When to Offer Rehab in the Hospital after Birth
When to Offer Rehab in the Hospital after Birth
1 hour
The instructors
Overview
Join Dr. Rebeca Segraves, PT, DPT, for a free webinar for birth professionals, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and public health experts. This session will provide valuable insights into the critical factors that influence the decision to offer rehabilitation services to postpartum patients during their hospital stay.
This webinar will be 60 minutes in length, with 30 minutes of content presented followed by a 30 minute Q&A session with the participants.
Learning Objectives
After the webinar, participants will be able to
- Identify the conditions that influence the birth team's decision to offer rehabilitation services to postpartum patients in a hospital setting.
- Evaluate real patient case examples to analyze evidence-based criteria for initiating rehabilitation within 24-48 hours after childbirth considering physical, psychological, and social factors.
- Develop a decision-making framework for healthcare providers to use for determining when and how to offer occupational and physiotherapy to postpartum patients based on clinical guidelines and best practices.
Audience
This webinar is for birth professionals, rehab practitioners including physiotherapists and occupational therapists, and public health experts.
Registration and Replays
There's a maximum of 500 seats available in the webinar room. If you cannot attend live, please do not register. This will allow people who can attend live to ask questions and interact with the instructor.
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The instructors
PT, DPT
Dr. Rebeca Segraves, PT, DPT is Board-Certified as a Women’s Health Clinical Specialist.
She has extensive experience treating perinatal and pelvic health conditions in acute care, home health, and outpatient settings including long-term hospitalizations for high-risk pregnancy and following perinatal loss. She has worked with inpatient obstetrics and gynecology teams to maximize early recovery after delivery and pelvic surgery, including hysterectomy, prolapse repair, endometriosis surgery, cesarean section, birth-related injuries, and following obstetrics critical care interventions.
She is the founder of Enhanced Recovery After Delivery™, an obstetrics clinical pathway that maximizes mental and physical function during pregnancy and immediately postpartum with hospital and in-home occupational and physical therapy. Her vision is that every person will have access to a qualified rehab therapist during pregnancy and within the first 6 weeks after birth, perinatal loss, pregnancy termination, and any pelvic surgery regardless of their location or ability to pay.