Online Course
Breathing Programme
Know how dysfunctional breathing affects the patients you see and how to improve their breathing patterns

10-11 hours

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Tania Clifton-Smith
Course instructor

Tania is a physiotherapist with extensive experience in the field of breathing dysfunction and is the cofounder of Breathing Works

BradCliff Breathing Method
Course instructor

The BradCliff Breathing Method is recognised internationally and utilises EBP to educate Health Professionals from around the world

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Introduction

Optimal breathing patterns help to maintain homeostasis in the body, but when breathing is disrupted, significant issues can arise. Dysfunctional breathing can lead to musculoskeletal complaints, an increased perception of pain as well as influence the function of the heart, pelvic floor, bowels and bladder. Tania Clifton-Smith will take you through a series of courses to better understand breathing, breathing patterns and disorders, as well as how to assess and optimise breathing in your patients.

Aims

This programme will improve the participant's knowledge on the influence of breathing on the body, breathing patterns and disorders, assessment and management.

Outline

This programme will cover the following topics:

  1. How We Breathe
  2. The Science of Breathing Well
  3. Other courses in development...

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 10-11 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 9.8 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this programme of courses and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

  1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
  2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
  3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
  4. Complete each of the required courses
  5. Submit a written assignment that meets that passes the assessment criteria.
  6. Complete a course evaluation form.

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

Tania Clifton-Smith: No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.