Greetings, Hospital-Based Special Interest Group (HB SIG) members! We hope this message finds you well and settling into a peaceful and prosperous 2016. Your SIG leadership is gearing up for the Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in Anaheim, CA, February 17-20 (
www.apta.org/csm).
Conference Call Date Announcement: Whether or not you can attend CSM, please mark your calendars for our next conference call on Monday, April 19, at 8:00 pm Eastern (7:00 pm Central) for a discussion of important topics of interest to you as an acute care, rehabilitation, or outpatient therapist. More information to come!
In hopes that we will see many of you at CSM, we'd like to highlight some of the events and programming in Anaheim that might be of particular interest to you:
Hospital-Based SIG Meeting: Our annual meeting will be held Friday, February 19, from 6:30-7:30 am in the Hilton Anaheim, California Ballroom B. (Please check the onsite program for confirmation of the room.) Yes, 6:30 am is early, but you can do it! Attendance at our meeting grows every year, and this is a great opportunity to network and become more involved with the SIG.
Programming of Interest: The Section on Pediatrics has sponsored and co-sponsored a wide range of cutting-edge programming that is too extensive to adequately summarize here. If you are registered, you can find the full list of SOP-sponsored and co-sponsored programming at
www.apta.org/csm (click on "Browse or search CSM 2016 programming by day, speaker, track, or keyword," click "Search by Section," and then click "Pediatrics").
SOP programming relevant to ACUTE CARE therapists includes:
- Pediatric oncology (3 sessions)
- Burn rehabilitation
- Upper extremity imaging
- Pediatric pulmonology (cystic fibrosis)
Interesting topics sponsored by other sections includes (sponsoring section listed in parentheses):
- Breaking down barriers: utilization of standardized measures in acute care (Acute)
- Physical therapists in the ICU: the why, what, and how of taking rationale to action: insights and lessons from quality improvement (Acute)
- I have a great idea! Acute care research from planning to publication (Acute)
- From bed to chair in the ICU: evidence-based guidelines for upright sitting for patients who are critically ill (Acute)
- Management of conflict in health care: maximizing meaningful relationships (Education)
SOP programming relevant to OUTPATIENT therapists includes:
- Aquatic therapy for specific pediatric diagnoses
- Torticollis (2 sessions)
- Treadmill training protocols
- Concussion rehabilitation
Interesting topics sponsored by other sections includes:
- The unrelenting misperceptions of spasticity and hypertonicity (Neurology)
- Vestibular rehabilitation for peripheral vestibular hypofunction: clinical practice guideline and beyond! (Neurology) - with Susan Herdman
- Low back and hip pain in children and adolescents: don't miss the interaction! (Orthopedics)
- The ABCs of ICD-10 for physical therapy (Health Policy/Administration)
- Advocacy to advance inclusion of people with disabilities (Health Policy/Administration)
- Using mobile devices to document objective change in function (Neurology) - learn to use the Hudl app
Interesting topics sponsored by other sections for PATIENT REHABILITATION includes:
- Can you walk and talk? Integrating speech therapy and physical therapy (Cardiovascular and Pulmonary)
- Creative evidence-based use of electrical stimulation in acquired brain injury rehabilitation (Neurology)
This just scratches the surface, so please peruse the entire list of CSM offerings to see what sessions might be relevant to your particular practice.
Thank you for being a member of our SIG. As always, you can contact your SIG leadership at any time if you have practice concerns or questions, or if you are looking to be connected with a content expert. We are here to serve you!
Sincerely,
Sheree York, PT, DPT, PCS, Chair
Katie Lammers, PT, DPT, PCS, Vice-Chair