Course Title: Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Imaging for Physical Therapists

The Miami-Marquette Challenge
2014-2015 Course

Course Speaker: John Taylor, DC, DACBR. Professor and Coordinator of Diagnostic Imaging at D’Youville College located in Buffalo, NY.

Date: Saturday April 25th, 2015

Time: 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Registration begins at 8:30 am

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (exact location TBA)

Direct Access CEU’s: 6.0

General Access CEU’s: 0

Total CEU’s: 6.0

Cost of Course: $175.00

All proceeds from this course will be donated to the Foundation for Physical Therapy as part of the Miami-Marquette Challenge.

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Course Description:

Participants in this course will learn about the various types of imaging modalities available including: Radiography, Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Diagnostic Ultrasound, Scintigraphy, and more. As well, there will be discussion about clinical practice guidelines for imaging and prediction rules for acquiring imaging such as the Ottawa ankle rules, Canadian C-spine rules, and Pittsburgh knee rules. Participants will learn how to interpret musculoskeletal imaging comprising of articular disorders, bone neoplasms, musculoskeletal infection, vascular disorders, and congenital disorders. In addition, participants will review MRI’s of the spine (disc disorders, spondylolisthesis/spondylolysis, and scoliosis), knee, and shoulder. Lastly, one will learn the basic principles of musculoskeletal injury and the most common fractures, dislocations, and sprains observed.

Learning Objectives

Understand the importance of diagnostic imaging in screening for systemic disease in Physical Therapy practice.
Determine the clinical relevance of diagnostic imaging tools.
Identify the indications for selected diagnostic imaging tests based on history and examination findings.
Interpret basic written diagnostic imaging reports to formulate a differential diagnosis.
Interpret selected diagnostic images such as X-ray, MRI, CT scans, and bone scans in order to identify structural abnormalities of the spine and extremities.

Course Schedule:

Saturday December 6th

8:30-9:00 –Registration

9:00-10:00 – Imagining Modalities and Ionizing Radiation Exposure

10:00-10:15—Break

10:15-11:00 – Clinical Indications

11:00-Noon – Musculoskeletal Imaging

Noon-1:00—Lunch (on your own)

1:00-2:00 – Musculoskeletal Trauma

2:00-3:00 – MR Imaging: Spine

3:00-3:15—Break

3:15-4:30 – MR Imaging: Extremities

4:30-5:00 – Summary

About the Speaker:

John A. Taylor graduated as a chiropractor in 1979 from CMCC in Toronto. He practiced in Vancouver, B.C., earned his diplomate in radiology from LACC, and completed a research fellowship in osteoradiology at the University of California, San Diego. He co-authored a textbook entitled Skeletal Imaging: Atlas of the Spine and Extremities. The second edition was published by Elsevier in January, 2010. He is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed articles in the chiropractic and biomedical literature and has lectured worldwide on the topic of diagnostic imaging in chiropractic practice. He is currently coordinator of diagnostic imaging and professor of radiology in the chiropractic program at D’Youville College, Buffalo, NY. He is a diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Radiology and a consulting radiologist at Western New York Imaging Group in Buffalo, NY.

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Course Information:

Course Title: Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Imaging for Physical Therapists

Course Speaker: John Taylor, DC, DACBR. Professor and Coordinator of Diagnostic Imaging at D’Youville College located in Buffalo, NY.

Date: Saturday April 25th, 2015

Cost: -Make check payable to The Pittsburgh-Marquette Challenge

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