Course 1: Navigating Barriers, Disparities, and Trauma-Informed Care
This course is part of the Persistent Pain Management Certificate: A Comprehensive Learning Series and includes two essential modules designed for healthcare professionals.
Release Date: January 23, 2025
Key Features:
- Comprehensive Curriculum: Covers critical aspects of pain management and trauma-informed care.
- Interactive Learning: Engage with practical scenarios and case studies.
- Flexible Schedule: Access course materials at your convenience with an asynchronous course format.
- Earn Credit: 0.4 CEU / 4 contact hours
Course Details:
- Module 1: Identifying Barriers to Effective Pain Management
- Focuses on identifying systemic and individual obstacles to effective pain management and assessment.
- Module 2: Understanding Systems-Level Trauma-Informed Care
- Examines the public health perspective of trauma-informed care, including healthcare policies and their potential effects on your practice as a practitioner.
Enroll now to elevate your approach to pain care!
Alicia Emerson
PT, DPT, PhD
Dr. Alicia J. Emerson practiced as a physical therapist for 15 years in Chicago, working primarily in medically underserved neighborhoods on the south and west sides.
Dr. Emerson earned her Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. She has attained advanced degrees while exploring pain mechanisms in rehabilitation.
Her patient population was linguistically and culturally diverse, often experiencing persistent pain with medically complex comorbidities. She worked for the largest provider of Medicaid in the state of Illinois at the time of expansion of Medicaid. Her experience with patients who were “naïve” to a health care system after an access barrier was removed sparked her PhD dissertation - seeking to understand the larger influencing factors on the clinical conversations in chronic pain.
She now shares her experiences and passion with students and clinicians nationally and internationally.
Tabitha Galindo
PT, DPT, Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy
Dr. Tabitha Galindo is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy. She works as an Assistant Professor in Pacific University’s Physical Therapy Program and a community-based outpatient physical therapist. Dr. Galindo received her DPT in 2019 from Pacific University and is a candidate for a Doctor of Education degree in Healthcare Education and Leadership from Nebraska Methodist College. Dr. Galindo’s passion for education on trauma-informed approaches was cultivated as an APTA Delegate, where she served as the primary contact for HOD P07-24-04-08, “Recommended Education on Trauma-Informed Care Across the Physical Therapy Profession.”
Course Instructions
- Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
- Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
- Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
- Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page.
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