Symposium

Cross-Cutting

Brain Injury

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson's disease)

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System

Introduction to the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System: Defining Rehab Treatments Systematically (825124)

Presenter(s)

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  Susan H. Lin, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA

  Program Director
  Marymount University
  Round Hill, Virginia

  Presentation Slides Handouts Presentation + Audio
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  Susan E. Fasoli, ScD, OTR/L

  Professor, Occupational Therapy
  MGH Institute of Health Professions
  Boston, Massachusetts

  Presentation Slides
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  Shanti M. Pinto, MD

  Assistant Professor
  Carolinas Rehabilitation
  Charlotte, North Carolina

  Presentation Slides
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  Leanna W. Katz, MS, OTD, OTR/L

  Occupational Therapist
  Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital & Boston University
  Boston, Massachusetts

  Presentation Slides

This symposium will describe progress on the NIDILRR and PCORI-funded Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) (formerly Rehabilitation Treatment Taxonomy project) in developing an interprofessional standardized system for defining rehabilitation treatments. Examples of common clinical treatments and case scenarios will: (1) elucidate the structure, principles, and terminology of the RTSS; (2) facilitate reflection about active ingredients and targets of intervention; and (3) demonstrate how the RTSS can stimulate critical thinking and strengthen clinical reasoning underlying the planning and delivery of interventions. Finally, we will describe the benefits of treatment specification, such as enhancing research, practice, clinical education, and communication across disciplines.

Learning Objectives:

• Articulate at least two reasons why current methods of describing rehabilitation interventions are insufficient.
• Apply treatment classification guidelines as articulated by the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS, a formally developed procedure for describing treatments) to enhance clinical reasoning and critical thinking.
• Reflect on opportunities to implement the RTSS (e.g., document, communicate) in research, education, and practice.