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An educational podcast for pediatric physical therapists: created to help those studying for the pediatric certified specialist exam (PCS), and anyone else interested in learning more about pediatric physical therapy.
Copyright: © Sheila Madden and Sara Bellanca Karman
Join Sheila and Sara for their new Friday format, Case Files Friday. Case studies will help your studying by mimicking the PCS exam test question style! Use the information you already know and apply it to these cases. This week, we cover one case, Muscular Dystrophy coordinate with episode 11!
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Resources:
Pelletier, E. S., & Jobst, E. E. (2015). Case Files in Physical Therapy Pediatrics. McGraw-Hill Education.
Join Sara and Sheila as we review the clinical summary on Muscular Dystrophy. This is an APTA member only document and so helpful in your review for the exam. Shameless plug: You should be an APTA member.
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Resources:
https://www.apta.org/patient-care/evidence-based-practice-resources/clinical-summaries (APTA members only)
Join Sheila and Sara for their new Friday format, Case Files Friday. Case studies will help your studying by mimicking the PCS exam test question style! Use the information you already know and apply it to these cases. This week, we cover two cases, Autism and toe walking to coordinate with episode 9!
Resources:
Pelletier, E. S., & Jobst, E. E. (2015). Case Files in Physical Therapy Pediatrics. McGraw-Hill Education.
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Join Sara and Sheila as we review the clinical summary on Autism. This is an APTA member only document and so helpful in your review for the exam. Shameless plug: You should be an APTA member.
Resources:
https://www.apta.org/patient-care/evidence-based-practice-resources/clinical-summaries (APTA members only)
Join Sara and Sheila for the most random episode yet. New fact sheets were released after we created our schedule for Season 2, but we didn't want to leave them out. Fact sheets are too important in your study prep.
Resources:
https://pediatricapta.org/fact-sheets/
https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_SchoolTransportationforChildrenwithSpecialNeeds_2022.pdf https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_AppropriateUseofGenderPronouns_2022.pdf https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_TransitiontoAdulthoodPatientsNeuromuscularDisorders_2022.pdf https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_PTsRoleinPromotingSafeSleepforNewborns-NICUtoHome_2022.pdf?v=1
We are back this week with Helen and Jessica, the two masterminds behind the PCS Advantage program. We felt this was a valuable resource during our exam preparation and they have only added content and value since our test year! We talk about their new content and get some helpful study tips as well.
Resources:
Join Sheila and Sara for their new Friday format, Case Files Friday. Case studies will help your studying by mimicking the PCS exam test question style! Use the information you already know and apply it to these cases. This week, we cover two burn cases and one hemophilia case, to coordinate with episode 5!
References:
Pelletier, E. S., & Jobst, E. E. (2015). Case Files in Physical Therapy Pediatrics. McGraw-Hill Education.
Sara and Sheila cover two important topics today, hemophilia and burns. These two topics are definitely on the DSP but not chapters included in the most recent, 5th Edition, of Campbell. Sit back and listen as we review important facts regarding both of these conditions.
Resources:
Campbell, S. K., Palisano, R. J., & Vander Linden, D. W. (2006). Physical therapy for children (3rd ed.). W B Saunders.
We are here bringing you more fact sheets to review! We bundle one on cranial remolding in the NICU with two on acyanotic and cyanotic heart conditions. These are great adjunct resources to your Campbell review so don't leave them behind. Happy studying!
Resources:
https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_ConsidersationsforCranialMoldingNICU_2022.pdf?v=1
https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_AcyanoticCongenitalHeartDefects_2022.pdf
https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_CyanoticCongentialHeartDefects_2022.pdf
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