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Kathryn Brewer

PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

Dr. Brewer graduated with her degree in physical therapy from The Ohio State University and received her Master of Education degree from the University of Cincinnati. Her doctorate degree is from Temple University. She has been certified as a geriatric specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists since 1994. Dr. Brewer currently practices at Mayo Clinic as the therapy clinical education specialist and faculty for the PT Geriatric Residency program. She holds academic rank as assistant professor in the Mayo College of Medicine and is a senior fellow in the Academy of Educational Excellence. She was awarded the Mayo Clinic Distinguished Allied Health Educator of the Year award in 2015.

Dr. Brewer is a dedicated clinician and educator with more than 40 years of experience in a variety of settings, including acute care, outpatient care, home care, long-term care/SNF, and public health programs with an emphasis on geriatric care, education, and administration. She frequently writes and presents on these topics in local, state, and national PT and community educational programs. She actively participates in professional initiatives that affect practice, awareness, advocacy, and service delivery of care to patients and clients. Her areas of clinical expertise include osteoporosis, fall prevention, health promotion, functional assessment, and chronic disease management/wellness in older adults.

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Geriatric Physical Therapy Professionalism: Your Journey

Presented by Kathryn Brewer, PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

Geriatric Physical Therapy Professionalism: Your Journey

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Audio Runtime: 24 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 2 Minutes

The scope of practice in physical therapy continues to expand, with greater opportunity for clinicians to deepen and focus their expertise, improving quality of care for patients/clients. As a doctoring profession, we are accountable for commitment to professional development and clinical excellence, integrity, moral agency, and competence.
With experience, proficiency, and credentials come expectations and accountability beyond the daily performance of your job. This course will challenge you to consider these opportunities and potentially set some personal goals for the next steps in your career. This course is appropriate for physical therapists pursuing board specialty in geriatrics and those who wish to deepen the focus of their practice to serve the aging population specifically.

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Geriatric Physical Therapy Professionalism: Guiding Principles

Presented by Kathryn Brewer, PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

Geriatric Physical Therapy Professionalism: Guiding Principles

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Audio Runtime: 19 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 15 Minutes

When you aim to practice at the top of your license, you don't have to go it alone. Research has given us a clear picture of our obligations and opportunities as a doctoring profession, including characteristics of professional behavior applied to clinical, educational, and research settings. We must maintain an active responsibility for the growth of the physical therapy profession and the health of the people we serve. Think about why you chose physical therapy as your career and whether you have found your purpose, specifically in the care of older adults.
This audio course will invite you to reflect on how you practice. Consider your own maturity as a clinician and expert in the continuum of professional development. We will discuss barriers and explore opportunities to fulfill the guiding principles in geriatric physical therapy practice. Defining the foundations of clinical competency and expert practice will help us identify where we as individuals may need to invest in ourselves, as well as advocate for research evidence and policy change to provide optimal access and care for our patients.

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Identifying and Managing Frailty in Therapy Care for Older Adults

Presented by Kathryn Brewer, PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

Identifying and Managing Frailty in Therapy Care for Older Adults

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Video Runtime: 63 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 33 Minutes

Frailty is NOT a consequence of aging. Frailty is recognized as a multisystem condition wherein total physiological reserve is decreased, becoming insufficient for maintenance and repair. Frailty is a progressive condition that begins with a preclinical stage, providing opportunity for early detection and prevention. Assessment of frailty risk, and numerous strategies to stabilize or even reverse this decline will be discussed. This program will focus on the topic of frailty as a clinical issue that reaches across geriatric settings and conditions, challenging clinicians to think comprehensively about modifiable factors within therapy encounters to optimize long-term outcomes for aging adults. This content is universally applicable to patient care management in allied health. While the assessment tools and intervention strategies reach across all practice settings, they are most relevant to physical therapy practice.

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Social Determinants of Health: Impacting Geriatric Care Management

Presented by Kathryn Brewer, PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

Social Determinants of Health: Impacting Geriatric Care Management

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Video Runtime: 46 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 35 Minutes

Therapy providers are experts at assessing function and movement systems through thorough evaluation to determine differential diagnosis and establish a plan of care. However, on a broader construct, when barriers to health and well-being are not considered and managed, patient outcomes are often not fully realized or sustainable. This presentation is aimed at increasing awareness of the social determinants of health, the potential impact on therapeutic outcomes, and the importance of these factors on quality of life of our older adult patients/clients. Physical and occupational therapists working with older adults in all settings will benefit from this discussion.

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Effective Exercise Dosing to Optimize Recovery and Beyond

Presented by Kathryn Brewer, PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

Effective Exercise Dosing to Optimize Recovery and Beyond

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Video Runtime: 88 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 43 Minutes

This is part one in a two-part series. Regular physical activity and exercise, essential for general health and wellness, is not exclusive of older adults. Underdosing exercise for geriatric patients/clients may jeopardize quality of life, functional capacity and independence, leaving vulnerable older adults at risk for falls, frailty and progression of chronic conditions. In a healthcare environment with care limits and disparities, excessively conservative interventions waste valuable resources and result in suboptimal outcomes. There is no excuse for complacency or ageism bias to compromise the quality and effectiveness of physical therapy interventions. This course will provide evidence-based guidelines for exercise prescription, designed to optimize rehabilitation and address lifestyle physical activity. At the conclusion of an episode of skilled therapy services, our patients should be better prepared for health maintenance through customized exercise prescription and education to support their specific conditions and activity participation.

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Understanding and Applying Evidence in Exercise Prescription

Presented by Kathryn Brewer, PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

Understanding and Applying Evidence in Exercise Prescription

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Video Runtime: 105 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 56 Minutes

This is part two in a two-part series. Regular physical activity and exercise, essential for general health and wellness, is not exclusive of older adults. Underdosing exercise for geriatric patients/clients may jeopardize quality of life, functional capacity and independence, leaving vulnerable older adults at risk for falls, frailty and progression of chronic conditions. In a healthcare environment with care limits and disparities, excessively conservative interventions waste valuable resources and result in suboptimal outcomes. There is no excuse for complacency or ageism bias to compromise the quality and effectiveness of physical therapy interventions. This course will provide evidence-based guidelines for exercise prescription, designed to optimize rehabilitation and address lifestyle physical activity. At the conclusion of an episode of skilled therapy services, our patients should be better prepared for health maintenance through customized exercise prescription and education to support their specific conditions and activity participation.

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The Adult Learner and Implications for Patient Education

Presented by Kathryn Brewer, PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

The Adult Learner and Implications for Patient Education

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Effective patient outcomes are, in part, dependent on clear communication of patient-specific health information and education on which to build behavior change and sustainability of new psychomotor skills. This course by Kathryn Brewer will address principles of adult learning, special needs related to older adults with physical or cognitive impairments, and strategies for effective teaching interventions and learning outcomes.

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Effective Therapeutic Interventions for the Older Adult with Osteoporosis

Presented by Kathryn Brewer, PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

Effective Therapeutic Interventions for the Older Adult with Osteoporosis

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This course is part of our GCS Prep-Program. Learn more about the full prep-program here: MedBridge GCS Prep-Program.

Fifty four million Americans are living with or at-risk of osteoporosis and low bone mass, resulting in two million fractures every year. Physical therapists have a vital contribution to patient education and intervention both before and after fracture to improve posture, core and spinal extension strength, balance/coordination and muscle strength reducing fall risk and risk for fracture. Collegial partnerships with referring physicians in primary care, PM&R, endocrinology and gynecology are essential. Special populations from transplant, oncology and gastroenterology are also important to address. This course, the final in a three-part series, focuses on effective therapeutic interventions for the older adult with osteoporosis.

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Comprehensive Care Plan for the Older Adult with Osteoporosis

Presented by Kathryn Brewer, PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

Comprehensive Care Plan for the Older Adult with Osteoporosis

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This course is part of our GCS Prep-Program. Learn more about the full prep-program here: MedBridge GCS Prep-Program.

Fifty-four million Americans are living with or at-risk of osteoporosis and low bone mass, resulting in two million fractures every year. Osteoporosis is defined as a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength leading to an increased risk of fracture. This definition emphasizes the role of bone strength as a key to understanding fracture risk; one in two women and up to one in four men over the age of 50 will have an osteoporosis related fracture in their lifetime. This course, the second in a three-part series presented by Dr. Kathryn Brewer, focuses on a comprehensive care plan for the older adult with osteoporosis.

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Clinical Management of the Older Adult with Osteoporosis

Presented by Kathryn Brewer, PT, DPT, MEd, Geriatric Clinical Specialist Emeritus

Clinical Management of the Older Adult with Osteoporosis

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This course is part of our GCS Prep-Program. Learn more about the full prep-program here: MedBridge GCS Prep-Program.

Fifty-four million Americans are living with, or at risk of, osteoporosis and low bone mass, resulting in two million fractures every year. This course, the first in a three-part series presented by Dr. Kathryn Brewer, focuses on the clinical management of the older adult with osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is defined as a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength leading to an increased risk of fracture. This definition emphasizes the role of bone strength as a key to understanding fracture risk; one in two women and up to one in four men over the age of 50 will have an osteoporosis related fracture in their lifetime. Physical therapists have a vital role in contributing to patient education and intervention both before and after fracture to improve posture, core and spinal extension strength, balance/coordination, and muscle strength, ultimately reducing fall risk and risk for fracture.

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Jul 28, 2020

Social Determinants of Health: Why Do They Matter?

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Sep 28, 2017

Exercise Dosing: Choosing Wisely in Interventions for Older Adults

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Jan 18, 2016

Clinical Management for the Older Adult with Osteoporosis

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