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Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System

Use of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) to Support Interprofessional Education: Implementation Strategies 4056

Friday, November 1, 2024
8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
Location:  ROOM: Cortez D REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms to the end of the hall and turn right. Cortez D is the last room on the left.
The Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) is a systematic and theory-driven framework to describe clinical interventions in terms of their “treatment components”, comprised of treatment targets (outcomes), ingredients (clinician actions) and mechanisms of action (how/why a treatment is predicted to bring about change). The RTSS serves as a tool for health professionals to simplify complex clinical reasoning and to better link rehabilitative treatments to desired changes in functioning. Implementation of the RTSS in health professions education provides a common framework to promote clinical reasoning skills; facilitate interprofessional education and communication among students, educators, and clinicians; and align educational activities and course objectives with accreditation standards. This symposium will present ways in which the RTSS has been incorporated into academic programs for OT, PT, and SLP, with the aim to graduate students able to utilize the RTSS as a foundational framework for interdisciplinary clinical practice and critical appraisal of research evidence.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Describe a framework for integrating the RTSS into interprofessional education to promote the development of students’ clinical reasoning skills and ability to examine and apply research evidence to clinical practice.
  • Discuss implementation strategies and tools to guide faculty education and the development of course objectives that map to interprofessional accreditation standards.
  • Recognize how examples of RTSS learning activities may inform the delivery and scaffolding of course objectives/content throughout their own educational program.
  • Discuss potential benefits and outcomes of incorporating RTSS into interprofessional rehabilitation curricula.
Disclosure(s):
Susan E. Fasoli, ScD OTR: No financial relationships to disclose
Matthew Geddie, OTR, PhD.: No financial relationships to disclose
Katy H. O'Brien, PhD CCC-SLP: No financial relationships to disclose
Sue Ann Sisto, PT, MA, PhD, FACRM: No financial relationships to disclose