Protecting the Healthcare Workforce: A Clinical Approach to Injury Prevention
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Protecting the Healthcare Workforce: A Clinical Approach to Injury Prevention

Tue, Feb 9th, 2027
6:00pm – 8:00pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

In this live interactive webinar, healthcare professionals will explore evidence-based strategies to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) across clinical settings. The course focuses on biomechanical risk factors, ergonomic optimization, safe patient-handling techniques, and profession-specific injury patterns associated with patient transfers, prolonged standing, and lifting. Clinicians will consider practical strategies for managing these demands in their own practice settings.

Live Event
This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructor

Rina Pandya

Rina Pandya

Dr. Pandya is an MSK senior lecturer and Fellow, at the University of West England, Bristol, UK involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Dr. Pandya’s physical therapy career spans over 25 years, through the UK, the USA and the Middle East. She has worked in Nationalized Healthcare Services, American health care and self pay services in acute care, in-patient rehab, skilled nursing facility, home healthcare and outpatient clinic. In addition to being a clinician she has developed specialty programs based on evidence-based practice in her role as a project manager. She has also managed the Physical Therapy department in the capacity of Head of Department in a premier private hospital in Oman. Rina is an internationally published webinar presenter.

Dr. Pandya graduated from Manipal University, India in 2000 as well as University of Michigan, in 2018 with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Rina conducts live webinars and is part of the continuing professional development teaching community with courses published in the UK, US, South Africa, Ireland and Australia. Rina is a member of APTA, HCPC-UK and OAP-Oman.

Target Audience

This live interactive is intended for Physical Health professionals, including physical therapists, occupational therapies, and athletic trainers. It is appropriate for intermediate levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Identify biomechanical and ergonomic risk factors contributing to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) in high-volume clinical practice.
  2. 2 Apply evidence‑based load‑management and safe‑handling strategies to reduce cumulative strain during repetitive patient care tasks
  3. 3 Implement early‑intervention protocols to recognise and address signs of tissue overload, preventing progression to chronic injury that threatens long‑term clinical capacity.
  4. 4 Optimize posture, movement efficiency, and micro‑break routines to sustain musculoskeletal health and maintain safe, effective performance across demanding patient caseloads

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Greggi, C., Visconti, V. V., Albanese, M., Gasperini, B., Chiavoghilefu, A., Prezioso, C., Persechino, B., Iavicoli, S., Gasbarra, E., Iundusi, R., & Tarantino, U. (2024). Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(13), Article 3964. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13133964

Johnson, K., Swinton, P., Pavlova, A., & Cooper, K. (2023). Manual patient handling in the healthcare setting: A scoping review. Physiotherapy, 120, 60–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2023.06.003

Lopes, M., & Lages, M. (2026). Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: Prevalence and contributing risk factors—a narrative review. Exploration of Musculoskeletal Diseases, 4, Article 1007117. https://doi.org/10.37349/emd.2026.1007117

Mohd Sallehhudin, M. I., Yasin, S. M., Isa, M. R., Razak, T. R., Mohamad Asraff, M. S., Che Rameli, N. A., Shahriman-Teruna, M. M., Mohamad Salleh, M. M., Mohamed Yusoff, M. Z., & Ammar Khebir, M. H. (2026). Factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders using machine learning approaches: A systematic review. Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 38, Article e10. https://doi.org/10.35371/aoem.2026.38.e10

Stelzner, B., Rink, L., Kühlein, T., & Sebastião, M. (2025). ‘Harm? I don’t think so!’: Medical overuse from the perspective of allied health professionals in Germany – a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 15(11), Article e102991. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102991

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Michigan Board of Occupational Therapists

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Impact CE, a service of CE Learning Systems, is approved by the Michigan Board of Occupational Therapy (Provider # 50-315).
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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 3:00pm US Pacific Time.

6:00–6:15 pm: Introduction & Biomechanical Risk Assessment

6:15–6:50 pm: Safe Patient Handling & Load Management

6:50–7:20 pm: Early Intervention & Tissue Overload Protocols

7:20–7:45 pm: Posture, Movement Efficiency & Micro-Break Routines

7:45–8:00 pm: Q&A, Practical Summary & Action Planning

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