Our course contents have been developed, reviewed, and edited by a group of researchers and clinicians based on the most recent evidence-based practice, and designed for all levels of professionals. Throughout the course and case studies, each learner will be challenged to create multidirectional clinical reasoning, and practical intervention strategies in their practice setting.
Course Catalog
Manual Therapy 2024: What is Old and What is New?
Every year, there are major updates within the manual therapy world. This course summarizes what information has been updated, shown effective, and needs to be pursued more in the clinic. For in-person courses, a collection of manual therapy skills has lab activities to promote hands-on skill acquisition. Content materials of the course are updated twice a year, to ensure that the information is up to date, and to support evidence-based practice for our clinicians.
Ethics and Empathy 2024: From Building Trust to Improving Outcome
Evidence shows that patients and clients treated by more empathetic clinicians show better clinical experience, adherence, and outcomes. Through its flexible definition, empathy is an important element in healthcare practice. In order for effective diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis, rapport, trust, and communication need to be developed first. This course discusses how clinicians can be more empathetic in their practice by understanding their patients and clients better, and ultimately improving the intended clinical outcome. Content materials of the course are updated twice a year, to ensure that the information is up to date, and to support evidence-based practice for our clinicians.
Functional Anatomy 2024: From Building Trust to Improving Outcome
Evidence shows that patients and clients treated by more empathetic clinicians show better clinical experience, adherence, and outcomes. Through its flexible definition, empathy is an important element in healthcare practice. In order for effective diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis, rapport, trust, and communication need to be developed first. This course discusses how clinicians can be more empathetic in their practice by understanding their patients and clients better, and ultimately improving the intended clinical outcome. Content materials of the course are updated twice a year, to ensure that the information is up to date, and to support evidence-based practice for our clinicians.
Treatment Intentionality: Don’t waste your time, and their time.
With the variety of schools of thought in physical therapy, we often get lost in our own toolbox. After earning a few years of clinical experience under your belt, you start to perform your techniques without asking yourself for clinical rationale. Recognition of pattern is good, and evidence-based practice is also good, but every touch and instruction you give should have reasonings. This course looks at how to give purpose and reasoning for your treatment techniques, which will further improve your clinical reflection and patient outcome.
Patient Engagement: Will She Do Your Home Exercise Program?
Patient engagement and empowerment can place the patient at the center of their medical experience. Further, it is shown to increase the patient’s self-efficacy and behavioral changes, which then translates to better adherence and outcome. This course focuses on how empowering the patient can make them more proactive and engaged throughout their treatments, to further improve their clinic attendance and clinical outcome.
Cultural Competence: Increasing your quality of care
Cultural competence has been gaining a lot of attention from healthcare practitioners in the last few decades. With the goal of achievement of health and racial equity, this course looks at how clinicians can appreciate the patient’s culture, beliefs, and values. How can we improve someone’s health without understanding what goes on in their life?
2025 Schedule
** 2025 Courses will be updated by February 2025 **
2024 Schedule
** All 2024 courses have been completed **
2023 Schedule
** All 2023 courses have been completed **
Ethics 2023: Ethical and legal consideration
Manual Therapy 2023: What actually works?
Empathy: From building trust to improving outcome
Patient Engagement: Will they do your home exercise program?
Cultural Competence: Increasing your quality of care
Treatment Intentionality: Don’t waste your time and their time.
Policies & Procedures
Satisfactory Completion
Participants who successfully registered with email confirmation upon payment, must attend the entire length of the online course and complete the email course evaluation. For in-person courses, sign-in, sign-out, and course evaluation must be completed and submitted onsite, in order for the participant to receive the certificate and continuing education credits.
Scope of Practice
Content provided by IARET is only intended for participants within the regulatory scope of the license. Each individual is responsible for understanding one’s professional scope of practice.
Registration Confirmation
Each participant will receive an email confirmation upon successful registration. Any individual who requires assistance must notify the team via the phone or email provided in the contact information section.
Cancellation Policy
Any cancellation request must be submitted 14 days prior to the online and onsite course date, and the full amount of refund will be provided. Participants may reschedule their course at any time. Any registration that was not canceled or rescheduled by the course date will be forfeited.
Inclement Weather
(For in-person course only) In case of inclement weather, participants will be notified at least 24 hours before the onsite course date. Participants will be allowed to switch their dates or get a full refund.
State Approval
All courses DO NOT go through the state approval in 2024, unless specified. If the participant wishes to receive continuing education credits for license renewal, we provide the state-specific documents within 10-14 business days. As of April 2024, all participants who requested individual approval to their state board have been approved.