A Physician’s Lecture on Lymphedema provides an excellent overview of lymphedema and its pathophysiology, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis. This course is beneficial for all medical professionals who want to learn about this prevalent disease but are unable to commit to completing a lymphedema therapy certification course. The online Physician’s Lecture is also beneficial for medical doctors who need to know about lymphedema, but are not interested in studying the manual techniques required for treating lymphedema. Your host, Kathleen Francis, MD, explains lymphedema in the most understandable manner, making it easy and interesting to follow along. Please find all pertinent information for this four-part course below.
Note: This course includes a bonus lecture on Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT).
This course is offered to all Medical Doctors, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, Athletic Trainers Certified, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Practical Nurses, Massage Therapists.
It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the skills acquired in this class are within their scope of practice.
Upon completion of the course, the learner will:
Course access is NOT immediate due to the need to ensure that the prerequisites are met and to allow for hand processing of the order. Upon registration and payment of the course fee, you will be emailed a Student Agreement within 3 business days. Once the Agreement is electronically signed by you and emailed back to Klose Training, a username and password for accessing the online course will be emailed to you within 3 business days. You will have 3 MONTHS of access to the online course from the time the access information is emailed to you.
This course is offered to all Medical Doctors, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, Athletic Trainers Certified, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Practical Nurses, Massage Therapists.
It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the skills acquired in this class are within their scope of practice.
NOTE: Persons without a medical background who are interested in learning about lymphedema are also invited to register for this online course, but will not receive continuing education hours/credits.
Tuition: $295. Full amount is due upon registration. For our refund and cancellation policy, please refer to the Student Agreement.
This course totals 10.5 contact hours and has been approved for 10.5 CE hours for Physical and Occupational Therapists, and 7 CE hours for Massage Therapists by the organizations and states listed here. Online course hours are also approved for Lymphology Association of North America (LANA) re-certification.
To receive a Certificate of Completion, the student must be a licensed health care professional and watch all video portions of the course, pass an online quiz with a score of 80% or better, and return the required documents specified in the course. The Certificate will then be emailed to the student.
Klose Training is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 12909. This distance learning- independent activity is offered at 1.05 CEUs, introductory, Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
