosthetic Gait Deviations (Recorded Webinar)
- Decreasing Refusals in Patients With Dementia (Recorded Webinar)
New Compliance Courses
- Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Along the Care Continuum
- Inclusive Coworker: Fostering a Welcoming and Accommodating Workplace
- Behavior Management Techniques: Strategies for Patient Care
New Patient Education and Home Exercise Programs
- Hemiplegia Patient Education: This is the second part of a two-part project of exercises and patient education for patients with hemiplegia and their caregivers. These 50+ videos and handouts, covering topics such as transferring toward the affected and nonaffected sides, safe positioning, and more, are geared toward both patients and caregivers.
- Injury Reduction Program: These 11 exercises are designed specifically with people working in physically demanding jobs (such as firefighters and police officers) in mind to help keep injuries at bay.
Find the latest exercises and education by heading to the HEP builder and sorting by most recent
Improvements
Here’s a breakdown of course content improvements made over the past month.
Compliance Course Updates: Three microlearning courses updated to improve navigation, and three full-length courses updated to enhance user experience and currency of data.
Questions? Reach out to us at content@medbridge.com for more information.
See past product updates by checking out the articles below
- August 2023 - Stroke Rehab Resources, DEIA Education, and More
- July 2023 - Weekly RTM Surveys, Behavioral Psychology Education, and More
- June 2023 - New Activity Calendar, OSHA Compliance Microlearning, DEI Webinars, and More
- Quarter 2 Course and Exercise Updates: Behavioral Science, Personal Finance, and more
- All product updates