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PT, DPT, CCS
Joe Adler graduated in 1993 with an MS PT from Arcadia University (then Beaver College) in Glenside, Pennsylvania, and earned a transitional DPT degree from Arcadia University in 2011. He has been working at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia since graduation. He spent the first three years testing the waters of outpatient and inpatient acute rehab but found his passion in acute care in 1996 and has never looked back.
Joe has more than 20 years of acute care experience. He specialized in the areas of trauma and orthopedics until 2006, when he transitioned into the area of cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy, including transplant and critical care. In 2006, he received the APTA Board Certified Clinical Specialization in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy (CCS) and was re-certified in 2016. Since 2009, he has worked in critical care in a cardiovascular and pulmonary surgical ICU.
As his career has progressed, he has taken a special interest in student education, taking on the role of center coordinator of clinical education (CCCE) from 2004-2016 and that of coordinator of our health system's Acute Care Internship since 2007. His commitment to student/new employee education and mentorship has been complemented by his affiliation as an adjunct faculty member at Arcadia University since 1998, teaching in the content areas of cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy and acute care.
In 2013, he was appointed Program Chair for the Section on Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy of the APTA, responsible for educational programming at their annual Combined Sections Meeting.
In 2015, he was honored to receive the Mary Sinnott Clinical Excellence in Acute Care award from the APTA's Academy of Acute Care. Most recently, Joe was honored to have been awarded Arcadia University's Adjunct Faculty Award for Distinguished Teaching 2018.
Courses with Joe Adler
Browse Course CatalogHow to be an Effective Acute Care PT: Demystifying Our Role
Presented by Joe Adler, PT, DPT, CCS
How to be an Effective Acute Care PT: Demystifying Our Role
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Chart review! Lab values! Past medical history! Lines and catheters! Sick patients! Vital signs! Demanding social workers! Complicated outcome measures! How do we make sense of so many competing issues to deliver efficient, effective, and excellent care for patients in a constantly and dynamically changing environment?
Using the Patient/Client Management Model from the APTA's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice as a framework, this course will provide straightforward instruction, including lecture, demonstration, and clinician interviews, on how to safely, effectively, and efficiently examine, evaluate, treat, and appropriately discharge patients in the acute care environment.
Acute Care Physical Therapy: When to Stop, Start, Do More, or Do Less
Presented by Joe Adler, PT, DPT, CCS
Acute Care Physical Therapy: When to Stop, Start, Do More, or Do Less
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A major challenge for the acute care PT is feeling confident knowing when to initiate treatment, stop treatment, continue, or modify activity based on vital signs, laboratory data, and patient signs and symptoms. Through lecture, case scenarios, and clinician interviews, this course will provide a clinical decision-making (CDM) framework for therapists to make safe and effective choices.
Systematic Instruction Part 1: Clients with Acquired Memory Impairments
Presented by McKay Sohlberg, PhD, CCC-SLP, F-ASHA and Joe Adler, PT, DPT, CCS
Systematic Instruction Part 1: Clients with Acquired Memory Impairments
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This course with Dr. McKay Sohlberg is the first in a two-part series exploring systematic instruction for patients experiencing acquired memory and learning impairments. It provides a detailed rationale for why SLPs need to be skilled educators, reviews relevant memory theory and evidence base, and provides detailed instruction on a systematic instruction framework. The principles detailed in this course can be applied to teaching clients to use assistive technology, metacognitive strategies or activities of daily living.
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