Cross-Cutting

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

Symposium

(603488) Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System – Part 1 – Defining Rehab Treatments Systematically

Presenter(s)

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  Susan Lin, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA

  Assistant Professor
  MGH Institute of Health Professions
  Round Hill, Virginia
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  John Whyte, MD, PhD

  Institute Scientist Emeritus
  Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
  Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
• 

  Jeanne Zanca, PhD, MPT

  Senior Research Scientist
  Kessler Foundation
  West Orange, New Jersey
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  Susan Fasoli, ScD, OTR/L

  Associate Professor
  MGH Institute of Health Professions
  Charlestown, Massachusetts

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 review 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 or imprecise.
• Apply treatment classification guidelines as articulated by the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) to enhance clinical reasoning and critical thinking.
• Reflect on opportunities to implement RTSS (e.g., document, communicate) in research, education, and practice.