106 episodes

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An educational podcast for pediatric physical therapists: created to help those studying for the pediatric certified specialist exam (PCS), and anyone else interested in learning more about pediatric physical therapy.

Pushing Pediatrics Sheila Madden and Sara Bellanca Karman

    • Education
    • 4.7 • 25 Ratings

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pushingpediatrics/subscribe

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An educational podcast for pediatric physical therapists: created to help those studying for the pediatric certified specialist exam (PCS), and anyone else interested in learning more about pediatric physical therapy.

    Season 3: Transition to Adulthood and Assistive Technology

    Season 3: Transition to Adulthood and Assistive Technology

    Join Sheila and Sara this week as they transition to adulthood and assistive technology. Make sure you are supplementing our conversation with charts, tables and pictures from the Campbell text referenced below! This is our final content episode this season! Cheers and happy listening!

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    Medbridge Affiliate website: https://www.medbridgeeducation.com/pushing-pediatrics

    Medbridge Affiliate Code: PUSHINGPEDS

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    Resources:

    Palisano, R. J., Orlin, M. N., & Schreiber, R. (2023). Campbell’s physical therapy for children. Elsevier.

    • 31 min
    Season 3: The NICU with special guest Emily Knell Spaeth, PT, DPT, IBCLC, LMT, NTMTC, CNT, RPYT

    Season 3: The NICU with special guest Emily Knell Spaeth, PT, DPT, IBCLC, LMT, NTMTC, CNT, RPYT

    Join Sheila and special guest this week Emily Knell Spaeth, PT, DPT, IBCLC, LMT, NTMTC, CNT, RPYT as they cover all things related to the NICU. Dr. Emily Spaeth is an expert in all things pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and babies. She is the founder and CEO of Be Well Baby PDX. While supporting families as a doctor of physical therapy in the neonatal ICU, Emily saw a deep societal need for a more holistic approach to peripartum care, and decided to blend her background in yoga, massage, and lactation support with her expertise in physical therapy to create a full spectrum peripartum experience for her clients. 

    Emily offers a range of continuing education courses for professionals on the Lactation OT platform.  Additionally, her website offers an array of courses covering topics that help parents understand their baby's cues, infant massage techniques, newborn care essentials, and more. 

    Courses: www.bewellbabypdx.com/courses

    FREE GUIDE- Respectful Tummy Time for the Newborn:  www.bewellbabypdx.com/subscribe

    Follow her on Instagram and Facebook and Linked In @bewellbabypdx

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    Medbridge Affiliate website: https://www.medbridgeeducation.com/pushing-pediatrics

    Medbridge Affiliate Code: PUSHINGPEDS

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    Resources:

    Palisano, R. J., Orlin, M. N., & Schreiber, R. (2023). Campbell’s physical therapy for children. Elsevier.

    https://pediatricapta.org/fact-sheets/

    Sweeney JK, Heriza CB, Blanchard Y; American Physical Therapy Association. Neonatal physical therapy. Part I: clinical competencies and neonatal intensive care unit clinical training models. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2009 Winter;21(4):296-307. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3181bf75ee. PMID: 19923969.

    Sweeney JK, Heriza CB, Blanchard Y, Dusing SC. Neonatal physical therapy. Part II: Practice frameworks and evidence-based practice guidelines. Pediatr Phys Ther. 2010 Spring;22(1):2-16. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3181cdba43. Erratum in: Pediatr Phys Ther. 2010 Winter;22(4):377. PMID: 20142700.

    https://neonataltherapists.com/

    https://www.neonatalcertification.com/certification/

    https://www.caringessentials.net/

    https://www.liddlekidz.org/cimt-certification-advanced-level-2/

    https://neonataltherapycertification.com/

    • 1 hr 58 min
    Season 3: Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma and Congenital Heart Defects

    Season 3: Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma and Congenital Heart Defects

    Join Sheila and Sara this week as they cover cystic fibrosis, asthma and congenital heart defects. Make sure you are supplementing our conversation with charts, tables and pictures from the Campbell text referenced below and don't forget the Case Files book case studies. Cheers and happy listening!

    Affiliate Codes:

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    Medbridge Affiliate website: https://www.medbridgeeducation.com/pushing-pediatrics

    Medbridge Affiliate Code: PUSHINGPEDS

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    Resources:

    Palisano, R. J., Orlin, M. N., & Schreiber, R. (2023). Campbell’s physical therapy for children. Elsevier.

    • 57 min
    Season 3: The Educational Environment and School-Based physical therapy with Emily Gaylord, PT, DPT, PCS

    Season 3: The Educational Environment and School-Based physical therapy with Emily Gaylord, PT, DPT, PCS

    Join Sheila and special guest Emily Gaylord, PT, DPT, PCS this week as they cover all things related to school-based physical therapy. Emily has spent the last few years diving deep into educational law, making her uniquely qualified to help you prepare for the PCS exam! Make sure you are supplementing our conversation with charts, tables and pictures from the Campbell text referenced below - along with all of the other supplemental materials recommended by Emily and linked below. Cheers and happy listening!

    Affiliate Codes:

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    Medbridge Affiliate website: https://www.medbridgeeducation.com/pushing-pediatrics

    Medbridge Affiliate Code: PUSHINGPEDS

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    Resources:

    Palisano, R. J., Orlin, M. N., & Schreiber, R. (2023). Campbell’s physical therapy for children. Elsevier.

    https://pediatricapta.org/fact-sheets/

    https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/13159/urlt/cert.pdf

    https://vota.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Handouts%20Cecere.pdf

    https://www.seekfreaks.com/index.php/2016/10/27/hefreak-says-shefreak-says-pt-counts-takeaways/

    https://www.uky.edu/chs/physical-therapy/research/pt-counts

    • 56 min
    Season 3: Autism

    Season 3: Autism

    Join Sheila and Sara this week as they cover Autism. Make sure you are supplementing our conversation with charts, tables and pictures from the Campbell text referenced below. Cheers and happy listening!

    Affiliate Codes:

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    Medbridge Affiliate website: https://www.medbridgeeducation.com/pushing-pediatrics

    Medbridge Affiliate Code: PUSHINGPEDS

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    Resources:

    Palisano, R. J., Orlin, M. N., & Schreiber, R. (2023). Campbell’s physical therapy for children. Elsevier.

    • 28 min
    Season 3: Traumatic Brain Injury and Myelodysplasia

    Season 3: Traumatic Brain Injury and Myelodysplasia

    Join Sheila and Sara this week as they cover traumatic Brain Injury and Myelodysplasia (spina bifida). Make sure you are supplementing our conversation with charts, tables and pictures from the Campbell text referenced below and don't forget the Case Files book case study. Cheers and happy listening!

    Affiliate Codes:

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    Medbridge Affiliate website: https://www.medbridgeeducation.com/pushing-pediatrics

    Medbridge Affiliate Code: PUSHINGPEDS

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    Resources:

    Palisano, R. J., Orlin, M. N., & Schreiber, R. (2023). Campbell’s physical therapy for children. Elsevier.

    • 50 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
25 Ratings

25 Ratings

sarah.curiel ,

Helped us pass the PCS!

Thank you guys so much, everyone in our study group passed the 2023 PCS and we loved listening to this podcast! Very helpful way to review info and passively study during daily commuting 😊

Chiser10 ,

Key to Passing my PCS!

I took my PCS exam 2022 and passed. Listening to the Pushing Pediatrics podcast helped keep me on track with focusing on the important things and revisiting things I may have overlooked. Couldn’t have done it without Sheila and Sara and my amazing study group.

MoWheels ,

Great Starting Place for PCS

This podcast was a great jumping off place for the PCS study process. Our study group had actually started a while before the podcast. Sheila did a Zoom with us and was very helpful to get us started. They did a great job with following the ABPTS guidelines and not discussing content while pointing to resources needed to pass the exam. I can say that I don’t think I studied anything that they didn’t recommend and I got a solid pass and am now a Board Certified Pediatric Specialist. It was the most intense year of my clinical career but worth every minute. Even if you’re not studying for the exam yet, delving into these resources will make you a better, evidence based, clinician.

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