Orthopedic Surgical Considerations & Therapeutic Interventions

Catalog description

This course takes a learner-centered approach to enhance knowledge, skills, and abilities related to orthopedic surgical patient care. In this course, students develop advanced skills in the critical appraisal and the application of orthopedic surgical res earch findings. Current evidence-based surgical techniques and their implications on tissue healing, pre - and post-surgical rehabilitation, return to daily living/activity timelines and short and long- term patient outcomes will be presented. Students will engage in various independent and collaborative learning activities to critically appraise the evidence for surgical patient management from direct -access indications for imaging referral to pre -operative therapeutic care and discharge. Students will bring it all together by choosing a common surgical procedure and developing an up -to-date, evidence -based post -surgical rehabilitation protocol.