Clinical management of patients with COVID-19: Rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19

Course information

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Overview: The Clinical Management of Patients with COVID-19 course series is developed for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides crucial knowledge necessary to provide safe, effective quality patient care. Presentations address all aspects of clinical management, including facility preparation and surge planning; health worker infection prevention and control; interfacility transfer; clinical management of mild, moderate, and severely ill patients with COVID-19; special considerations for geriatric, pregnant, and pediatric patients with COVID-19; rehabilitation; and ethics and palliative care.

The course series includes video lectures and downloadable presentations that have been updated with the latest guidance and evidence. Each course contains 5-8 modules, and each module includes a quiz to evaluate knowledge acquisition.

Should you be interested in learning more about other aspects of clinical management of patients with COVID-19, please refer to the following courses of the Clinical Management of Patients with COVID-19 course series:

• Clinical management of patients with COVID-19: General considerations
• Clinical management of patients with COVID-19: Initial approach to the acutely ill patient
• Clinical management of patients with COVID-19: Investigations and care for mild, moderate and severe disease

Learning objectives:

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the role of rehabilitation in the management of impairments resulting from COVID-19;
• Describe the etiology of a range of rehabilitation-related impairments in COVID-19;
• Know who and when to assess for rehabilitation needs;
• Provide education and advice to patients and their families; and
• Advise on strategies to help patients and their families manage their impairments.

Course duration: This course will take approximately 3 hours to complete.

Certificates: A Record of Achievement certificate will be available to participants who score at least 80% of the total points available across all of the quizzes. A Confirmation of Participation certificate is also available for participants who complete at least 80% of the course material. Participants who receive a Record of Achievement can also download an Open Badge for this course. Click here to learn how.

Course contents

• Module 1: Rehabilitation overview and care pathway:

  By the end of this module, participants should be able to: describe potential rehabilitation requirements during a patient’s care pathway; recognize multidisciplinary contributions to acute and post-acute rehabilitation, and outline potential challenges and risks associated with rehabilitation for COVID-19 patients and strategies to address these.

• Module 2: Rehabilitation for patients with cognitive impairments after COVID-19 illness:

  By the end of this module, participants should be able to: describe the etiology of cognitive impairment in COVID-19; know who and when to assess for cognitive impairment; provide education and advice to patients and their families; and advise on strategies to help patients and their families manage cognitive impairment.

• Module 3: Rehabilitation for patients with physical deconditioning and muscle weakness after COVID-19 illness:

  By the end of this module, participants should be able to: describe the etiology of physical deconditioning and muscle weakness in the context of COVID-19; know who and when to assess for physical deconditioning; provide education and advice to patients and their families with physical deconditioning; advise on rehabilitation interventions for patients with physical deconditioning.

• Module 4: Rehabilitation for patients with lung impairment after COVID-19 illness:

  By the end of this module, participants should be able to: describe the etiology of lung impairment in the context of COVID-19; know who and when to assess for lung impairment; provide education and advice to patients and their families with lung impairment, and advise on rehabilitation interventions for patients with lung impairment.

• Module 5: Rehabilitation for patients with swallowing impairment after COVID-19 illness:

  By the end of this module, participants should be able to: describe the etiology of potential swallowing impairments (dysphagia) in the context of COVID-19; know when to assess for swallowing assessment; provide education and advice to patients with swallowing impairment and their families, and provide advice and strategies to help patients and their families manage dysphagia.

• Module 6: Rehabilitation for patients with communication impairment after COVID-19 illness:

  By the end of this module, participants should be able to: describe potential etiologies of communication impairment in the context of COVID-19; know whom to assess for communication impairment and when to assess them; provide education and advice to patients with communication challenges and their families, and advise on strategies to help patients and their families manage communication impairments.

• Module 7: Rehabilitation for patients with difficulty carrying out activities of daily living (ADLs) after COVID-19 illness:

  By the end of this module, participants should be able to: describe the underlying factors potentially contributing to difficulties in carrying out ADLs in the context of COVID-19; know who would benefit from an ADL assessment; provide education and advice to patients and their families regarding ADLs; provide energy conservation strategies and describe potential environmental modifications to improve performance in ADLs.