Not only is Magee Rehabilitation the Delaware Valley's original provider of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), it also has sponsored the area's longest-standing professional enrichment program designed to educate those in the rehabilitation community.

These programs mirror areas of Magee expertise, namely spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke/geriatrics, amputation and workplace injury.

Click here if you wish to register for the Patient Education Series program with Dr. Wise Young, at Magee, on Wednesday, June 4 from 1:30 to 3:00. This presentation is meant for patients and families, and there is no charge to attend.

Click here if you wish to register for the Professional Educational, Guy Fried Lecture, with Dr Nemunaitis and Dr Young on Wednesday, June 4, from 8:00 to noon. This program will be held at the Watermark Retirement Communities building, and will offer CME Credits. There is charge for this program.

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June 2008
Guy Fried Educational Seminar
Date: June 4, 2008
Time: 8:00 am - Noon
Location:
Watermark Retirement Communities
Two Franklin Towne Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(Located between 17th and 18th, and Callowhill and Vine Streets)
Speaker Gregory Nemunaitis, MD

Presentation Update on the Use of Functional Electrical Stimulation for Persons with Spinal

Cord Dysfunction
Description:
This talk will review the application of six functional electrical stimulation
systems in human subjects with video demonstrations.

Objectives

• Review the basic function of six different implanted FES Systems
• Identify the patient selection criteria to ensure the greatest possible success in six different implanted FES Systems
• Demonstrate through video, the outcome and performance of six individuals with different implanted FES Systems

Speaker Wise Young, MD, PhD
Presentation Pharmacological, Surgical and Cellular Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury

Description:
This talk will review the evidence for use of methylprednisolone in spinal cord injury and transplantation, and will describe recently completed clinical studies carried out in China. In addition, it will review planned clinical trials to assess umbilical cord blood mononuclear cell transplants and the role of lithium in stimulating these cells to produce neurotrophins.

Objectives

• Describe the current state of the art in spinal cord injury therapies
• Review data indicating methylprednisolone improves function given early after spinal cord injury
• Discuss the treatment of regeneration and combination therapies that bridge the injury site, providing growth factor support and block growth inhibitors
• Discuss clinical trials that are ongoing and plans to test such combination therapies in China and the USA

Cost: $100 for Physicians, $50 for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
Brochure: Click here for a copy of the brochure
Register: Click here to register
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April 2008
Assessment and Management of Functional Gait, Walking for Life
Date: April 5 & 6, 2008
Time: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Location:
Magee Riverfront Outpatient Center
1500 S. Columbus Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Description:
This two day introductory level course is specifically designed for physical and occupational therapists and certified assistants who work with adults who have suffered a stroke or brain injury.

This course will provide participants with a comprehensive whole body and whole person approach to assessment management planning and management of walking.

Cost: $450, Two or more participants from the same facility, $400 each
Brochure: Click here for a copy of the brochure

Objectives:

• Identify the importance of walking as a critical step in the rehab process and its effect on role assumption and resumption
• Identify factors influencing walking (whole body and other systems)
• Identify normal components of movement in gait
• Identify abnormal components of movement interfering with gait in various conditions observation
• Apply handling techniques to facilitate control in standing and pre-gait
• Apply handling techniques to facilitate increased walking speed to normal on an individual basis
• Identify strategies to use tools to facilitate more normal components of movement and responses at various stages of recovery

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March 2008
Resolving Shoulder Impairments and Improving Function. An Introductory/Intermediate Level Course
Date: March 8 & 9, 2008
Time: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Location:
Magee Riverfront Outpatient Center
1500 S. Columbus Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Description:
This two day course is specifically designed for occupational and physical therapists who work with adult stroke and brain injury patients. This course will cover topics related to upper extremity management with emphasis on solving shoulder impairments and recovering function. Information will be shared by lecture, lab and possibly using video and other visual aids.

Cost: $450, Two or more participants from the same facility, $400 each
Brochure: Click here for a copy of the brochure

Objectives:

• Identify principles of management handling guidelines and concepts related to the challenge of maximizing functional outcomes as related to upper extremity function.
• Identify basic components of normal movements as related to upper extremity function
• Identify characteristics of upper extremity use and upper extremity components of normal movement
• Differentiate between normal and abnormal upper extremity movement in functional activities
• Identify the missing components of movement that are interfering with the patient's ability to function at a higher level
• Identify handling techniques to help patients attain the missing upper extremity components of movement that are interfering with functioning at a higher level
• Identify handling techniques to resolve mobility problems and pain
• Integrate concepts related to normal movement, principles of management, general areas of function and handling techniques as related to the upper extremity in ADLs.

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January 2008
Rehab for Amputees: The Next Step
Date: January 16, 2008
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location:
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital
1513 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Description:
This program is a follow up to last years, "Stepping UP: Rehabilitation of Patient's with LE Amputations and Prosthetic Limbs". The focus of this presentation will be on the continuum of care for individuals with amputations following the acute phase. Amputee Clinic, Day Rehab and traditional outpatient therapies will be discussed with emphasis placed on the “team approach” to providing optimal care for this patient population. New advances in prosthetics will be reviewed including computerized prosthetics and high level componentry.

Cost: No Charge
Brochure: Click here for a copy of the brochure

Objectives:

• Cite the team members present in Amputee Clinic and how the clinic functions
• Discuss the benefits of Day Rehab for patients with amputation
• Discuss the progression to outpatient rehab for amputees
• Describe new advances in prosthetics
• Describe rehab program for teaching people with amputation to return to running
  

Credits: Submitted to Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCM) and PA Society of Social Workers for 2.0 hours