Backstage Clinical Reasoning: Framework in Action
Session 4 | So You Want to Work Backstage?
You've learned the framework. Now it's time to put it to work.
Building on Session 3, this interactive webinar challenges participants to apply structured clinical reasoning to realistic backstage scenarios.
We'll explore how to navigate clinical uncertainty, balance competing priorities, and make thoughtful decisions when the clock is ticking and a performer needs answers.
What You'll Learn
Applying the backstage clinical reasoning framework to realistic cases
Prioritizing assessment findings under time constraints
Selecting practical treatment strategies for immediate and short-term needs
Navigating decisions about performance participation and modification
Communicating clinical recommendations clearly and efficiently
Recognizing when a situation requires additional assessment, referral, or follow-up
Who Should Attend?
Physical therapists interested in developing greater confidence and efficiency in backstage clinical decision-making.
Prerequisite: Completion of Session 3, Backstage Clinical Reasoning: The Framework, is required.
Course Details
Format: Live virtual webinar
Duration: 90 minutes
Date and time: December 6, 2026 3:30-5:00pm Eastern
Registration: $65
Instructor: Marissa Schaeffer, PT, DPT, MBA
Continuing education credits are not currently offered.
Take your learning further. Continue developing these skills in Session 5, our in-person Backstage Triage Round Robin intensive.
Knowing the framework is one thing. Applying it to a complicated performer five minutes before places is another.
In this interactive, case-based session, participants will put the clinical reasoning framework into practice. We’ll work through real-world backstage scenarios and participant-submitted cases, discussing what questions to ask, what to assess, what to treat—and how those decisions change when time, performance demands, and production realities enter the equation.
Expect discussion, differing opinions, and plenty of “What would you do next?”
Format: Live virtual
Length: 90 minutes
Prerequisite: Week 3 — Backstage Clinical Reasoning: The Framework
Date & Time: December 6 | 3:30–5:00 PM Eastern
Cost: $65
Instructor: Marissa Schaeffer, PT, DPT, MBA, OCS, CSCS