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Saturday, September 28, 2019

Jointly provided by the Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois and the Shirley Ryan AbiltiyLab

Location: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Auditorium B & C, 10 th Floor
355 E. Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60611

9:00am REGISTRATION &  VENDOR EXHIBITS
9:30 NEUROGENIC BOWEL &  BLADDER

David Chen, MD
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
10:30 BREAK

10:45 METABOLIC SYNDROME

Anita Kou, MD

Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
11:45 DEPRESSION
Jeri Morris, PhD
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

12:45pm LUNCH &  VENDOR EXHIBITS

1:45 FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES and PROGNOSIS FOLLOWING SCI

Sara Hobbs, PT, DPT, NCS
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab and
Monica Scalise, MS, OTR/L, CKTP
Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
2:45 RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS
Anne O’Sullivan, RRT, RCP
Independence Plus Healthcare at Home
3:45 Optional TOUR OF SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois Association (SCIA) Seminar 2019, Chicago IL,

1 Day only 9:00 AM – 3:45PM
5.0 contact hour
This one-day seminar is intended for health care professionals, persons with spinal cord injury (SCI), and their caregivers.  The seminar will cover a variety of topics related to living with, and caring for, individuals with spinal cord injury/disease. These topics are: Functional Outcomes & Prognosis Following SCI, Neurogenic Bowel & Bladder, Metabolic Syndrome in SCI, Depression, and Respiratory Complications in SCI.  Topics were selected based on participant feedback from previous seminars, as well as input from SCI consumers and subject matter experts in the field of SCI rehabilitation.

Course Objectives:
a) Describe management of common sequelae of spinal cord injury, including the function of the respiratory system, bowel and bladder, physical mobility, and self-care.
b) Describe differences in expected functional outcomes with rehabilitation based on level of injury and level of completeness of spinal cord injury.
c) Discuss methods to prevent and treat common complications of spinal cord injury, including neurogenic bladder and bowel, depression, respiratory function, and cardiometabolic disease.

Continuing Education Credits for physical therapists, occupational therapists, assistants, and contact hours for nurses will be available. Contact hours will be awarded for attendance at 100% of the activity. In order to receive contact hours, sign-in and completion of an evaluation are required.

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (ONA-362, 091/01/2020) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Physical Therapy:
The Illinois Physical Therapy Board has approved this one-day course for 5 contact hours. Approval #216-000069.

Occupational Therapy:

 

 

 

 

The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is an approved provider for the American Occupational Therapy Association to offer continuing education in occupational therapy. The one day intermediate level program awards occupational therapists .5 CEU or 5 contact hours.   The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.  AOTA CLASSIFICATION CODE: CATEGORY 1: Domain of Occupational Therapy – Client Factors; CATEGORY 2: Occupational Therapy Process – Outcomes

Additional educational grant provided by:

 

 

 

 

 

Nu Motion Foundation 

 

 

 

Sponsorship & Vendor Registration for SCIA SEMINAR 2019, Saturday, September 28, 2019

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, 355 E. Erie St., Chicago, IL 60611

 

Sponsorship Options:

Gold Sponsor $1500

Silver Sponsor $1000

Bronze $500

Table-top Exhibit space $200

Sponsorship includes exhibit space, logo on electronic invitation and on SCIA website