Inspiring Independence: Applying Postoperative Precautions to Your Music Therapy Practice is pre-approved for 6 CMTE Credits by the Certification Board for Music Therapists! Find more about this opportunity here.

No one can anticipate a major medical event. They are sudden, abrupt, and impact how we navigate our worlds.

Surgeries often accompany major medical events. Following surgery, postoperative precautions are put in place to ensure that the surgery remains successful. Postoperative precautions have elements that limit movement and activity, which impacts functional independence and adjustment to life following a medical experience.

Movement is essential to regaining functional independence. Making music is a physical activity. But breaking postoperative precautions can lead to further complications, resulting in more medical experiences, longer recovery timelines, increased pain, and increased fear surrounding movement.

Learning how to work within movement restrictions can empower clients in ways that they’d never expect.

In this course, you will get:

An overview of 9 medical postoperative precautions
Musical adaptations you can instantly incorporate into your practice
Tips on restricted movements in post-op precautions you should avoid in treatment design
Instrument weight & positioning considerations for intervention creation
Guidance for partnering with Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy to improve patient safety
Direction for processing through movement limitations and how precautions may impact coping, engagement, and psychosocial needs in sessions
Actionable steps for identifying postoperative precautions in community settings, like assisted living, schools, private practice, and home health
Video Modules with visual examples of adaptations
A 30 page workbook to help you apply post-op information immediately into your practice
A Recorded Zoom Q&A Hour for continued support & problem solving

Course Objectives:

Participants will identify 9 postoperative surgical precautions that impact client safety and functional independence upon completion of this course. (I.6)
Participants will describe at least 3 strategies to apply postoperative surgical precautions to intervention design and instrument selection to improve precaution compliance. (II.D.11)
Participants will identify at least 3 psychosocial stressors influenced by postoperative surgical precautions & recovery timelines. (III.A.2.E.)
Participants will describe at least 2 strategies to address functional independence, adjustment, & changes in ability following client’s postoperative surgery. (III.A.2.E & III.A.2.V.)

Let's level up your practice so you can lead encounters with long lasting impact!

Inspiring Independence

$150.00

"As a medical music therapist, I found this course to be incredibly informative and relevant to my work. There is so much medical lingo to take in on top of working as a music therapist that we don't always get in our training. Watching helped me to recognize gaps in my own understanding. Having a resource like this provides both the need-to-know terminology and the adaptive possibilities that truly shape this kind of work." - Austin Thorn, MT-BC, NMT, NICU-MT

"A music therapist’s understanding of postoperative precautions creates invaluable collaboration opportunities that enhance patient outcomes. When music therapists know movement restrictions and positioning requirements, they can collaboratively design therapeutic interventions that complement rather than conflict with physical therapy goals. This knowledge enables seamless coordination between disciplines, reducing patient confusion and creating a more cohesive treatment experience." - Emily Companger, DPT, Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist

“Passionately delivered. A powerful and inspiring display of therapeutic musical intervention in the world of rehabilitation.” - Van Huynh, OTR/L, RRT, C/NDT, CSRS

"This is the information every rehabilitation professional should know." - Sydney Ullman, OTD Candidate, Georgia State University
Music Therapy Augmented strongly encourages course participants to communicate any questions, concerns or grievances so we can help foster a positive and empowering continuing education experience. Please contact Lizzie Digiovanni, MT-BC at info@musictherapyaugmented.com with any questions or concerns. Emails will be returned within 3 business days. In the event that a suitable resolution is not provided, the participant may contact the Continuing Education Committee of CBMT to report a grievance.

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