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Chapter Hosts Conference
The Greater Philadelphia Chapter hosted "New Advances in Clinical Rehabilitation Nursing Practices" on May 17, 2011 at the John H. Ammon Medical Education Center Christiana Care Health System in Newark, DE with over 100 attendees. The Professional Development Committee, in collaboration with the Research and Leadership Committees, provided an extraordinary educational event titled "New Advances in Clinical Rehabilitation Nursing Practices".
This educational conference provided Rehabilitation nurses an overview of new trends in advanced clinical practice for brain injury, spinal cord injury and stroke rehabilitation. It described practical applications for evidence based practice in nursing research at the bedside and addressed issues facing nurse leaders in the Rehab setting. The committee identified exceptional leaders in the field of rehabilitation. Speakers included: Michael Collins PhD, Assistant Director UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program; Tessa Hart PhD, Project Director Brain Injury Model Systems at Moss Rehabilitation Hospital; Anthony Munson, M.D. Medical Director, Christiana Care Stroke Program and Mary Schmidt, DPT, Project Director Spinal Cord Model Systems at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. In addition, GPC members Terry Sherman RN, Robin Sherran, RN, Ruth Mooney, RN PhD, presented practical applications for evidence based practice and nursing research at the bedside. And Wendy Wintersgill, RN and Felisha Alderson, RN presented information on transformational leadership.
The conference highlighted 12 poster presentations with topics ranging from Infection Control to Nursing Empowerment. The attendees were delighted with the exceptional educational presentations, the (6.25 CEs) and the opportunity for professional networking.
Michael (Micky) Collins, Ph.D., the Keynote speaker, is a nationally renowned expert in sports-related concussion. A leading clinician and researcher, Dr. Collins is the assistant director of the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program. Established in 2000, it is the first and largest research and clinical program focused on the diagnosis, evaluation and management of sports-related mild traumatic brain injury in athletes of all levels.
Dr. Collins’ expertise attracts many elite and professional athletes from around the world to seek his comprehensive care. On a daily basis, Dr. Collins and his colleagues at the UPMC clinic see dozens of high school and college athletes with concerns about safe return to play following concussion and treatment / rehabilitation of the injury. His information was extremely relevent to rehab nursing focusing on concussion prevention.
Evidenced Based Nursing Practice
Stroke Factors in Rehabilitation
Advances in Brain Injury Rehabilitation Research
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