Program in Physical Therapy Continuing Education

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1 Program in Physical Therapy Continuing Education Presents WHEN Saturday, April 5, 2014, 8AM-5PM WHERE Columbia University Physical Therapy, New York, NY INSTRUCTOR William Boissonault, PT, DPT, DHSc, FAAOMPT, FAPTA

2 COURSE OVERVIEW The patient you are seeing for shoulder, hip or low back pain; any reason to be suspicious of occult cancer or infection, or a fracture? A critical element of clinical decision making for physiotherapists is recognizing clinical manifestations that suggest physician contact is warranted regarding a patient s health status. This one day seminar will prepare therapists to assume the role of an interdependent practitioner working within a collaborative medical model. The components of medical screening, identifying health risk factors, recognizing atypical symptoms/signs, review of systems, will be covered through in-depth lecture, discussion, and laboratory sessions. Professional communication with patients and physicians will also be a central theme throughout the seminar. Patient cases will be presented to apply the important medical screening principles. For example: Susan states she is having some unusual neck pain. She has spent hours and hours working at a Potter s wheel the past 2-3 weeks. She is wondering if her neck posture during pottery-making could be causing her neck pain? Jeremiah describes L chest wall pain-started 6 months ago while doing some heavy lawn mowing - think I pulled a muscle. He has been improving slowly-noting he can swim and mow the grass pain free if he tapes his chest. He wants to know how much longer will it take for this too heal, and also asks is there any chance this could be related to my heart? Jim describes joint pain in his arms and wonders if strengthening exercises would be good for him? Amber states she woke up three days ago with intense burning in her L shoulder blade. She describes having a severe back injury 1 year ago-which PT helped. She is wondering if her back injury could have set her up to have this shoulder pain. For the above, one patient required an urgent referral, one a non-urgent referral, one a recommendation to see a physical therapist within the next couple of days and the fourth patient no action at all! Can you match the four patients with the four outcomes? Can you think of key questions to help you identify the patients needing to see a medical doctor? During the course we will use a number of cases such as these to explore critical red flag questions, including what is the best first question for us to ask facing real-life scenarios like the above.

3 UPON COMPLETION OF THE SEMINAR THE PARTICIPANT WILL BE ABLE TO: 1. Compare and contrast the physical therapist s role and responsibilities associated with the differential diagnosis/medical screening process with those of physicians. 2. Integrate the medical screening principles into an efficient and effective patient examination scheme. 3. Evaluate history and physical examination findings (red flags) and decide whether communication with a physician is warranted regarding a patient s health status. 4. Employ strategies to facilitate professional communication between therapist and physician and therapist and patient; including when, how and what to communicate as part of a patient referral. 5. Describe the risk factors, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of selected medical conditions representing the various body systems-differentiating between joint, limb and back pain conditions-those that can be managed by PTs and those that require physician oversight. 6. Safely and effectively employ observation, palpation, auscultation and special tests to screen skin, peripheral vascular system and for fractures. 7. Effectively pursue additional information associated with differential diagnosis by the physical therapist. Course Schedule Saturday, April 5, :00-8:15 AM Course introduction 8:15-9:15 AM Patient case discussions 9:15-10:15 AM Pathological origins of back pain 10:15-10:30 AM Break 10:30-11:00 AM Pathological origins of back pain continued 11:00-12:00 PM Pathological origins of joint pain 12:00-1:00 PM Lunch 1:00-2:00 PM Pathological origins of limb pain 2:00-2:30 PM Screening for Skin Lesions 2:30-3:00 PM Laboratory Session 3:00-3:15 PM Break 3:15-4:15 PM Laboratory Session continued 4:15-4:45 PM Patient Cases 4:45-5:00 PM Course wrap-up

4 ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR William Boissonnault, PT, DPT, DHSc, FAAOMPT, FAPTA William Boissonnault, PT, DPT, DHSc, FAAOMPT, FAPTA is Professor- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Senior PT- UW Hospital and Curriculum Director UW/Meriter Hospital Orthopedic Physical Therapy Clinical Residency Program. Education: BS degree in PT-UW-Madison; MS degree and DHSc- University of St. Augustine; t-dpt from IHP-Massachusetts General Hospital. He is editor of the textbook- Primary Care for the Physical Therapist; Examination and Triage, (Elsevier Saunders 1 st and 2 nd edition) and past co-editor of Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist I (Saunders-1 st and 2 nd edition). Bill holds multiple adjunct physical therapy faculty positions- presenting nationally and internationally-teaching differential diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, and communication skills. He has multiple journal publications related to differential diagnosis and physiotherapist practice. Dr. Boissonnault is the current president of the Foundation for Physical Therapy-the profession s national research fund-raising organization. He was president ( ) of the Orthopaedic Section of the APTA, chaired the APTA Manipulation Legislative Task Force and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists Practice Committee.

5 Awards/Honors- Has received the Orthopaedic Section, APTA s Stanley V. Paris Distinguished Service Award, the APTA Baethke-Carlin Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School Dean s Teaching Award for Excellence and Innovation in Medical Education. He has been named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the APTA.

6 REGISTRATION FOR: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MEDICAL SCREENING FOR PATIENT REFERRAL COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROGRAM IN PHYSICAL THERAPY, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2014 Name, Credentials Address City, State, Zip Phone Facility I wish to register for: Course Fee for Professionals: $125 Columbia PT clinical instructors: $75 Groups of 3 or more (must register together) $100 per person Columbia Alumni: $100 Columbia University Students (space permitting): $50 Late Fee (after March 21) $30 Total enclosed Checks payable to: Columbia University Program in Physical Therapy Mail registration to: Columbia University Program in Physical Therapy 710 West 168 th Street, 8 th Floor New York, NY Att: Vanessa Corwin

7 Register on line and pay by credit card: *Note: We accept Visa and MasterCard only Course inquiries: Vanessa Corwin, Program in Physical Therapy, or Columbia University is approved by the New York State Education Department s State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. A certificate of attendance for 6.5 contact hours of educational activity will be awarded to registrants upon completion of the one day seminar.