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.

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October 2011

Guy Fried Educational Seminar

WHAT'S NEW FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY IN 2011

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.  The program is now full.  No more registrations are being accepted.

October 7, 2011
7:30am - 4:30pm

Magee Rehabilitation Hospital
1513 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Program Overview:
The Dr. Guy Fried Educational Seminar focuses on cutting edge rehabilitation topics.  This years program will focus on the issue of spinal cord injury with an emphasis on the SCI Model System of Care and lifetime opportunities presented in an organized continuum of care for the treatment of traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury/dysfunction.   Spinal cord injury basic science research for the care and cure of SCI patients along with the newest drug clinical trials will be discussed.   New spinal surgical interventions and acute management of SCI based on evidence will be provided.  Interventions aimed at preventing SCI secondary complications through nutrition and health and wellness activities will be explored including the use of therapeutic technology that assists with health management as well as ongoing neurorecovery.  Information on lifetime resources for those living in the community with SCI will also be provided.

Target Audience:
This program is designed for physicians, nurses, hospital and insurance company based case managers, social workers, physical and occupational therapists in both the acute care and rehabilitation settings. 

Accreditation
An application for 6 contact hours has been submitted to the PA State Nurses Association (PSNA).  Please call Laura Bittner at Magee Rehabilitation (215-218-3932) for more information about contact hours. 

Applications have been submitted for 6 contact hours to:
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Pennsylvania State Board of Physical Therapy
Commission for Case Management Certification (CCMC)

Disclosures:
All speakers at continuing education activities for this conference are required to disclose to the audience (1) any significant financial relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial products, goods or services and (2) unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs discussed in their presentations.  Such disclosures will be offered in writing or verbally at the time of the conference.

Participants should claim hours only commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. You can earn up to 1 contact hour for every 60 minutes of educational time.  You must complete an evaluation for each session that you attend to receive contact hours.

Program:
8:00 am 
Introduction
Guy Fried, MD and Mary Schmidt Read, PT, DPT, MS

8:15 - 8:45 am
What is a Model System of Care and how does it effect outcomes?
Ralph Marino, MD
Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley
Thomas Jefferson University

8:45 -  9:15 am
SCI Basic Science Research Update
Itzhak Fischer, PhD
Drexel College of Medicine

9:15 - 10:00 am
The Latest in Clinical Trials
James Harrop, MD
Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley
Thomas Jefferson University

10:00 - 10:15 am
Break

10:15 - 11:00 am
What is new in acute SCI reconstruction and management: Results of the STASCIS trial
Alex Vaccaro, MD
Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley
Thomas Jefferson University

11:00 - noon
Panel on Medical Continuing Care
Drs Fried, Marino, Harrop and Vaccaro

Noon - 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 pm
Preventing SCI complications
How to handle long-term SCI management
Julie Rece, RN, CWOCN
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital

Fitness&Wellness
Evelyn Phillip, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital

2:00 - 2:45 pm
Tour

2:45 - 3:00
Break

3:00 - 3:45 pm
Therapeutic technology available for SCI
Mary Schmidt Read, PT, DPT, MS
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital

3:45 - 4:30 pm
Lifetime Resources
Jessica Rickard, CTRS
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital
Representative from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation

Cost: $100 for Physicians, $50 for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals


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October 2011
Locomotor Training Principles and Practice

October 13- 16, 2011

Locomotor training, an activity-based therapy, provides task specific practice of standing and walking by optimizing the sensory cues to generate improved motor activity for mobility, standing, and walking after neurological injury.  Locomotor retraining is provided on a treadmill using partial body weight support and manual facilitation. Improved neuromuscular capacity is then transferred to overground skills that are integrated into the home and community. Participants will learn the scientific basis, hands-on skills, clinical decision-making, and administrative and management strategies for providing locomotor training in a three and one-half day intense course.

Course Schedule:
Day 1
Registration: 7:30-8:00 AM
Course Program: 8:00 AM6:00 PM
All participants will attend lectures that will focus on developing an understanding of the basic science and guiding principles of activity-based therapy, with an emphasis on locomotor training. All participants will be introduced to the skills and clinical decision making required to deliver locomotor training. Considerations for implementing activity-based therapy into rehabilitation programs will be discussed.

Days 2-4
Course Program Day 2-3: 8:00 AM֖5:00 PM
Course Program Day 4: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Clinical team members will participate in intensive skill development of locomotor training techniques. This includes patient evaluation and progression using a body weight support treadmill system, locomotor training, overground assessment and progression, and community ambulation and activity training.

Course Objectives
This intensive three and one-half day course combines didactic teaching and practical skills development with hands on treatment of individuals with spinal cord injury.
At the completion of this program, participants will:

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the basic science related to activity-based therapy.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the guiding principles of activity-based therapy, with an emphasis on locomotor training on the treadmill, over ground, and in the community.
• Identify and incorporate the principles of locomotor training during patient evaluation and progression.
• Demonstrate knowledge of trainer positions and the roles of each trainer during locomotor training.
• Demonstrate introductory level hands on skills as a trainer of locomotor training (in preparation for continued practice and skill development upon return to own clinical site).
• Describe the resources necessary to establish an effective and efficient activity-based therapy program, with an emphasis on locomotor training.
• Discuss how to effectively integrate locomotor training into an existing comprehensive therapy program.

Registration Fees:
Day 1 only:     $125 per person
Day 1-4:         $995 per person
Team of 3-5     $2,985

Contact
Colleen Johnson, PT, NCS
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

215-587-3047
cjohnson@mageerehab.org

Brochure: Click here for a copy of the brochure

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