Interdisciplinary Insights for Common Prosthetic Gait
Deviations (Recorded Webinar)
Presented by Alicia White and John Fergason
Financial: John Fergason receives compensation from MedBridge for this course.
Nonfinancial: Alicia White has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Nonfinancial: John Fergason has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
This course is a recording of a previously hosted live webinar event. Polling and question submission features are not available for this recording. Format and structure may differ from standard MedBridge courses.
An interdisciplinary approach to amputee care can increase the success of your treatment goals and allow the patient to reach their full functional potential. Physical therapists, occupational therapists, and prosthetists all have unique and important roles in the rehabilitation process, which overlap but are not independent of each other. When understood and utilized appropriately, these professional responsibilities should complement one another and improve patient care. Understanding your role and scope of practice as well as those of your healthcare team colleagues will help improve functional outcomes and increase the effectiveness of your treatment sessions.
Meet your instructors
Alicia White
Dr. Alicia White graduated from Baldwin Wallace University in 2004 with a degree in athletic training. She continued her studies at the University of Miami, where she earned a doctorate in physical therapy in 2007. Dr. White worked at the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio, Texas, for 10 years, treating high-level…
John Fergason
John Fergason is the chief prosthetist at the Center for the Intrepid at San Antonio Military Medical Center. He was formerly an instructor and clinical manager for the Prosthetics-Orthotics Program at UT Southwestern in Dallas, Texas, and proceeded to become the director of the Division of Prosthetics-Orthotics at the…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Physical Evaluation of the Patient and Their Prosthesis
Relating the physical findings to the prosthetic design will enable the clinician to approach problem-solving in a systematic manner.
2. Assessing Common Gait Deviations
This chapter will discuss identification of common prosthetic gait deviations and techniques for accommodation within the treatment session.
3. Communicating With the Prosthetist to Determine Scope and Solutions to Common Deviations
This chapter will discuss understanding the interdisciplinary scope of practice and learning to use the strength of each team member’s contributions to maximize treatment outcomes.
4. Question and Answer Session
This chapter is a viewer-submitted question and answer session facilitated by the instructors, John Fergason and Alicia White.
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