Why Attend ACRM

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ACRM President: Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM, Director, Multiple Sclerosis Research at Shepherd Center, Eula C. and Andrew C. Carlos MS Rehabilitation and Wellness Program at Shepherd Center.

Reasons to Attend ACRM:

1. LEARN the latest rehabilitation research translated for clinical practice
2. NETWORK, NETWORK, NETWORK!
3. CME / CEUs – Earn continuing education credits in your choice of 13 disciplines—up to 42.75 CME/CEUs available — the most of any event in the world
4. MEET potential employers, collaborators, mentors & funders
5. INTERDISCIPLINARY exchange – Clinicians informing research > Researchers informing clinical practice
6. EVIDENCE-BASED NON-STOP content for 20 focus areas—It’s like 20 conferences under one roof. See some of the programmings by focus area:
   • Brain Injury
   • Cancer Rehabilitation
   • Clinical Practice
   • Complementary, Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine
   • Geriatric Rehabilitation
   • Health/disability policy, ethics, advocacy
   • International
   • Lifestyle Medicine
   • Limb Restoration Rehabilitation
   • Measurement
   • Military and Veterans Affairs
   • Neurodegenerative disease (e.g., MS, Parkinson’s disease)
   • Neuroplasticity (includes neuroscience)
   • Pain
   • Pediatric Rehabilitation
   • Spinal Cord Injury
   • Stroke
   • Arts & Neuroscience
   • Technology (e.g., prosthetics/orthotics, robotics, assistive technology)
   • PLUS cross-cutting topics spanning multiple focus areas

CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH

• The latest research at the world’s LARGEST conference for interdisciplinary rehabilitation research
• Learn about cutting-edge RESEARCH and innovative TECHNOLOGY you need in your practice
• Stay current with emerging EVIDENCE-BASED practices

CONNECTIONS

• NETWORK with rehabilitation colleagues from around the world.
  • ACRM has hosted attendees from 60+ countries.
• Engage in INTERDISCIPLINARY exchange
• Meet the editors of the ACRM scientific journal, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation—the most cited journal in rehabilitation.
• Meet potential COLLABORATORS, mentors, and funders

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

• Meet today’s leading RESEARCHERS working in your specialty area
• Hear about EMERGING translational research to improve rehabilitation outcomes
• Learn the latest in EVIDENCE-BASED practice

GET INVOLVED – BE INSPIRED

• Catch the ENERGY of discovery
• Engage with HIGH-CALIBER researchers and clinicians
• PRESENT an instructional course, symposium or scientific poster
• Attend ACRM Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group and Networking Group meetings and get involved
  • There are dozens of ACRM Community Group Meetings

ADVANCE YOUR RESEARCH CAREER

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• Gain KNOWLEDGE you need in your research or clinical practice
• Meet potential COLLABORATORS, mentors and funders
• EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT COURSE to set your career on the right track
• Dig deep into special interest areas with half-day INSTRUCTIONAL COURSES
• Hear about changes in legislation and health care policy affecting funding opportunities.
• Outstanding educational QUALITY
• Earn CONTINUING EDUCATION credits in your choice of 13 disciplines up to 44.5 available — more disciplines and credits than any other conference in the world