Several SPTRS faculty will present at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 3-6, 2014.

Dr. Laura Lee “Dolly” Swisher leads off teaching a CSM 2014 preconference course titled “Teaching and Evaluating Ethics Knowledge in Physical Therapy Education through Concept Mapping, Moral Reasoning, and other Outcomes Measures.” Her co-authors are Dr. Ian Edwards and Dr. Gesela van Kessel from the University of South Australia (Adelaide). Drs. Swisher, Edwards, and van Kessel are then joined by Dr. Gail Jensen of Creighton University in presenting a 2 hour course entitled “Linking Clinical and Ethical Reasoning in Physical Therapy Education: Preparing Students for the Certainty and Uncertainty of Practice.”

Once the conference is underway, SPTRS faculty appear on the program with numerous poster and platform presentations.
Dr. Steven Ambler will present a poster titled “Management of A Patient with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome following ACL Reconstruction.”

Dr. Rebecca Edgeworth will present a poster titled “Interprofessional Education for Teamwork: Collaborating to Determine a Plan of Care,” co-authored by USF colleagues Thea Moore, Dawn Schocken, Nadine Matthie, Dr. Laura Lee Swisher, and Dr. Frazier Stevenson.

Dr. Douglas Haladay will deliver 4 poster presentations: “Responsiveness of Two Measures of Abdominal Muscle Performance following Stabilization Exercise Interventions in Persons with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Case Series” with co-authors from Pennsylvania State University and the University of Connecticut; and “Electromyographic (EMG) analysis of hip abductor muscle activity during common rehabilitation exercises in healthy subjects;” “Minimal detectable change of the percent of submaximal voluntary isometric contraction of the rectus abdominus during the lower abdominal muscle progression (LAMP);” and “Reconstructing a Human Gross Anatomy Course Based on Constructivist Learning Theory,” all of which were co-authored with his former peers at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.

Dr. Jill Kester will present a poster titled “Implementation of a Contract-Based Grading System in PTA Education” that she co-authored with Dr. C. Hein.

Dr. Seok Hun Kim will present “Long-Term Effects of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt on Gait Performance in Elderly Individuals with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Preliminary Results” that was coauthored by USF colleagues Jeannie Stephenson, PT, MS, NCS1; Dr. Naomi Abel; and Dr. Siviero Agazzi.

Dr. Aimee Klein’s platform presentation “Diagnosis Dialog: Classification of Shoulder Disorders in the ICF-based Clinical Practice Guideline and Alternative Approaches” was co-authored by Dr. Joseph Godges and Dr. Paula M. Ludewig from the University of Minnesota; Dr. Philip McClure from Arcadia University; Dr. Shirley A. Sahrmann and Dr. Barbara J. Norton, both from Washington University in St. Louis. The primary purpose of this session is to engage Orthopedics Section members in a collegial dialog about what “labels” should be used for the conditions that are relevant to physical therapist practice.

Dr. Rose Pignataro will present “Improving Physical Therapy Treatment Outcomes through Evidence-Based Tobacco Cessation Counseling” as a part of the Education Section of the conference.

Dr. Swisher presents “Ethics and Sports Medicine” as part of the Sports Physical Therapy Section of the conference. Her co-authors include Dr. Bruce Greenfield of Emory University and Dr. George Davies of Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Dr. Patricia Teran-Yengle will present a poster titled “Automaticity Effects of Gait Training Program in Women with Knee Hyperextension.”

In addition to those presenting, two SPTRS faculty are being honored at the meeting. Dr. Kyle Watterson has been selected to attend CSM 2014 as one of the HPA section Mentorship Program Recipients, and Dr. Megan Heintz will receive her American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties certification in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy.