Online Course
Comparative Animal Physiotherapy Modalities
Learn how to effectively use electrotherapeutic modalities and manual techniques to enhance your animal patients’ outcomes

1-1.5 hours

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Cheryl Danks
Course instructor

Cheryl is a physiotherapist for humans and horses, she is also an equestrian and enjoys show jumping and Express events

Animal Physiotherapy Interest Group of the South African Society of Physiotherapy

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Introduction

A number of electrotherapeutic modalities and manual techniques used on human patients are clinically proven to be effective on animals as well. This course introduces the use of these treatments in an animal setting. It includes specific tricks to ensure you can apply these techniques effectively and precautions that must be considered when working with animals.

Aims

This course aims to describe when and how to use electrotherapeutic modalities and manual techniques on animals.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

  1. Video
  2. Reading activity
  3. Quiz

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 1-1.5 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 1 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course 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. Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
  5. Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • compare six electrotheraputic modalities used to treat animal patients
  • discuss three manual techniques used to treat animal patients
  • describe the features of the subjective and objective assessment of an animal patient
  • elect three appropriate rehabilitation techniques to use on an animal patient

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

Cheryl Danks: No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

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

Featured reviews
This course gives great insight into the use of modalities that enhance animal PT management in ways that complement the use of these very same modalities in human patients. Very thorough in explaining the uses, physiological effects, indications and contraindications of using the various modalities on animal patients.
Jeanne-Marie Garcia
Physiotherapist
Trinidad And Tobago