Paper Courses

Promoting Legal & Ethical Awareness Combo Pack SKU: LEGALCOMBO This course is offered in cooperation with Elsevier Science and utilizes the textbook, “Promoting Legal and Ethical Awareness: A Primer for Health Professionals and Patients”, by Ron Scott, c2009. Covering the legal and ethical issues involved with patient care, this book provides you with a framework for making important health-related decisions on patient care. It includes the latest information on HIPAA, IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), ADA (the Americans with Disabilities Act), and the No Child Left Behind Act. It also discusses methods of alternative dispute resolution and makes recommendations for improving attorney-health professional-client relations. Module 1 covers legal and ethical foundations and the law of health care malpractice. Topics include: the nature of the American legal system, jurisdiction, criminal and civil law defined and distinguished, the litigation process, bases for moral conduct, enforcement of ethics codes, professional codes of ethics, legal bases for imposing liability for patient injury and internal and external factors increasing health care professionals’ malpractice liability exposure. Module 2 covers intentional wrongs and ethical and legal issues in employment. Topics include: intentional torts (assault, battery, fraud, etc), criminal law, ethical and legal issues in workplace sexual harassment and human resource management issues. Module 3 covers business law and ethics, legal and ethical issues in education and a focus on professional ethics. Topics include: business torts, antitrust and administrative law, contracts, Good Samaritan laws, liability risk management for clinical instructors and affliation sites, life and death decision making, nondiscrimination in health care delivery, gifts, and more. These courses are approved for 4.0 contact hours each. This package contains 2 course modules of your choice consisting of the reading and testing materials. For course goals and objectives, please view the product page for each course separately. Please select the 2 modules you would like from the options below. Learn More

Promoting Legal & Ethical Awareness Bundle Pack SKU: LEGALBUNDLE This course is offered in cooperation with Elsevier Science and utilizes the textbook, “Promoting Legal and Ethical Awareness: A Primer for Health Professionals and Patients”, by Ron Scott, c2009. Covering the legal and ethical issues involved with patient care, this book provides you with a framework for making important health-related decisions on patient care. It includes the latest information on HIPAA, IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), ADA (the Americans with Disabilities Act), and the No Child Left Behind Act. It also discusses methods of alternative dispute resolution and makes recommendations for improving attorney-health professional-client relations. Module 1 covers legal and ethical foundations and the law of health care malpractice. Topics include: the nature of the American legal system, jurisdiction, criminal and civil law defined and distinguished, the litigation process, bases for moral conduct, enforcement of ethics codes, professional codes of ethics, legal bases for imposing liability for patient injury and internal and external factors increasing health care professionals’ malpractice liability exposure. Module 2 covers intentional wrongs and ethical and legal issues in employment. Topics include: intentional torts (assault, battery, fraud, etc), criminal law, ethical and legal issues in workplace sexual harassment and human resource management issues. Module 3 covers business law and ethics, legal and ethical issues in education and a focus on professional ethics. Topics include: business torts, antitrust and administrative law, contracts, Good Samaritan laws, liability risk management for clinical instructors and affliation sites, life and death decision making, nondiscrimination in health care delivery, gifts, and more. These courses are approved for 4.0 contact hours each. This package contains all 3 course modules consisting of the reading and testing materials. For course goals and objectives, please view the product page for each course separately. Learn More

Cardiovascular Nutrition and Fitness, 7th Ed SKU: 501 By Ellen Coleman, MA, MPH, RD, CSSD Significant updates in every chapter make the new 7th edition of this comprehensive course on detecting, diagnosing and preventing cardiovascular disease even more essential to fitness professionals. Revised in October, 2013, topics include: etiology of atherosclerosis and hypertension; dietary risk factors: fat, fiber, sodium; cholesterol-lowering drugs; diet and exercise programs for risk reduction; and cholesterol in children. This course is essential for therapists working in cardiac rehabilitation, fitness or conditioning programs! Course Length: 10.0 contact hours Instructional Level: Intermediate/Advanced Learn More

Diet, Exercise and Fitness, 8th Ed SKU: 502 By Ellen Coleman, MA, MPH, RD, CSSD Revised in August 2012, this 8th edition of one of our most popular courses focuses on new International Olympic Committee recommendations for carbohydrate and protein intake and timing and explains the 2010 Dietary Guideline and new MyPlate food guidance system. New additions throughout the course include new research on caffeine as a performance enhancer; new cautions about antioxidant supplements and much more! Course Length: 10.0 contact hours Instructional Level: Intermediate/Advanced Learn More

Practical Nutrition for Fitness Professionals, 5th Edition SKU: 505 By Dale Ames Kline, MS, RD, CNSD Nutrition, for many people, is a realm of confusion, quackery and pseudo-science. The 5th edition of this course, will help you recognize misinformation when you see it. How’s your basic nutrition knowledge? Do you really know what vita­mins, minerals, fats, proteins and carbohydrates are and do? This entry-level or refresher course helps fitness professionals understand all key nutrition concepts and terminology, and presents current research and standards of practice on exercise, weight control and osteoporosis. Course Length: 7.0 contact hours Instructional Level: Beginner/Intermediate. Learn More

Nutrition for the Elderly, 7th Ed SKU: 508 By Liz Friedrich, RD, LDN Research updates and new studies highlight this course’s new 7th edition focusing on nutrition for older people. This course covers all aspects of nutrition care, including sociopsychological factors, risk of malnutrition, and government nutrition program guidelines. Includes handouts. Topics: assessing nutrition needs; macro-and micro-nutrients; consequences of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, osteoporosis, pulmonary disease; nutrient-drug interactions and more. Course Length: 10.0 contact hours Instructional Level: Advanced Learn More

Nutrition for Young Athletes, 6th Ed SKU: 509 By Suzanne Steen, DSC, RD Essential for working with schools, parents, and competitive athletes! This new 6th edition revised provides guidelines for boosting performance, limiting risk and promoting healthy development in young exercisers and competitors. Topics include: the relationship of motor development to sports activities; assessing nutrient needs; energy production; fluid and electrolytes; weight control, dieting and much more An excellent course for fitness professionals dealing with children and adolescents! Course Length: 10.0 contact hours Instructional Level: Advanced Learn More

Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment, 4th Ed SKU: 510 By Nancy Gustafson, MS, RD, FADA Up to one-third of women will be diagnosed with osteoporosis, with complications that are painful, disfiguring and debilitating. Surprisingly, men and younger women, particularly vegetarians, athletes and chronic dieters, are also at risk. This course focuses on diagnostics, preventive and treatment modalities, as well as promising research developments. Includes case studies and appendices suitable for use as handouts. Topics include: bone physiology; risk factors; preventive exercise, diet and supplementation regimes; diagnostic tests and techniques; hormone replacement therapy and much more. Course Length: 10.0 contact hours Instructional Level: Intermediate/Advanced Learn More

Physical Rehabilitation in Arthritis: Module 1 SKU: 716 by Joan M. Walker, PhD, MA, Dip TP, BOT, Certifs in PT (NZ) and Antoine Helewa, MSc (Clin Epid), PT This course is offered in cooperation with Elsevier Science and utilizes the textbook “Physical Rehabilitation in Arthritis”c2004. This exciting book is devoted to the treatment of patients with arthritis and rheumatic diseases. Textbook discusses epidemiology, diagnostic information, pharmacology, surgical interventions, and management and rehabilitation issues. This course is essential to all therapists dealing with geriatrics! Module 1 covers history of arthritis, epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and medical management of conditions with arthritis and assessment of joint disease Module 2 covers pharmacology, surgical interventions, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis Module 3 covers osteoarthritis, chronic muscle pain syndromes, patients with multiple joint involvement, splinting, orthotics, psychosocial factors, community-based physical rehabilitation and special topics in clinical research. Entire textbook length is 414 pages. Course Length: 7.0 contact hours Instructional Level: Beginner/Intermediate This package contains the required reading and test materials for Module 1 only. Learn More