Advanced Balance and Vestibular Course
Vestibular Rehabilitation:
An Advanced Course and Update:
May 18-20, 2012
University of Pittsburgh
4060 Forbes Tower - Forbes Avenue between Atwood and Meyran Avenues
Pittsburgh, PA
Registration Information:
The Vestibular Rehabilitation: Advanced Course and Update is jointly sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Physical Therapy, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, the Claude Pepper Center for Older Americans, the Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences and the American Physical Therapy Association.
Keynote speakers include Dr. Joseph Furman and Dr. Susan L. Whitney. Dr. Furman is co-director of the course and has numerous Medline references to his credit. He is co-author of the book entitled "Vestibular Disorders: A Case Oriented Approach" published by Oxford University Press. He has recently published the 3rd edition with Dr. Stephen Cass and Dr. Susan Whitney. Dr. Furman has been an NIH supported clinician-scientist his entire career and is a board certified neurologist.
Dr. Whitney is a physical therapist who has published extensively. She is the Program Director of the Centers for Rehab Services at the Eye and Ear Institute and has treated persons with vestibular disorders for over 25 years. She is the Chair of the Vestibular Special Interest Group of the American Physical Therapy Association and is an active clinical researcher. Drs. Furman and Whitney will conduct the lab/cases together to provide a unique physician/physical therapist team perspective.
There will be tours of the virtual reality lab, of the vestibular psychophysics lab, a chance to view some audiologic assistive devices, a visit to a "high tech" gait lab that studies slips and falls in older people, a tour of the Senior Mobility Aging Reseach and Training Center, and an opportunity to view our dynamic visual acuity/gaze stabilization test equipment. There are scheduled question and answer periods following each session at which participants can ask the entire faculty questions.
There is also an opportunity for participants to become more directly involved in the learning process by contributing their own observations. Participants who are interested in presenting a case study are encouraged to contact the program organizers. Please contact Dr. Susan Whitney at whitney@pitt.edu.
Target Audience:
An exciting vestibular program geared for clinicians (physical therapists, occupational therapists, physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and audiologists) who have a basic knowledge of vestibular disorders is scheduled for May 18-20 , 2012 at the University of Pittsburgh.
The program content will be at an advanced level and is designed to provide an update regarding the treatment of persons with balance/vestibular disorders and the underlying science. Each of the speakers are experts from one of several disciplines including physical therapy, neurology, otology, gerontology, psychology, psychiatry, physician assistant, physical medicine and rehabilitation, bioengineering, and neurophysiology.
Topics:
Some of the topics include migraine dizziness, central causes of dizziness, anxiety dizziness, concussion management, VEMPs, alternative therapies, pharmacotherapy, virtual reality, attention and postural control, the ANS with its connections to the vestibular system, cervical dizziness, back to work and driving decisions, innovative therapies for person with vestibular disorders, clinical and functional neuroimaging, physician assistant management of vestibular disorders, and bedside evaluation of the person with dizziness with a lab component.
Cosponsor: American Physical Therapy Association
Supported By:
Centers for Rehab Services, UPMC
http://www.upmc.com/Services/CentersforRehabServices/Pages/default.aspx
Questions and registration? Contact Corinne Grubb at cgrubb@pitt.edu or phone 412.383.8169.
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