Course Description:

Optimizing care for older adults requires a shared responsibility to close the gap between research and clinical practice. Identifying and using strategies to close this gap is a challenge for researchers and clinicians alike. This course will equip students, clinicians, administrators, and researchers with knowledge and skills to close the research-to-practice gap by integrating evidence into routine clinical practice. This will be achieved through a discussion of implementation science methods including selection of frameworks, processes, and evaluation strategies. The session includes a practical application of these strategies across 3 case studies: 1) a clinician’s approach to integrating evidence-based practice into older adult care, 2) a quality improvement initiative focused on implementing routine walking speed assessments into geriatric primary care clinics, 3) a pragmatic clinical trial aiming to implement a high-intensity rehabilitation paradigm in skilled nursing facilities.

Course Objectives:

Following this webinar, the participant will be able to:

• Explore approaches for integrating research into practice given your unique role in the PT community.
• Describe implementation frameworks, models, and processes that aim to enhance research integration.
• Identify effective and feasible implementation strategies to optimize translation.
• Assess and enhance success of evidence integration efforts.

Speaker:

Lauren Hinrichs-Kinney, PT, DPT, PhD

Dr. Lauren Hinrichs-Kinney is an assistant professor within the Physical Therapy program at the University of Colorado, concurrently serving as a post-doctoral fellow at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center. She is a board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist, having earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from Northwestern University. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado, where she had the distinctive opportunity to merge her interests in pedagogy, implementation science, and the clinical application of evidence-based exercise therapy. Her current research endeavors focus on exploring innovative strategies for implementing exercise therapy within skilled nursing facilities. Simultaneously, her educational mission in the field of physical therapy revolves around developing a framework to enrich the delivery of exercise-related curriculum and foster the proficiency of entry-level physical therapy students in effective exercise prescription techniques.

Co-presenters are:

Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, PhD, FAPTA

Alex Garbin, PT, DPT, PhD

Shane O’Malley, PT, DPT

Mattie Pontiff, PT, DPT

Recommended Reading: None.

CEUs:2.0 contact hours or 0.2 CEUs

Instruction Level:Intermediate