This 2.0 CEU-approved course presents a unique opportunity for PTs who love the outdoors to learn how to use their skills in the rapidly growing field of Wilderness Physical Therapy. Using scenario-based teaching approaches onsite in the backcountry, this hands-on course will assist participants to problem-solve while developing innovative treatment approaches for people who become injured or ill in backcountry environments. This course will emphasize clinical reasoning in the wilderness environment, knowledge for specialty practice, professionalism, leadership, and patient management. The instructors are professional educators and PT clinicians who have extensive experience in austere patient care as PTs and wilderness EMTs. Completion of this course can be used for partial completion of the WPTE Wilderness PT First Responder Certification.
Prerequisite: Course participants are required to complete our 6-hour online course ‘Intro to Wilderness Physical Therapy’ prior to taking this course.
This 2.0 CEU-approved course presents a unique opportunity for PTs who love the outdoors to learn how to use their skills in the rapidly growing field of Wilderness Physical Therapy. Using scenario-based teaching approaches onsite in the backcountry, this hands-on course will assist participants to problem-solve while developing innovative treatment approaches for people who become injured or ill in backcountry environments. This course will emphasize clinical reasoning in the wilderness environment, knowledge for specialty practice, professionalism, leadership, and patient management. The instructors are professional educators and PT clinicians who have extensive experience in austere patient care as PTs and wilderness EMTs. Completion of this course can be used for partial completion of the WPTE Wilderness PT First Responder Certification.
Prerequisite: Course participants are required to complete our 6-hour online course ‘Intro to Wilderness Physical Therapy’ prior to taking this course.
