Two clinicians reviewing data on a tablet

See the whole system

Care happens inside a web of people, rules, and money. Learn to map it before you try to fix it.

A therapist guiding a patient at the parallel bars

Find the leverage points

Some changes ripple through the whole system. Learn to spot them in your own clinic.

A clinic team planning at a whiteboard

Keep going with the series

Four courses cover payment, equity, the environment, and teams and quality. All four are included in the BrainSmith Founders Membership.

About the course

This free primer is Module 1 of HSS I: Healthcare Delivery, Policy, and Payment. It introduces systems thinking, the lens used across the BrainSmith Health Systems Science series. You get one video and a ten question knowledge check, about 26 minutes. When you are ready for more, the full series is included in the BrainSmith Founders Membership.

Eric Robertson consulting with a patient in the clinic

Eric Robertson, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT

Eric Robertson is a co-founder and CEO of BrainSmith and a physical therapy educator known internationally for innovation in physical therapy education. He has nearly two decades on DPT faculty, teaches at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, and hosts the PT Outcast podcast. His work focuses on primary care physical therapy, health systems science, clinical reasoning, and curricular innovation.

Curriculum

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Ready to start?

Enroll free and start the Systems Thinking primer. One video and a knowledge check, about 26 minutes. The full series is included in the BrainSmith Founders Membership.