BeSmart – Understanding and Setting Therapeutic Goals CorrectlyBeSmart – Understanding and Setting Therapeutic Goals Correctly
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60 minutes
6 months
Course Overview
How do you formulate therapeutic goals that are meaningful, measurable, and truly relevant to your patients? This course offers a practical introduction to professional goal-setting in rehabilitation using the SMART model and the ICF.
You will learn to define patient-centered goals that guide effective treatment, taking into account environmental factors, personal factors, and individual functional abilities.
The course is designed for therapists working in various clinical settings and demonstrates how structured goal-setting improves clinical reasoning, patient engagement, and rehabilitation outcomes in everyday practice.
Practical Application
- Patient-Centered Goal Setting
- Rehabilitation Planning
- Setting SMART Goals
- Applying ICF Principles in Practice
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Joint Treatment Planning with Patients and Families
What You'll Learn Here
- Understanding the Role of the ICF in Rehabilitation
- Distinguishing Between Performance and Ability
- Environmental Factors
- Personal Factors
- Incorporate resources and barriers into the goal-setting process
- Involving Patients and Their Families in the Rehabilitation Process
- Applying SMART Principles to Formulate Effective Therapeutic Goals
- Using bottom-up and top-down approaches to support clinical reasoning
- Introduction to the Topic
- ICF Levels: Environmental and Personal Factors
- Involvement of Family Members
- Resources & Barriers
- Bottom-up and top-down approaches
- Performance vs. Capacity
- Self-reliance—what does that mean for the goal?
- SMART Goal Setting
- Final Test
- Physical therapists
- Occupational therapists
- Speech-language pathologists
- Sports Therapists
- Nurses
- Doctors
- Special Education Teachers
- Movement scientists
- Rehabilitation and Goal-Setting Specialists

Franziska Spreitler—
, MSc PT, OMPT
Director of Therapies and member of the clinic’s executive board at Kinder-Reha Schweiz, University Children’s Hospital Zurich. Holds a Master of Science in Neurorehabilitation Research and has completed continuing education in leadership, management, and health administration. Has many years of experience leading goal-setting processes in rehabilitation.
This course qualifies participants for continuing education credits from recognized professional associations.
- German Association of Occupational Therapy (DVE): 1 point
- Physio Germany: 1 point
- Umbrella Organization for Advanced Medical, Therapeutic, and Diagnostic Health Professions (MTD): 1 class period
- Swiss Association of Occupational Therapists (EVS): 1 point
- Physioswiss: 1 point
Certificate
Upon completion, you will automatically receive a personalized certificate as proof of your participation in the training.
Our certificate of participation can also be submitted to professional associations as part of continuing education applications.
Comments
Peer Review
Katharina Huth
BSc OT, Director of Advanced Rehabilitation Technologies, REHAB Basel
"Everything you need to set goals successfully. Concise, clear, and easy to apply in everyday life."
Ready to set better treatment goals?
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