Arizona Physical Therapy Association

2017 Fall Conference – October 6-7, 2017

Course Objectives

Neurology track – Identifying and Differentiating Vestibular Disorders(Friday and Saturday)

Michael C Schubert, PT, PhD

Associate Professor, Laboratory of Vestibular NeuroAdaptation

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Orthopaedics track - Recent Advances in Examination and Treatment of Orthopedic and Sports Shoulder and Elbow Injuries(Friday and Saturday)

Robert C. Manske, PT, DPT, MPT, MEd, SCS, ATC, CSCS

Professor and Chair of the Doctoral Physical Therapy Program, Wichita State University

Course Objectives:

  1. Explain the medical interventions utilized in the management of pathological conditions of the shoulder and elbow that are commonly seen by physical therapists.
  2. Justify and relate the latest special testing procedures of specific pathologies of the shoulder and elbow.
  3. Design and justify appropriate rehabilitation programs for different shoulder and elbow pathologies.
  4. Recognize and evaluate common shoulder and elbow injuries.
  5. Describe pathological conditions of the shoulder and elbow frequently encountered by PT’s.
  6. Discuss therapeutic exercise and compare and contrast techniques for various shoulder and elbow pathologies.
  7. Uses a clinical decision – making process to establish a differential diagnosis, synthesized from data obtained by the PT examination.
  8. Develop evidence based rehabilitation programs for specific pathologies that are based on current scientific literature.
  9. Organize symptoms into clusters, syndromes or categories in order to be placed in appropriate treatment regimes.
  10. Integrate current exercise technology into the rehabilitation process for shoulder and elbow injuries.

Health Promotion and Wellness track - Co-Creating The Future of Patient Centered Care

(Saturday only)

Matt Taylor: Transforming Society Through a Biopsychosocialspiritual (BPSS) Model of Physical Therapy

Course Objectives:

  1. Accurately define “transformation” and describe how their current practice is transformational.
  2. List and describe how their current practice setting contributes to their risk for burnout and compassion fatigue, and then what action steps they can take to support themselves and make their physical therapy truly transformational.
  3. Describe how interventions within the physical therapy scope of practice prime for creativity (theirs and their patients’) and foster transformational change in society.

Karen Mueller: Lifestyle Intervention in PT Practice: Supporting wellness across the Lifespan

Course Objectives:

  1. Discuss the 5 domains of wellness which physical therapists can influence with all patients.
  2. Describe the elements of an annual PT wellness visit.
  3. Demonstrate the elements of a functional performance screen.

Cheryl Van Demark: Integrative treatment for patients experiencing chronic pain

Course Objectives:

  1. Adopt a perspective on chronic pain as a chronic disease process resulting in maladapted nervous systems (CNS, ANS & ENS) From this perspective, participants will identify opportunities to reframe the evaluation and treatment approach used with this challenging patient population.
  2. Reflect upon the impact of self-compassion, attention and beliefs of both providers and patients on creating patient-centered care.
  3. Experience the comfort of inducing the relaxation response to demonstrate the benefit of including relaxation techniques in the patient plan of care.

Kathy Brewer: Embracing optimal aging in physical therapy care

Course Objectives:

  1. Increase awareness of US demographics of aging adults and how healthcare delivery systems will be challenged over the next 2 decades.
  2. Utilize the framework of the ICF model, to identify the unique contributions of physical therapy in meeting the medical, functional and wellness needs of aging adults throughout the continuum of care.
  3. Recognize and implement opportunities for physical therapy screening, assessment and skilled interventions to optimize the aging experience within their practice.
  4. Participants will apply a patient centered approach, engaging patients to be active partners in their chronic health condition management and behavioral change.

Andrea Cuc: Understanding and treatment of clients as a whole, not the sum of their parts

Course Objectives:

  1. Apply a 5 area CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) model to increase understanding of how the mind and body work together and how to design interventions for affecting positive patient change with using this model.
  2. Gain knowledge on DSM categories and criteria to better understand how mood affects patient behavior and motivation.
  3. Implement assessment and intervention strategies with the client’s biopsychosocial history in mind.