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A Clinician's Guide to Differential Diagnosis of the Neck and Shoulder

Video Course
Product #1321AT
Video Course
3 Hours
Profession ATC/LAT

Course Description:

Name some reasons that it is important for a clinician to have a good understanding of differential diagnosis…..ANNND GO!!

  1. Direct Access
  2. Early detection of conditions that mimic musculoskeletal conditions
  3. Patients are discharged “quicker and sicker” from acute care
  4. Patients may disclose information to their therapist which might have been unknown to the physician…..AND many more!

Let Dr. Rina Pandya help you feel more confident in your differential diagnosis skills. 

This is course 3.  

Course one is A Clinician’s Guide to Differential Diagnosis.
Course two is A Clinician’s Guide to Lower Extremity Differential Diagnosis, Pathologies and Special Tests.
In this course, Dr. Pandya will cover how:

  • To understand how to perform differential diagnosis of shoulder and neck pain
  • Analyze and diagnose potential red flags and integrate the issues into the clinical assessment
  • Identify and understand the review of systems: CVS, CRPS, Renal, GI, Liver, Rheumatic causes, Infection, Oncologic and Gynecologic
  • Utilize clinical treatments in accordance with the latest clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based practice
  • Identify systemic reasons for shoulder and neck pain
  • Identify informed decisions in treatment choices applicable to the patients or appropriate referral to the physician

Methods of Instruction:

Online audio/video course

Course Instructor:

Rina Pandya, PT, DPT

Target Audience:

Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants and Athletic Trainers.

Educational Level:

Intermediate

Prerequisites:

None

Course Goals and Objectives:

At the completion of this course, participants should be able to:

  1. Identify Reasons for Screening and Red Flag histories
  2. Recognize Guidelines for Physician Referral for: General Systemic, Women’s Health and Vital Signs
  3. Identify differential diagnoses of the cervical spine
  4. Recognize systemic causes of headaches, cardiac causes of neck pain, pulmonary causes of neck pain, and viscerogenic causes of neck pain
  5. Recognize referred pain patterns
  6. Identify the differential diagnoses of headaches and subsequent treatment strategies
  7. Recognize Evidence-Based Treatment Strategies for neck pain
  8. Identify the differential diagnoses of shoulder pain along with systemic causes and red flags
  9. Differentiate between systemic causes of right and left shoulder pain, CVS causes of shoulder pain, pulmonary reasons for shoulder pain, GI causes of shoulder pain, renal causes of shoulder pain and infectious causes of shoulder pain
  10. Recognize common shoulder musculoskeletal diagnoses

Criteria for Obtaining Continuing Education Credits:

A score of 70% or greater on the post-test

AT State Approvals

Alabama BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Alaska BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Arizona BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Arkansas BOC Approved Provider-Category A
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Connecticut BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Delaware BOC Approved Provider-Category A
District of Columbia BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Florida BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Georgia BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Hawaii BOC Approved Provider-Category A
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Illinois BOC Approved Provider-Category A
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Louisiana BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Maine BOC Approved Provider-Category A
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Massachusetts BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Michigan BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Minnesota BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Mississippi BOC Approved Provider-Category A
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Montana BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Nebraska BOC Approved Provider-Category A
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New Hampshire BOC Approved Provider-Category A
New Jersey BOC Approved Provider-Category A
New Mexico BOC Approved Provider-Category A
New York BOC Approved Provider-Category A
North Carolina BOC Approved Provider-Category A
North Dakota BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Ohio BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Oklahoma BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Oregon BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Pennsylvania BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Rhode Island BOC Approved Provider-Category A
South Carolina BOC Approved Provider-Category A
South Dakota BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Tennessee BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Texas BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Utah BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Vermont BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Virginia BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Washington BOC Approved Provider-Category A
West Virginia BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Wisconsin BOC Approved Provider-Category A
Wyoming BOC Approved Provider-Category A

PT State Approvals

Alabama Board Accepted/Approved
Alaska Approved
Arizona Approved Category A
California Approved
Colorado Approved- Meets CO DORA for Category 1
Connecticut Board Accepted/Approved
Delaware Approved
District of Columbia Approved
Florida Florida Approved for Online/Home Study
Georgia Approved
Hawaii Approved
Idaho Approved
Illinois Illinois Approved Provider (#216.000250)
Indiana Approved-Category 1
Iowa Board Accepted/Approved
Kansas Board Accepted/Approved
Kentucky Kentucky-KPTA Approved Provider - #CS75-2023-APTAKY (Expires 11-2-25) Category 1
Maine No State Requirements
Maryland Maryland PT Board Approved
Massachusetts Approved
Michigan Approved (Activity Code 1)
Minnesota Minnesota PT Board Approved- Expires 5-11-25 - # 10379
Mississippi Approved
Missouri Approved
Montana Approved Category A
Nebraska Board Accepted/Approved
Nevada Nevada PT Board Approved
New Hampshire Board Accepted/Approved
New Mexico Pending Reapproval
New York Approved Provider
North Carolina Approved
North Dakota Board Accepted/Approved
Ohio Ohio-OPTA Approved- Expires 4-6-26 - 25S1089
Oklahoma Approved- Oklahoma Medical Board Via CE Broker
Oregon Approved
Pennsylvania Approved - (3GEN or 3DA)
Rhode Island Approved
South Carolina Board Accepted/Approved
South Dakota No State Requirements
Tennessee Board Accepted/Approved-Class 1
Texas TPTA Approved/Accredited Provider # 2801036TX
Utah Board Accepted/Approved
Vermont Approved
Virginia Approved-Type 1
Washington Board Accepted/Approved
West Virginia West Virginia PT Board Approved- Expires 12-31-25 - # ADVC-R25-02
Wisconsin Approved
Wyoming Board Accepted/Approved