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Profile: North American Seminars, Inc. provides physical therapy continuing medical education and occupational therapy courses. Advanced clinical skills to improve geriatric gait is an interactive seminar designed to expand the skills of clinicians to aid older patients in improving balance & gait and preventing falls. Course content emphasizes practical problem solving for immediate use. Case studies illustrate management of the complex patient who presents with foot disorders, arthritis, various neuropathies, and/or prosthetic use, together with the psychosocial issues often encountered in the aging. The format of this course combines didactic instruction, group exercise, and substantial audiovisual illustrations and a detailed reference manual. This course is designed for physical and occupational therapy continuing education. The Healthclick™ interactive shoulder algorithm is a learning tool for individual therapists or teams of therapists seeking to effectively evaluate the shoulder complex for orthopedic dysfunction. It provides therapists with a step by step process to effectively evaluate the shoulder complex for orthopedic dysfunction. Each test segment detailed in the software covers critical pathways, position of the patient, position of the clinician, position of the clinician's hand, direction of movement, tissues implicated, indications of a positive test, and amount of force to be applied. Each test of the algorithm contains detailed information about patient & clinician positioning, key hand placements, sequence of testing procedures, force of motion applied, tissues implicated, and interpretations of testing results. Our thoracic spine course is designed to provide the medical professional with the information, evaluation skills, and treatment techniques to effectively manage disorders of the thoracic spine.