Webinar: Interpreting for a Physical Therapy Session

Approved CEUs: 1.0 CE CEAP/CCHI, 0.1 CEU IMIA/NBCMI, 0.1 CE RID, 1.0 ATA, 1.0 AOC

The attendee will be taken through a virtual tour of the physical therapy session as experienced by the patient, the caregiver and the interpreter. We will be introduced to treatment for various body parts and conditions, how they are diagnosed and general expectations of outcomes. We will get a glimpse of the experience from the patient’s point of view, and we will learn how the interpreters carry out their role with essential medical terms and by implementing a variety of interpreting skills to help create a seamless and efficient healthcare experience.

Learning Objectives:

1. Attendees will learn from a provider’s perspective what goes into a diagnosis and clinical plan for patients referred to physical therapy, and how to avoid common pitfalls when interpreting for this specialty.
2. Attendee will identify various interpretation skills and modalities and when and how to implement them in physical therapy sessions.
3. Attendees will review medical terminology related to physical therapy, including anatomy, stretches, exercises, pain indicators, symptoms and medical equipment.

About the Presenters:

Troy Allen is a certified healthcare interpreter (CHI-Spanish) with over 13 years of experience working as a staff interpreter at Intermountain Healthcare. He has a Spanish degree from BYU University and a Master’s in Education Counseling from the University of Phoenix.

Spencer Flint, DPT grew up in Layton, Utah and Buhl, Idaho. He decided to go to Weber State University and got his bachelor’s in science and then went on to get a Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Trine University in Indiana. He learned Portuguese while serving a religious mission in Portugal and has learned some Spanish since. He work in the orthopedics side of things with Physical therapy at Intermountain Healthcare.