Combined Sections Meeting 2008
February 6-9, 2008
Nashville, TN

Preconference 1: Systematic Effective Instruction: Grabbing Your Audience’s Attention and Maintaining It Throughout Your Presentation

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Price 1B
8:00 am–5:00 pm 

Speakers: MaryAnne Driscoll, PhD, New York, NY; Margaret M Plack, PT, EdD, Washington, DC

Have you ever been faced with an instructional challenge, such as being asked to present a mandatory in-service—at lunchtime, or at the end of the day on Friday? Have you ever tried to teach first-year DPT students about professionalism—just before an anatomy midterm? How can you grab your audience’s attention, maintain it, and be sure they learned what you wanted them to learn? This day-long workshop is an expanded version of the workshop presented at CSM 2007. Participants will learn a broad array of instructional strategies, apply them to topics of their choice to enhance their own presentations, and consult with one another to develop optimal methods of delivery.

Whether you are the presenter or the evaluator, this model provides a 7-step framework that will help you plan, implement, and assess effective presentations. Strategies for gauging attention and changing the energy of the group to maintain focus will be modeled. Participants will experience a variety of active learning strategies that can easily be incorporated into a continuum of educational designs that range from brief in-services to semester-long courses. Participants are encouraged to bring a topic or presentation to work on throughout the day. Participants will work in small groups to apply, practice, and fine tune the methods discussed. This presentation will culminate in an activity that will allow participants to integrate what they have learned while enabling the instructors to assess whether learners have assimilated content sufficiently for use.

Upon completion of this course, you’ll be able to:

1) Apply the elements of systematic effective instruction (SEI), including needs assessments, motivational hooks, content boosters, active learning strategies, summaries, and formative and summative assessments.
2) Develop effective presentations that incorporate active learning strategies.
3) Describe a summative experiential activity that engages the whole brain and reinforces integration, application, and deeper learning.
4) Critique and provide feedback to enhance the effectiveness of future presentations.
5) Develop summative activities for assessment purposes.
6) Apply the lessons learned to future educational presentations through the development of individual action plans.

Multiple Level .8 CEU

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Preconference 2: PTA Program Assessment: From the Classroom to the Clinic

8:00 am–5:00 pm 
Speaker: Rebecca S McKnight, PT, MS, Springfield, MO

This workshop will provide an overview of curricular and program assessment. A description of the purposes of assessment within education will provide the foundation for discussion of assessment activities at all levels of a PTA education program, from assessment of student learning to assessment of how the program fits within the institutional mission and goals.

Upon completion of this course, you’ll be able to:

1) Discuss the purposes assessment within physical therapist assistant education programs.
2) Identify the levels within a program at which assessment activities should occur.
3) Determine appropriate assessment strategies for each level.
4) Integrate assessment findings from different levels of assessment into a cohesive picture of the program.
5) Discuss how assessment data can be used to guide decision making within a PTA education program.
6) Create a holistic assessment strategy for a PTA education program.

Intermediate .8 CEU

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Tuesday, Feb. 5

Education Section BOD Meeting 5:00 - 9:00 pm

Wednesday, Feb. 6

Education Section Program Committee Mtg. 5:00 - 6:30 pm

Speakers & Programming

Systematic Effective Instruction 8:00 - 5:00 pm
Margaret Plack, PT, EdD
MaryAnne Driscoll PhD

PTA Program Assessment 8:00 - 5:00 pm
Becky McKnight, PT, MS

Thursday, Feb. 7

Multi-Section Programming

Collaborative Interprofessional Professionalism: What's All the Fuss?
8:00 - 10:00 am
Jody Gandy PT, PhD
W. David Brunson, DDS
Matthew Holtman, PhD
Linda Heun, Med

Teaching Therapeutic Modalities: What Drives the Decision-Making Process? 10:30 - 12:45 pm
Scott Livingston, PT, PhD, SCS, ATC
Gloria Rogers, PT
Margaret Plack, PT, EdD

Academic Integrity 10:30 - 12:30 pm
Tom Mohr, PT, PhD
Renee Mabey, PT, PhD
Nancy Fell, PT, PhD, NCS
Debbie Ingram, PT, EdD

Examining Professional Ethics & The Ethics of Care

Part I
Decoding the Code of Ethics: Exploring Our Profession's Most Important Document 10:30 - 1:15 pm
Mark Carroll, PT, Med
Robert Frampton, MPT, DHCE
Patrick Pauken, JD, PhD
Laurie Kontney, PT, DPT, MS

Part II
Communicating Across Differences: Enhancing an Ethic of Care 1:30 - 4:30 pm
Karen O'Loughlin, PT, MA
Mary Romanello, PT, PhD, SCS, ATC

Reflection Tract

Reflective and Evidence-Based Practice: Personal Development and Professional Growth in PT Practice 1:00 - 2:45 pm
Ronald De Vera Barredo, PT, DPT, EdD, GCS

Teaching Reflection Across the Curriculum: Promoting Professional Development 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Carol A. Maritz, PT, EdD, GCS
Susan Jane Wainwright, PT, MS

Technology Tract

Podcasting as an Instructional Multimedia Tool to Enhance Problem Based Learning 1:00 - 2:45 pm
Wayne A. Moore, PT, PhD
Russell Smith, Jr., PT, EdD
Charles A. Thigpen, PT, PhD, ATC

Online Education: Strategies for Improving Student Collaboration 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Maria-Teresa Guadagni, OTR/L, CHT
Steven G. Lesh, PT, PhD, SCS, ATC
Cindy Mathena, OTR/L, PhD
Wanda Nitsch, PT, PhD, MTC

Education Section PTA Educators SIG Mtg 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Education Section Clinical Educators SIG Mtg 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Education Section Academic Administrators SIG Mtg 7:30 - 9:00 pm

Education Section Academic Faculty SIG Mtg 7:30 - 9:00 pm

Co-Sponsored Courses - not lead section

Cinical Reasoning in the 21st Century: Implications of Biopsychosocial 10:30 - 12:30 pm
Models for the Clinician, Educator and Researcher

The Linda Crane Lecture: The challenge for the Future: How to Improve Quality, Incorporate Prevention, Maintain Productivity, and Have Fun! 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Friday, Feb. 8

Integrating Service Learning Throughout Physical Therapist Educational Curricula: A Tale of Two Programs 8:00 - 11:00 am

Caterina Marie Abraham, PT, MPH, OCS
Alana Kay Bartlett, PT, DPT
Joseph A. Brosky, Jr., PT, MS, SCS
Mark Drnach, PT, DPT, MBA, PCS
Elizabeth, C. Ennis, PT, EdD, PCS
Tiffany Featherstone, DPT
Allen H. Marangoni, PT, DPT, EdD
Craig Ethan Ruby, PT
Meg Stanger, PT, MS, PCS
Elizabeth Ulanowski, BA
Mark R. Wiegand, PT, PhD
Letha B. Zook, PT, EdD

Secrets of Success - JOPTE 8:00 - 10:00 am

Wendy Rheault, PT, PhD
Cecelia Graham, PT, PhD
Anita Santasier, PT, PhD, OCS
Judith Stoecker, PT, PhD

A Map for the Future: Writing Program Goals 8:00 - 11:00 am

Becky McKnight, PT, MS
Janet Crosier, PT, MS

The Pauline Cerasoli Lecture: Physical Therapy: A Profession of Purpose, Promise, Potential, and Power 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Geneva R. Johnson, PT, PhD, FAPTA

Education Section Platform Presentation I 2:30 - 5:15 pm

Education Section Platform Presentation II 2:30 - 5:15 pm

Education Section Platform Presentation III 2:30 - 5:15 pm

Education Section Platform Presentation IV 2:30 - 5:15 pm

APTA PT Journal Program

Cutting Edge Review for Manuscript Reviewers and Authors 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Diane Jette, PT, PhD
Patricia Ohtake, PT, PhD

Education Section Business Meeting & Reception 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Co-Sponsored Courses - not lead section

Management of the Patient Recovering from Coronary Artey Bypass Surgery - Emerging New Roles for PT's 8:00 - 10:00 am


The First 2 Years of Practice: A Multi-Site Qualitative Investigation of the Learing & Professional Development of Promising Novice PT's 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Saturday, Feb. 9

Education Section Roundtable Discussions Meeting 7:00 - 8:00 am

Department of Education Programming

Physical Therapist Clinical Performance Instrument: Demonstration of the New Web-Based Product 8:00 - 11:00 am
Jody Gandy PT, PhD
George Haddad

Education Strategic Plan 2006-2020: On the Move! 1:00 - 4:45 pm
Janet Bezner, PT, PhD
Jody Gandy PT, PhD

Credentialed Clinical Trainer Forum & Update 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Jody Gandy PT, PhD
Lori Bordenave, PT, Med
Lisa Donegan Shoaf, PT, PhD
Heidi Dunfee, PT, DScPT
Debra Gray, PT, Med
Christopher Petrosino, PT, PhD
Reva Rauk, PT, MMSc
Barbara Reddien Wagner, PT, DPT, MHA

A Mock Trial and Malpractice Case Study 8:00 - 10:30 am
Jennifer Baker, MA
Nancy Brox, PTA
Paul Hildreth, PT, MPH
Stuart Platt, PT, MSPT
Deborah Shefrin, PT, Med, JD
Linda Arslanian, PT, DPT, MS
Jonathon Cooperman, PT, DPT, MS, JD
Barney Poole, PT, MEd, ATC
Jim Dunleavy, PT, MS
Mary Daulong, PT, CHC
Michael Loughran

Teaching and Learning Tract

An Innovative Instructional Method in Pediatrics: Use of a Case-Based 8:00 - 11:00 am
Clincal Framework to Teach Clinical Decision-Making Skills
Lisa Kenyon, PT, MHS

Teachers Talk Less - Students Learn More: Tutorials as a Portal to Thinking Like a Vision 2020 Practitioner 1:00 - 2:45 pm

Debra Sellhein PT, PhD
Mary Weddle PT, MS, MFA

Assessmnet for Learning: The Integrated Standardized Patient Exam 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Karen J. Panzarella, PT, PhD

Stress Management in Healthcare: Banishing Burnout 1:00 - 2:45 pm
Ann Noonan, PT, EdD

The Clinic-Based Laboratory: A Model for Experiential Learning in a Physical Therapist Curriculum 3:00 - 4:45 pm

Jennifer Collins, PT, EdD, MPA
Joni Janelle Mowder-Tinney, PT, MS, NCS

Co-Sponsored Courses - not lead section

Current Topics in Multiculturalism and Global Health for Faculty, 8:00 - 11:00 am
Clinicians and Students

The Eugene Michels Forum - Contrasting Approaches to PT DX: Examples form Pediatrics and Musculoskeletal PT 3:00 - 4:45 pm