This year due to the ongoing Covid19 pandemic the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) will be virtual with a variety of pre-recorded sessions, live virtual presentations, platform presentations, poster presentations, and more. Even in a virtual environment, our alumni, faculty, and associated faculty are continuing to make a big impact on the conference. Below are some of their involvements this year.
Legend: Faculty Member (Bold name), Associated Faculty (Asterik), Alumni (Underlined)
Lectures:
- Polly Cerasoli Lecture Award – Educating for Professionalism: The science of caring, the art of healing
Laura Lee “Dolly” Swisher, PT, MDiv, PhD, FAPTA – Professor Emeritus
To learn more about the prestigious lecture award visit: https://aptaeducation.org/awards/cerasoli-lecture.cfm
Presentations:
- DPT Student Professional Behaviors in Academic and Clinical Settings: Introducing a New Tool (RISE)
Stephanie Anderson, Rebecca Edgeworth Ditwiler, Dolly Swisher, Barbara Wagner
- Hand and Upper extremity injuries in Athletes: Return to play considerations in Physical Therapy
Angela Stagliano, Jane Fedorczyk
Platform Presentations:
- Current State and Future Directions of Sociocultural Education in PT Curriculum: A National Survey.
Tamara Gravano, Hina Garg, Gale Lavinder, and Joel Tenbrink
Poster Presentations:
- Impact of Early PT Interventions for Medically Complex, Post ECMO, COVID-19 Patients: A Case Report
Bini Thomas, Joanna Tabisz*, Kelly Collins, Ok Kyung Kim*, and Sharmila Gupte*
- Motor skill ability and its relationship to social function in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder.
Jamie Holloway & Emily Shaffer-Hudkins
- Auditory Cueing to Reduce Freezing of Gait in People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review
Andrea De Los Santos, Nora Nour, Skye Haddock, Mark Dinicola, Krysti Weierstahl, Seok Hun Kim
- An Acute Episode of Gout Presenting as Lateral Ankle Pain
Lee Bland
- Professionalism Curriculum & Assessment in Residency Education
Rebecca Edgeworth Ditwiler, Laura Lee “Dolly” Swisher, Aimee Klein
- Effect of Pilates-Based Exercise on Core Muscle Performance in Women with Multiple Sclerosis
Jeannie Stephenson, Brittney Barrie, Jason Beckstead, Stephanie Carey, Derrick Robertson, Douglas Haladay
- Effects of home-based exercise intervention in breast cancer survivors with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
Patricia Teran-Wodzinski, Douglas Haladay, Alana Adams, Samia Dutra, Jillian Coury, Lauren Schwab, Ellen Eckelman, Ji Ming, Constance Visovsky
- Rehabilitation of Failed Forefoot Surgery in an Adolescent Female
Mackenzie Garreth, Craig Vecchiarelli, Matt Lazinski
Other CSM Involvement:
- Stefanie Bond – Has been selected to be an item writer for the Geriatric Clinical Specialist Exam
- Jamie Holloway – Promoted to Chair of the Early Intervention Special Interest Group for APTA Pediatrics