Premier Health Mobility and Neuro Handling Course

Saturday, April 11, 2026, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Premier Health Center - 1715 Brown St. Dayton, OH 45409


OPTA CEUs (7.00 hours), OTPTAT CEUs (7.00 hours)

This course is intended to provide PTs, PTAs, OTs and COTAs the mobility and treatment skills for safe and high-quality patient handling to promote optimal recovery through best level evidence and practice. This course is designed to assist with bed mobility, transfer skills addressing various levels of functional ability. There will be a focus on biomechanics for all body types to protect the therapist from injury and safe handling of the patient. The course will also address treatment ideas to improve mobility and recovery of neurologically involved patients at various stages of recovery in the form of bed mobility, transfers and gait. There will be a heavy emphasis on lab skills with live demonstrations and video demonstrations followed by hands-on lab for skills practice. In addition, case studies, patient scenarios, and open discussion will be presented for problem solving and clinical reasoning. Those that attend will have several mobility and treatment techniques to immediately incorporate into their practice.   

1. Understand the importance of early mobilization in health and recovery of various patient populations.
2. Identify varied transfer techniques for best practice of client presentation for safety and neuroplasticity.
3. Demonstrate appropriate and safe biomechanics while performing various patient care mobility skills.
4. Identify appropriate mobility techniques that optimize the patient's functional level.
5. Demonstrate safe and appropriate bed mobility, transfer and standing assist techniques.
6. Examine case studies related to patient handling and gait.

Participants must register via CloudCME. This educational event is being offered for $50 to Premier Health employees and $150 to non-Premier Health employees for 7 CEU hours for PT/PTAs and OT/COTAs. Registration space is limited to 30 participants and reservations must be received by April 10, 2026. 

This course is for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, and occupational therapist assistants. Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy CEUs are pending for 7 hours through the OPTA and OTPTAT boards.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be emailed in writing to Qasim Rizvi at [email protected]. Cancellations prior to 2 weeks will be given full refund. Refunds within 2 weeks are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Premier Health-Wright State CME Alliance reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
Premier Health-Wright State CME Alliance is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Premier Healthadheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Saturday, April 11, 2026