Pain and Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy

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This course will address key reasoning process that underlie effective differential diagnosis. This course will build on examination and evaluations skills and integrate this with knowledge of pathology and pathogenesis in clinical populations. In this course you will learn to effectively screen patients for appropriateness of care (in an outpatient PT setting) and what referral and documentation steps must be taken if a patient is deemed inappropriate. Additionally, this course will also provide a basic overview of pain science, assessment and treatment of complex pain conditions.