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Continuing Education

  • Mission

    Our mission is to promote professional excellence, clinical specialization and lifelong learning by providing the highest quality clinical and evidence-based educational programs to our clinical instructors and the global community of physical therapists across the full spectrum of career development needs. We currently offer short courses and custom courses for licensed physical therapists. 

    The USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy is recognized as an approval agency and continuing education provider by the Physical Therapy Board of California. CEU's from our courses can be used to fulfill state requirements for licensure renewal.

    Licenses expiring after October 31, 2010 will require 15 contact hours of continuing education (1.5 CEU's)
    Licenses expiring after October 31, 2011 will require 30 contact hours of continuing education (3.0 CEU's)

    Watch a video about our continuing education programs.

  • Course Calendar


      EBPStudy  


     Essentials for Appraising Evidence (Online Course)

    4-part online course:
    -Clinical Practice Guidelines
    -Systemic Reviews
    -Appraising Intervention Studies Part I: Applicability and Validity
    -Appraising Intervention Studies Part II: Interpreting Results
    Instructors: Linda Fetters, PhD, PT, FAPTA & Julie Tilson, PT, DPT, NCS

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          SpineSeminar  
     Spine Rehabilitation Seminar Series

    Session II: Pain Management for Patients with Neck and Back Disorders
    Part A: May 16-17, 2013
    Part B: May 18-19, 2013

    Session III: Advanced Manipulative Therapy
    August 1-3, 2013

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      Brain Image  

     Explain Pain (co-sponsored with Neuro Orthopaedic Institute)

    May 18-19, 2013
    Instructor: Steve Schmidt, PT, MPhysio, OCS, FAAOMPT

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     SportsRehab   Sports Rehabilitation Seminar Series

    Module I: July 25-28, 2013 (3.0 CEU's) Lower Extremity Sports Skills and Fall Sports
    Module II: September 26-29, 2013 (3.0 CEU's) Upper Extremity Sports Skills and Winter/Spring Sports

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        Orthopedic   Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Seminar Series
     
    Lower Quarter Rehabilitation
    August 4-11, 2013
    Upper Quarter Rehabilitation
    October 20-27, 2013
    Instructor: Joe Godges, PT, DPT, OCS


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     Neuroconsortium 
    		   Neurologic Professional Education Consortium presents Advancing Neurologic Practice: Modules I and II

    Module I: August 22-25, 2013
    Module II: November 14-17, 2013
    10 or 26 webinar package is available for purchase. You do not have to take the modules to participate in the webinars.

        (A complete webinar schedule is available here).

    To access the Neurologic Physical Therapy Professional Education Consortium website, please click here.
     Spine Manipulation   Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Seminar Series (East Coast)

    September, 2013- February, 2014
    Instructor: Joe Godges, PT, DPT, OCS

      
      Lumbar Spine   Update on Lumbar Spine 2013

    October 12-13, 2013
    Kornelia Kulig, PhD, PT, FMAAOMPT, FAPTA and
    Mike O'Donnell, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
    Keynote Speaker: John D. Childs, PT, PhD, MBA
    1.5 CEU’s

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    TMJ   Physical Therapy Management for TMJ Disorders  

    October 19-20, 2013 
    Sally Ho, PT, DPT, MS, OCS
    1.5 CEU’s

     
     PT Small Shoulder   Diagnosis and Management of Shoulder Tendinopathy

    November 16, 2013
    Lori Michener, PhD, PT, ATC, SCS
    .75 CEU’s


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Los Angeles, CA 90089-9006

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