Spotlight Series

Hope is not a strategy! Learn how to build an individualized study plan and effectively integrate licensing resources.

Instructor: Scott Giles PT, DPT, MBA
Scott is the President of Scorebuilders and has been assisting students to pass the licensing examination for over three decades.

Review the must-know prosthetics content for the NPTE exam. By the end of this session you will be able to: 1) focus on the MOST important areas of prosthetics for your NPTE study plan, 2) discriminate between different prosthetics devices and their uses, 3) discuss contraindications, precautions, and red-flags regarding prosthetics care, 4) prioritize areas of importance as it relates to prosthetics and the NPTE. Practice questions and answering strategies will be presented throughout the course.

Instructor: Daniel J. Lee, PT, DPT, PhD, GCS, COMT
Daniel is a faculty member in the Physical Therapy program at Touro College in Bayshore, NY and a Scorebuilders instructor. He has written numerous scientific manuscripts on limb loss rehabilitation and presents nationally on the topic.

Explore the role of physical therapy in the acute care setting. The session will review how physical therapists obtain, utilize, and integrate information in the acute care setting and how that information supports and guides clinical decision making. (Available on scorebuilders.com until November 18th or anytime on ACE)

Instructor: Gretchen Corcoran, PT, DPT, GCS
Gretchen is a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an instructor for Scorebuilders. Gretchen is a Geriatric Clinical Specialist with fifteen years of clinical experience in the acute care and subacute rehabilitation settings and seven years as an educator.

What do we use a Swan-Ganz for? What types of urinary catheters are there? How do I know what all these lines and tubes do? This session will review the common tubes, lines, and medical equipment we’ll see while treating our patients. We’ll discuss the function, location, complications and restrictions associated with each type of equipment.

Instructor: Jamie Dehan, PT, PhD, DPT, MS
Jamie is an instructor for Scorebuilders, with 14 years of clinical experience and 10 years as a physical therapy educator.

Gait is one of those skills that transcends nearly every system on the NPTE: MSK, neuro, cardiopulmonary, etc. It is therefore vital that students have a firm grasp on this topic. Nonetheless, gait can feel like a colossal task to comprehend. By taking a biomechanical approach to the various phases of gait, and combining them with application questions, learners will be begging for questions that assess gait on the NPTE. (Available on scorebuilders.com until November 18th or anytime on ACE)

Instructor: Casey Unverzagt, PT, DPT, DSc, OCS, SCS, FAAOMPT
Casey is a Clinical Associate Professor with the Baylor University DPT program. He works with an orthopaedic residency, ABPTRFE, Scorebuilders, and remains in clinical practice with a focus on orthopaedic and sports injuries.

Review the must-know wrist/hand content for the NPTE. By the end of this session you will be able to: 1) focus on the MOST important areas of the wrist/hand for your NPTE study plan, 2) discriminate between different wrist/hand devices and their uses, 3) discuss contraindications, precautions, and red-flags regarding wrist/hand care, 4) prioritize areas of importance as it relates to the wrist/hand and the NPTE. Practice questions and answering strategies will be presented throughout the course.

Instructor: Daniel J. Lee, PT, DPT, PhD, GCS, COMT
Daniel is a faculty member in the Physical Therapy program at Touro College in Bayshore, NY and a Scorebuilders instructor. He has written numerous scientific manuscripts on limb loss rehabilitation and presents nationally on the topic.