Perinatal Health Specialist Certification Training Part 1: Grow an OB Rehab Program in the Hospital and Home after Birth
Perinatal Health Specialist Certification Training Part 1: Grow an OB Rehab Program in the Hospital and Home after Birth
This course includes
The instructors
Overview
Regardless of place or method of delivery, individuals may experience unexpected birth outcomes that result in short- and long-term impairments affecting their function and ability to safely care for themselves and their newborn. This innovative program prepares acute care and home health professionals to expand access to early rehab services that align with national efforts to reduce maternal morbidity and improve the quality of maternal care in hospitals, birth centers, and at home.
Collaboration among all disciplines is essential to optimize the quality of maternal care, enhance postpartum recovery, and maximize safety with post-delivery mobility and ADLs (infant-care, household, occupational, and recreational).
Participants will be equipped with strategies to implement obstetric rehab services as standard of care for individuals after delivery within their hospitals and communities.
Learning Objectives
By completing this online course, participants will be able to:
- Create interventions to address specific concerns impacting physical and mental health in the high-risk pregnancy populations who have an extended hospital length of stay
- Screen patients according to risk factors to reduce postpartum morbidity including cardiovascular impairments, pelvic floor dysfunction, cesarean wound complications, and hospital readmissions
- Facilitate patients’ understanding of the impact of pregnancy and the birthing process of each bodily system to optimize their 4th trimester recovery and return to activity
- Apply specific techniques to address postpartum pelvic and back pain, symphysis pubis dysfunction, diastasis recti, and cesarean wound healing
- Evaluate a patient within 24-48 hours of birth to improve self-efficacy during the recovery process
- Successfully support families and optimize mental and physical healing after birth trauma and perinatal loss
Audience
This online course is for:
- Occupational Therapists and Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Physiotherapists / Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants
- Doulas, Birth Workers, and Health / Wellness Professionals
- OB Providers, Midwives, and Nurses
The instructors
PT, DPT
Dr. Rebeca Segraves, PT, DPT is Board-Certified as a Women’s Health Clinical Specialist.
She has extensive experience treating perinatal and pelvic health conditions in acute care, home health, and outpatient settings including long-term hospitalizations for high-risk pregnancy and following perinatal loss. She has worked with inpatient obstetrics and gynecology teams to maximize early recovery after delivery and pelvic surgery, including hysterectomy, prolapse repair, endometriosis surgery, cesarean section, birth-related injuries, and following obstetrics critical care interventions.
She is the founder of Enhanced Recovery After Delivery™, an obstetrics clinical pathway that maximizes mental and physical function during pregnancy and immediately postpartum with hospital and in-home occupational and physical therapy. Her vision is that every person will have access to a qualified rehab therapist during pregnancy and within the first 6 weeks after birth, perinatal loss, pregnancy termination, and any pelvic surgery regardless of their location or ability to pay.
Material included in this course
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Introduction Free
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The Acute Care Obstetrics Rehab Manual
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ERAD Acute Care Obstetrics Rehab Manual
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Client Handouts: Birth Plan, Pregnancy, Recovery
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Pelvic health OT and PT services reference list
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Patient Interview: Heart Failure 4 days After Birth
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Grow an OB Rehab Program in the Hospital and Home after Birth
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Intro to Perinatal Health
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Anatomy and Physiology
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Pregnancy Anatomy and Physiology Part 1
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Pregnancy Anatomy and Physiology Part 2
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Maternal Health
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Maternal Health Statistics
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Patient Advocacy
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Perinatal Loss and Mental Health
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High-Risk Maternal Health
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LAB - Antepartum Interventions
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Evaluation and Treatment: 24 - 48 hours
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Labor and Delivery Part 1
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Labor and Delivery Part 2
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Cesarean Section Recovery
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Cesarean Interventions
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Rehab after Cesarean Hysterectomy
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Acute Postpartum Summary
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Case Study Assignment: 4 hours
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Perinatal Health Case Study Assignment
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Case Study Assignment Submission
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Enhanced Recovery After Delivery Assessment: 1 hour
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Certificate of Completion
Is a certificate of completion included with this course?
Once you have completed the course, a certificate of completion (including learning hours and course information) will be generated. You can download this certificate at any time. To learn more about course certificates on Embodia please visit this guide.
Is this course eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for PTs and OTs in the US?
Yes, this course has been approved for 15 Live, Distance-Learning Interactive, and Distance-Learning Independent CE hours in 38 states by both the AOTA and the APTA.
The AOTA recognize 38 states approved providers. The APTA approval is for the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusettes, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North, Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington,Wisconsin, Wyoming.
CEUs are awarded to PT and OT participants who meet attendance requirements for virtual training and successfully pass course examination with a score of 80% or greater.
In order for the appropriate CEU information to be displayed on your certificate of completion, please add your CEU jurisdiction information on your Embodia profile. Learn how to do so in this guide.