Acute & Early Postpartum PT & OT - Hospital to Home

Overview

This online healthcare course is designed for the acute care and home health therapist with limited knowledge and experience providing care to the acute postpartum population. This course will provide the training needed to deliver basic to advanced entry-level care to this population within 24 to 72 hours post childbirth through the first 6 weeks postpartum.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, participants will:

1. Understand the basics of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum physiology as it relates to patient physical & occupational therapy needs in the first 6 weeks postpartum.
   
   
2. Be able to provide appropriate assessment and intervention to the postpartum patient within 24-72 hours after delivery.
   
   
3. Be able to design a safe and effective home exercise program for the first 6 weeks postpartum.
   
   
4. Have a working understanding of the signs and symptoms of the most common postpartum complications and be able to determine when/if to proceed with therapy intervention.

Audience

This online course is for:

• Acute care physiotherapists and occupational therapists
• Home health physiotherapists and occupational therapists
• Outpatient physiotherapists and occupational therapists
• Any therapist with limited knowledge and experience providing care to the postpartum population between 0-6 weeks after delivery.

Who this course wouldn't be a great fit for:

Any physiotherapist or occupational therapist with extensive knowledge and experience working with the super early 0-6 weeks postpartum client already. 

What Participants Are Saying

“I liked how specific the interventions were that were covered, and that handouts were included to use with my patients!”
- Gabriella C.

“I liked that she fully went through with what an evaluation would look like.”
- Lindsay Leyva

“This was a really great introduction to the world of childbirth and PT. It opens your eyes to all the spaces that therapist can fill in the birthing experience.”
- Samantha W.

“I love the basic education about pregnancy, birth and early pp recovery. As someone who is not a mom, this was so so helpful to learn.

As a new grad PT in the acute care setting, this course has been so helpful to me. I have been given the opportunity to help establish an antepartum/postpartum PT program for moms in the acute setting and I feel much more confident after taking this course.”
- Cameron Seymour

“This course was wonderful and definitely helped my "imposter syndrome". I realized that I knew more than I thought but there were also many things that I learned. I am definitely going to adjust what I cover in my sessions. I feel like prior to this course I was going over EVERYTHING under the sun, when in reality I need to condense it down. You have helped me understand/prioritize what is most important for each specific patient/scenario and then I can provide handouts or other resources for the rest, which we may not have time to cover in a session. I will be recommending this course to other colleagues!”
- Angela Zambrano