2023-Advanced Comprehensive Approach to Sports Physical Therapy Rehab – June Enrollment

This academy membership is an online learning platform that uses both synchronous (live, in-person) and asynchronous (not live, watch on your own time), as well as independent and team-based learning strategies. The mission of Rehab Learning Center is one of constant learning and improvement. We believe in a couple of famous quotes:

“Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” Abigail Adams

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin

We have designed this program to be a friendly yet challenging learning platform that you will travel along with like-minded individuals, all intending to be the best they can be.

There are many objectives for the academy membership. Ultimately, we want to surround ourselves with like-minded individuals that will push each other in a collegial and non-threatening way to improve for the betterment of those we care for.

The final objective is for you to be able to synthesize and make critical decisions about an injured athlete from the moment they are injured until they return to their sport. In order to accomplish this goal, we present complex cases that build throughout the academy with the final objective of returning that athlete back to their sport through the decisions you make in the presented cases.

RLC Academy is intended for highly motivated, passionate, and driven clinicians and students who want to continue to challenge themselves and grow. This is not an alternative or substitute for college or university programs or residencies, EMR courses, etc.; rather, it is a supplement. While the last modules focus strongly on orthopedics and sports medicine, the first modules are applicable to other domains as well.

We believe this program has applicability to multiple rehabilitation professions (e.g., athletic training, physiotherapy, medicine, chiropractic, occupational therapy, strength and conditioning, and fitness professionals).

Option 1: February 11, 2023

Option 2: June 5, 2023

All sessions run for 4 months. Option 1 can be completed at your own pace, while Option 2 is directly paced for completion in 4 months.

The first sessions consist of concepts including tissue injury & healing, basic biomechanical concepts, bioenergetics, clinical reasoning, and mentoring. The following sessions build on details of the examination of an injured athlete (both at the event and in the clinic), muscle performance assessments, return to sport assessments, and strength and conditioning and rehabilitation integration. The final sessions focus on completing previously introduced interactive cases, participant presentations, guest speakers who are working in sports medicine, and advice on interviews for residencies and employment.

Please refer to the details listed under options 1 and 2, respectively.

There will be lectures to view and/or articles to read that could require anywhere from 2-3 hours per month for option 1 to complete 10 hours of continuing education.

Option 2 will require approximately 5–6 hours per month to complete up to 22 hours of continuing education credit.

We appreciate that life is busy and things come up. We do not require participation. We, of course, strongly encourage taking full advantage of all the material that is offered to get the most out of the program. If you want to receive continuing education credit, you will need to complete the entire program, including quizzes.

Option 1 has been re-approved by the Michigan chapter of the APTA for 10 hours of continuing education credit. It was approved for this last year. Option 2 is approved for 22 hours of continuing education credit with the Michigan chapter of the APTA. We have found Michigan to have good reciprocity with other states. We have had our continuing education courses approved by various states in the USA. The content in the course modules should be enough information for you to submit for APTA approval if you need to.

See details under Option 1 and 2 courses.

Yes. Email a copy of your current student ID to Rehab Learning Center.

We appreciate and understand this request. We expect word-of-mouth advertising to be powerful for those enrolled in the program. We truly believe this program is unique and packed with great content.

It is possible to enroll after the February 11th start for option 1, as long as you realize the didactic and interactive content is paced for this start.

Option 2 will close enrollment once the course starts, and late enrollment will not be accepted.  Therefore, we suggest enrolling early, as we have already received a lot of interest in this option.

Great question. There is no specific ‘type’ of individual. We are looking for passionate, driven, and hard-working individuals who are willing to challenge themselves and grow in their knowledge. We believe it will be important for all individuals participating in RLC Academy to be compassionate, willing to challenge their assumptions, and willing to work and contribute to team learning. We wish for everyone to grow as a result of our collaborative learning environment.

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