On-Demand Educational Sessions
Include presentations and handouts
- Educational Session 1 - Where Your Patient's Journey Begins
- Educational Session 2 - Characteristics of Dizziness, Clues from the History, Symptoms to Clinical Tests, Tests to Treatments
- Educational Session 3 - An Intro to Vestibular Diagnostics, Closer Look at Vestibular Diagnostics
- Educational Session 4 - Vertigo Differential Algorithm, Non-Vertiginous Differential Algorithm, Review of Bedside Vestibular Tests
- Educational Session 5 - A Historical Perspective, Treatment Principles
- Educational Session 6 - A Case Study: The Intake, A Case Study: Vestibular Diagnostics, A Case Study: The Clinical Exam, A Case Study: Assessment & Care Plan
Objectives:
Upon completing this course, you'll be able to:
- Identify the value of establishing a respectful and empathetic connection during the patient interview
- Define the prevalence of dizziness & balance disorders across the lifespan
- Recognize the impact of a delayed diagnosis
- Understand the importance of the subjective history and value to create a working diagnosis
- Define appropriate and targeted questions about “dizziness” during a subjective interview
- Understand how to transition from the subjective findings to objective clinical tests
- Identify the similarities and differences between common vestibular diagnoses
- Understand the value of vestibular diagnostics in identifying and managing vestibular-related disorders
- Identify appropriate bedside tests to identify vestibular dysfunction and balance disorders
- Recognize how objective findings correlate with treatment activities
- Understand age-related changes of the vestibular system and effects on exam findings and treatment outcomes
- Understand guiding principles of vestibular rehabilitation
- Recognize appropriate patient populations of which vestibular rehabilitation is indicated
- Define treatment-related terms and how utilized to obtain desired outcomes
- Recognize the importance of customizing the care plan to the patient