RTS Webinar
Capturing What We Do in Rehab: Defining Treatment Ingredients to Enhance Interdisciplinary Communication and Clinical Reasoning
With guest speakers, Holly Paczan, PT, MPT, NCS, Andrew Packel, PT, NCS, Mary K. Ferraro, PhD, OTR/L
DATE: 20 June 2023
TIME: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
In this Webinar we analyze what we do (treatment ingredients) in relation to what we’re trying to change in rehabilitation (treatment targets), using the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS). Clinicians at Moss Rehab and Shirley Ryan Ability Lab will share their experiences and give examples of how using the RTSS can enhance interdisciplinary communication, clinical reasoning, and documentation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Describe the clinical reasoning process for identifying treatment ingredients and targets, using the RTSS
2. Identify common rehabilitation practice conditions, feedback, and cueing types that promote interdisciplinary terminology
3. Discuss benefits and challenges of developing interdisciplinary ingredient terminology to support documentation and clinical communication
About Holly Paczan
Holly is a physical therapist and a board-certified clinical specialist in neurological physical therapy at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, with over 15 years of clinical experience, specializing in the treatment of patients with neurological conditions, particularly in the areas of stroke, brain injury and vestibular dysfunction. Holly is also the clinical manager for the Legs + Walking Lab, with oversight of inpatient specialty areas of practice including locomotor training, FES, as well as the integration of research into the clinical setting. Holly presented on the incidence of vestibular dysfunction in moderate to severe TBI at the 2022 ANPT Annual Conference and at the 2022 International Conference for Vestibular Rehabilitation. She is currently serving as co-chair of the ACRM RTSS EHR task force and received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Trinity University and her Master of Physical Therapy degree from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.
About Andrew Packel
Andrew Packel, PT, NCS is a board-certified specialist in neurologic physical therapy with over 25 years of experience, working mostly with individuals following stroke and traumatic brain injury. He is currently the Locomotor Coordinator at MossRehab outside of Philadelphia, PA. His primary areas of professional interest are optimizing interventions to improve walking, including the use of robotics and technology; and enhancing clinical reasoning in therapy practice through explicit consideration of the components of therapy. He has been involved with development and refinement of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) since its inception, a topic on which he has spoken regionally and nationally.
About Mary Ferraro
Dr. Ferraro has worked at MossRehab and Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute for over 35 years, serving in a variety of leadership, research and direct service roles. She has been a member of the RTSS research team since its inception in 2009. As Education Coordinator for the brain injury center (BIC), she chairs the BIC Education Committee and is responsible for planning monthly education for the clinical staff. Dr. Ferraro is the Clinical Knowledge Translation Liaison for the TBI Model System project as well as the coordinator of the advanced practice OT Fellowship Program in Physical Rehabilitation, accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
