Summary
Do you have a poor understanding of the impact of your patient’s medication on their rehabilitation?
This online courses aims to help you, as health professionals, to better understand the influence of medication on your patient and what action you can take to help. This two-hour course offered by two pharmacists specialized in the fields of neuroscience and mental health will allow you to better understand the issues of mental health and/or persistent pain and help you adapt your intervention plan. The objective is to provide you with concrete tools to optimize your management and to better understand the classes of medication. Case histories will be presented to you.
Topics covered:
- Impact of mental health problems
- Brief summary of the main classes of medications (anti-depressants/anti-psychotics/narcotics/sleep related medications), their effects, side effects and impact on function and rehabilitation
- Effects of medication in a rehabilitation setting
- Effects of medication on physical training
- Mechanisms of depression and the effect of anti-depressants.
- How collaboration between the pharmacist and the therapist can facilitate the rehabilitation of the client
- Knowing in which situation to refer the client to his pharmacist vs. physician
- Motivational interviewing
- The rebound effect of opioids
Objectives
- Recognize the impact of mental health issues on rehabilitation
- Illustrate the effect of psychotropic and analgesic drugs on cognitive and neuromuscular function
- Adapt a treatment plan to address mental health and pain issues and the side effects of psychotropic and analgesic medications
- Identify the role of health care professionals in the management of rehabilitation patients with mental health and pain issues
Course Content
Target professionals
Content is not intended for use outside the scope of the learner’s license or regulation. Continuing education courses should not be taken by people who are not licensed or regulated.This does not apply when they are part of a specific plan of care. By participating in this course, the participant agrees to respect his/her professional scope of practice.
I loved the examples directly related to physical therapy. The explanations were clear and precise. The questions asked during the training. The case studies.