Course Code: REL-RTS-0-22POD19
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Identify at least three best practices to ensure your evaluation and treatment interactions are aligned with your patient’s culture.
Recall communication strategies to determine effectiveness of the treatment.
Determine key considerations when developing a plan of care for a patient from the Muslim community.
Outline:
Introduction
Why It Matters (03:04)
Stereotypes and Self-Awareness of Biases (05:19)
Modesty: Working with a Provider of a Different Gender (07:46)
Asking for Consent to Touch (09:36)
Considerations for a Clinician and Patient of Different Genders (11:41)
Direct and Indirect Communication (14:30)
Creating a Space for Psychological Safety (17:48)
Asking the Right Question to Probe Patient Status (19:44)
Integrating Home Exercise Programs into the Patient’s Day (22:55)
Individualism and Collectivism (24:02)
Accommodations for Prayer During Treatment Time (29:02)
Muslim Dress and Modesty (35:10)
Food and Drinks (39:43)
Fasting During Ramadhan (42:16)
Modifying Movement for Prayers (46:37)
Conclusion (50:36)
Subject Matter Expert: Rahimeh Ramezany, M.A.
Rahimeh Ramezany is a diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and intercultural practitioner, founder of Rahimeh Ramezany Consulting, and a multiethnic, neurodiverse, visibly Muslim American woman. She holds a master’s degree in intercultural communication from San Jose State University and a Certificate in Advanced Global Leadership from the Lucas College of Business’s Global Leadership Advancement Center. In 2016, she served as a fellow at the Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication. Since then she has worked at multiple DEI-focused consulting firms and nonprofits in program management, training, and consulting capacities before starting her own business in 2021. Rahimeh founded her DEI consulting business to address the experiences of marginalized religious, racial, and ethnic communities in the U.S. Her goal is to create change at the individual, interpersonal, and systemic levels that centers on dignity, compassion, and justice.
Subject Matter Expert: Tiffany Shubert, PT, PhD
Dr. Shubert has a Master’s in Physical Therapy from UC San Francisco/San Francisco State University and a PhD in Human Movement Science from UNC Chapel Hill. She is a licensed physical therapist with over 20 years of clinical experience. She has taught in pre and post-professional DPT programs and is a funded researcher with 35 peer-reviewed publications. The majority of her research has focused on evidence-based fall risk management and the dissemination and implementation of the Otago Exercise Program.
Writer: Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP
Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of experience. She obtained her bachelor's degree in psychology from Jacksonville State University and her Master of Science degree in speech-language pathology from The University of Alabama. She worked with clients of all ages and a variety of diagnostic conditions in school, hospital, skilled nursing facility, outpatient clinic, and home health settings. In her previous role as a national clinical director for Aegis Therapies, she created training programs for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology related to the clinical rehabilitation needs of older adults in post-acute care. She currently draws upon her expertise in her role at Relias as Lead Subject Matter Expert Writer for Speech-Language Pathology. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Introductory level Speech and Language Pathologists; Occupational Therapists; Physical Therapists; in the following settings: Rehabilitation Settings.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.