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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June 14 - 15, 2013

Vestibular Rehabilitation: Treatment Intensive
Gaye W. Cronin, OTD, OTR/L

This course is designed for physical and occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals working with patients suffering from balance and vestibular disorders. Treating patients with vestibular disorders can be daunting. Recognizing and assessing them can also be challenging, but once the process is completed, you need to be able to develop an appropriate treatment plan. This course will present vestibular treatments as a system of exercises and movements that the clinician learns to select, grade, and develop a continuum for the individual patient. It will emphasize treatments of vestibular disorders of childhood, adults and the elderly.  Childhood paroxysmal vertigo, multiple canal BPPV, Menieres disease, ototoxicity, bilateral disorders, malde debarquement, migraine associated vertigo, traumatic vertigo (including post concussion vertigo), acoustic neuroma, central vertigo, and disequilibrium of aging will be covered. The course is interactive, with lab sessions to practice treatment techniques, and will offer exercises for problem solving.

For additional information and registration please visit: http://www.educationresourcesinc.com/course-details?courseid=33


October 5 - 6, 2013
 
Advanced Dynamic Anatomy: Bridging the Gap between Anatomy&Treatment
Greg Kopp, PT, MPT, OCS, CIMT

This class will give the clinician the ability to find the cause of muscle weakness and the patientҒs pain based on functional anatomy principles.  This will enable the clinician to direct their patients to a quicker, more successful recovery.   Attendees will learn how to palpate all muscles that are responsible for dysfunction along with learning the difference between muscle function and action so they will be able to immediately recognize muscle dysfunction and identify the specific muscle at fault.  Come learn what to do with the muscular system we were never taught in school.  This course will definitely change the way you view finding the cause of common orthopedic problems and make treatment easier.  Attendees should have a basic knowledge of anatomy as this is an applied anatomy course.

As with all of our manual therapy courses, this seminar will follow a progression of principles and reinforce them throughout the 16 hours, is at least 75% hands-on lab, and will give the clinician hands-on skills they use immediately upon their return to the clinical setting.

For additional information and registration please visit:
http://www.glseminars.com/courses/advanced-dynamic-anatomy/498-october-5-6-2013-philadelphia-pa-advanced-dynamic-anatomy.html


October 18-20, 2013
Locomotor Training Principles and Practice: An Activity-Based Therapy Course

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 neurologic 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 four-day intense course: including pre-conference preparation (6 hours of online lectures; 6-10 hours of reading, assignments and tests) and 2.5 days at a clinical site. This intensive four-day course combines didactic teaching and practical skills development with hands on treatment of individuals with neurologic dysfunction.

For additional information and registration please visit:
https://www.neurorti.com/Course_Sessions.aspx?ID=2


November 2-3, 2013

Physical Agent Modality Credentialing Course for the Occupational Therapy Practitioner (PAMPCA)

The course is comprised of 12 learning modules plus a two-day workshop and supervised clinical hours. Upon successful completion of the course, our graduates are awarded 45 contact hours of continuing education credit awarded by Saginaw Valley State University. Graduates of this course are awarded a credential by the Physical Agent Modalities Practitioner Credentialing Agency, LLC, and are allowed to use CPAM after their name. This course complies with regulatory and licensing requirement for PAM use in most states requiring additional credentialing of OT practitioners.

For additional information and registration please visit:
http://reg130.imperisoft.com/SVSU/Search/Registration.aspx