Get Your Engines Ready for CSM 2015 Indianapolis
I’m not a physical therapist, healthcare professional, nor do I play one on TV, but I can’t wait for my third American Physical Therapy Association conference. While I’ll be spending most of my time at our booth (2114 if you’re looking) on the exhibition floor, I’ve managed to find a shortlist of 46 sessions I’d like to attend, and this is from someone who is not looking for clinical practice sessions.
Next week over 10,000 physical therapists, doctors of physical therapy, PhD researchers, and students will converge on Indianapolis (yes, in winter) for the annual American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting. The Combined Sections Meeting or CSM as it’s often referred to (we do love our acronyms in healthcare) combines all the interest groups and professional associations within the association including private practice, oncology, neurology, homecare, acute care, orthopedics, sports medicine, and students and academic researchers. The result is a diversity of topics that represent the major trends in healthcare today including: concussions in youth sports; the impact of the Affordable Care Act on practice; high-intensity interval training; caring for an aging population; managing chronic disease; preventative medicine, health and wellness; healthcare technology; and the psychology of pain.
See for yourself in a selection of some of the 46 sessions we’ve flagged:
Sports Concussions in Youth: The Role of PT for a Surging Population
Transforming Physical Therapy Practice for Healthcare Reform
Exercise Prescription for the Older Adult With Multiple Chronic Conditions
Google Glass in Physical Therapy Education and Clinical Practice
High-Intensity Interval Training: Rehab Considerations for Health and Cardiovascular Risk
Practice Issues Forum: Does Medicare Really Cover Maintenance Therapy?
Called to Care: Integration of Positive Psychology
Integrating Physical Therapy in Emerging Health Care Models
Virtual Reality and Serious Game-Based Rehabilitation for Injured Service Members
Of course, our most anticipated session will be “Use of Mobile Health Technology to Facilitate Long-Term Engagement in Exercise in Persons with Chronic Neurological Conditions” where Dr. Terry Ellis Director of the Center for Neurorehabilitation and a Associate Professor at Boston University will be presenting the results of a study where they used Wellpepper and Fitbit to improve adherence to home exercise programs for people with Parkinson’s disease. For a sneak preview of what she will present, see this article from Inside Sargent Magazine.
As in 2013 and 2014, we will do our best to blog about as many sessions as we can so that if you can’t make it to the conference this year, you can still experience some of the flavor.
If you’re going to CSM, what sessions are you looking forward to most?