Spinal Cord Injuries

SPINAL CORD INJURIES

Highlights and Benefits

These are exciting times in the world of Spinal Cord Injury management! New discoveries and emerging technologies are challenging multidisciplinary teams to maintain evidence-based protocols and enhance functional outcomes for persons with SCI. Discharge options and community integration are key issues as well as approaches to ensure adherence. Research on early interventions is addressing the need to minimize secondary injury and may influence functional outcomes for persons with SCI.

The 16th Annual Conference on Spinal Cord Injuries offers a unique cadre of clinical perspectives addressing these key issues.

Highlights of the 2008 conference include:

Three Preconferences designed to give an in-depth look into Manual Wheelchairs, Selection and Skills Training, Bowel & Bladder Management, and Chronic Pain Management.

New protocols and practices to enhance community integration.

Exhibits offering a glimpse of new equipment and technology that can help support best practice.

Product demonstrations to examine equipment techniques and applications.

A nationally-known expert faculty ready to share insights and network with you.

Time to share ideas and build professional relationships with colleagues from across the nation.

Challenge yourself to keep pace with the changes, new technologies and research findings that will help you provide the best care. Plan now to attend this exceptional and unique learning experience. See you in the wonderful ”City by the Bay”, San Francisco!

Planning Committee
Carole Adler, BS, OTR/L, ATP

Theresa M. Chase, ND, RN, CNS

Steven Kirshblum, MD

Darrell Musick, BS, PT

Gabriella Stiefbold, OTR, ATP

Julie Malone, MA, RN
Program Manager, Contemporary Forums

Acknowledgements

Contemporary Forums expresses appreciation to the following institutions for their contributions to program development:

Craig Hospital
Englewood, Colorado

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
West Orange, New Jersey

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
San Jose, California

Rave Reviews

“Spinal cord injuries are my passion. I’ve spent 10 years working with spinal cord injured clients and was able to still take new information away from this conference. I know this new info will help me to better serve future clients.”
Valerie D Maeker, OTR/L, MS
Missoula, MT
•
This conference provided a great variety of topics – both basic and advanced – and I can take the knowledge gained and immediately apply it to practice and to educate my coworkers.
Kaitlyn Ellis, OTR/L
Newington, CT
•
Many topics ranging from clinical skills to research were covered. It was a great idea to have a day with subsessions so people could choose topics of interest.
Cynthia Thieleman, MSPT, PT
Rochester, NY
•
"Great conference – above and beyond my expectations! Speakers were knowledgeable, effective, skilled and made topics very applicable and comprehensible without being too basic and general or complex."
Lindsey Crichton, MS, OTR/L
Boston, MA
•
“This is my 9th year in attendance and I have found each conference highly organized and well planned. Each year provided opportunity to network with colleagues throughout the entire country to better understand their practice trends within the region that they live and lastly, current trends and new techniques are always part of the content of the conference allowing for ongoing and new learning each year.”
Claudine Bogosian MHA OTR/L
White Plains, NY
•
“It was good to know there are professionals who can teach and make it fun. ”
Kathie Pittman, RN, BSN
Powder Springs, GA
•
“I enjoyed the camaraderie and humor that the presenters shared encouraging further interaction.”
Vicki Quaid RN, BSN, CCM
Harrisburg, PA
•
“The quality of presenters was excellent. Each one was an expert in their field, making the caliber of educational information top notch.”
Trudy Curtis
Tooele, UT
•
“Thanks so much for a great conference! I thoroughly enjoyed being able to have so many excellent expert speakers to choose from. I wish that I could have heard them all. I loved the way that the speakers presented their topics – very practical, down-to-earth, and easy to understand.”
Karen Rossi, RN, BSN
Castro Valley, CA
•
“I cannot fathom the amount of work it took to make this go so seamlessly. Fantastic choice of speakers and topics. I enjoyed it tremendously.”
Gloria Doherty, RN, MSN, ACNP
Albuquerque, NM
•
“Empowering! Cutting edge information from great speakers. New research presented that will enhance my clinical practice. Thank you so much”
Kristen Rice, RN, BSN, CCRN
Sliverdale, WA

Click here for location information

Interested in other conferences? Click here to view the conference calendar. If you would like to receive a brochure and know the number of the conference you are interested in, simply request a brochure.