Orthopedic Mentorship Series: Low Back
Presented by Jared Vagy
12-Month Subscription
Unlimited access to:
- Thousands of CE Courses
- Patient Education
- Home Exercise Program
- And more
In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, practitioners often lack the one-on-one mentorship opportunities crucial for professional growth and clinical excellence. This course simulates the invaluable mentorship experience of a clinical instructor, residency, or fellowship, providing practitioners with a guided journey through the evaluation and treatment of orthopedic conditions. Each case is designed with varying levels of complexity, ensuring both new graduates and experienced clinicians find the material useful and engaging. By observing and analyzing expert-led subjective exams, objective exams, and interventions, participants will gain valuable insights. Through this mentorship, you will learn to spot potential pitfalls and refine your clinical skills. This course is ideal for any practitioner looking to improve their orthopedic skills, enhance patient outcomes, and achieve a higher level of clinical proficiency.
Learning Objectives
- Determine strategies for gathering a detailed patient history by analyzing a subjective exam, enhancing your clinical reasoning skills
- Determine effective objective exam techniques by viewing tests and measures, improving your ability to identify physical impairments and functional limitations
- Plan effective treatment strategies by observing interventions, enhancing your approach to patient care to increase patient participation in daily activities
- Implement strategies for synthesizing subjective, objective, and intervention data to enhance clinical reasoning and decision-making
- Apply the latest research to patient cases by observing evidence-based practice
Meet your instructor
Jared Vagy
Jared Vagy received his doctorate in physical therapy (DPT) from the University of Southern California (USC) and completed a one-year residency in orthopedics and a one-year fellowship in movement science. Dr. Vagy is a clinical assistant professor of physical therapy in the DPT program at USC and is a mentor in both the…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Introduction
This chapter lays the groundwork for the case presentation process, introducing you to the framework and preparing you for the upcoming patient cases.
2. Case #1: Tad Pohl
This chapter introduces the first patient presenting with low back pain. You will engage in the case with the instructor (your mentor) and will actively problem-solve the case using a series of polling questions. You will then use clinical reasoning to link subjective and objective information to provide optimal interventions for the patient.
3. Case #2: Claire Voyant
This chapter introduces the second patient presenting with low back pain. You will engage in the case with the instructor (your mentor) and will actively problem-solve the case using a series of polling questions. You will then use clinical reasoning to link subjective and objective information to provide optimal interventions for the patient.
More courses in this series
Orthopedic Mentorship Series: Shoulder
Jared Vagy
Orthopedic Mentorship Series: Low Back
Jared Vagy