MGH PTs will be at PT 2010, the Annual Conference and Exposition of APTA, June 16-19, in Boston, MA.         Visit us at Booth # 1024.  

Neurologic Practice Essentials:

Clinical Decision Making as a Foundation for Expert Practice

October 2-3, 2010

This course is an APTA Neurology Section course. The speakers are section sanctioned speakers, but the course is hosted by Massachusetts General Hospital Physical Therapy Services.

Course description:

Novices develop clinical competencies and evolve into expert practitioners by making decisions that involve the complementary processes of systematic analysis and intuition. This 2-day course was developed with the overall objective of strengthening skills for all therapists seeking to advance their neurologic physical therapist practice. Participants will utilize current frameworks for clinical decision making to assist them in analyzing neurologic patient cases in the areas of balance and falls, brain injury, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, and spinal cord injury, stroke and vestibular dysfunction. Participants will apply current evidence and clinical guidelines in making patient management decisions particularly in the areas of evaluation, prognosis, and intervention. Given both the breadth and the depth of the course, participation may assist the physical therapist interested in sitting for the Neurologic Clinical Specialist exam.

Speakers:

Kathleen M. Gill-Body, PT, DPT, NCS

Kristin Parlman, PT, DPT, NCS

Cindy Zablotny, PT, DPT, MS, NCS\

Click the link below for information such as the course brochure

http://www.neuropt.org/go/events-and-courses/fall-regional-courses

For general information regarding the course, contact: Kristin Parlman at kparlman@partners.org or (617) 724-7489

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