CME / CEUS ACRM SPRING MEETING

Earn up to 20 hours of Continuing Education Credit

CME/CEU PROCESSING

A Certificate of Attendance is available to all registered attendees indicating the number of education credits earned. This form may be submitted to organizations or professional accrediting bodies as proof of attendance. Additionally, registration includes processing of Continuing Education credits earned in your choice of 11 disciplines. Courses are being evaluated for designation of continuing education credits. CE credits will be awarded and certificates of attendance will be sent to participants who have completed all the requirements for course completion. Consistent with the ACRM commitment to providing high-quality, evidence-based educational opportunities to all members of the rehabilitation team, the ACRM Training Institute at the Spring Meeting offers CME/CEU credits in the following disciplines:

  • *ACCME – Physicians
  • AOTA – Occupational Therapists
  • ASHA – Speech-Language Professionals
  • APA Division 22 – Psychologists
  • FSBPT – Physical Therapists (representing 24 states)
  • ANCC – Nurses
  • CDMS – Disability Management Specialists
  • CCMC – Case Managers
  • CRCC – Rehab Counselors
  • NASW – Social Workers
  • ACHE – Heathcare Executives

*Credits also apply to disciplines that accept NON-Physician CME (Acceptance may vary depending on state)

INSTRUCTIONAL COURSES

FRIDAY 12 APRIL

MORNING COURSES

  • IC 2: Item Response Theory and its Application to Rehabilitation Outcomes
  • IC 3: Rhythm and the Motor System: New Opportunities for Gait Training
  • IC 7: The NIH Toolbox: State of the Art Outcome Measures for Rehabilitation Practice and Research
  • IC 11: Enhancing Stroke Survivors’ Care Transitions and Outcomes

FULL-DAY COURSES

  • IC 1: Integrative Cognitive Rehabilitation Psychotherapy for Brain Injury with Psychiatric & Substance Use: An Overview
  • IC 4: Integrating Outcome Measurement into Clinical Practice
  • IC 5: Neuropharmacology Overview: Basic Science, Clinical Use, and Future Direction
  • IC 6: Developing High-Quality Practice Guidelines

TWO-DAY COURSE / DAY 1: CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY TRAINING: THE OFFICIAL ACADEMY OF CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY SPECIALISTS (ACBIS) AFTERNOON COURSES

  • IC 8: Management of Children with Limb Differences: Congenital and Acquired
  • IC 9: Surviving Not Thriving: Lifelong Effects of Critical Illness
  • IC 10: Finding and Accessing Secondary Data for Your Research
SATURDAY 13 APRIL

MORNING COURSES

  • IC 15: An Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis (Part 1)
  • IC 18: How Alexander Technique Can Complement Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Interdisciplinary Care Practice
  • IC 19: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Post-Acute Care

FULL-DAY COURSES

  • IC 12: Interdisciplinary Perspectives to Functional Measurement and Assessment of the Stroke Survivor
  • IC 13: The Role of Health Care Professionals in Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
  • IC 14: Manual Wheelchair Skills Assessment and Training: A Practical Workshop for Therapists
  • IC 20: Smartphone Apps for Day-to-Day Management of Executive Function Issues

TWO-DAY COURSE / DAY 2: CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY TRAINING: THE OFFICIAL ACADEMY OF CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY SPECIALISTS (ACBIS) AFTERNOON COURSES

  • IC 16: An Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis (Part II): Practical Workshop using R
  • IC 21: Autonomic Self-Regulation for Integrative Management of TBI And Chronic Pain: A Didactic and Hands-On Workshop
  • IC 22: Recharging the Rehab Team: Strategies to Improve Team Care and Patient Outcomes
SUNDAY 14

APRIL MORNING COURSES

  • IC 24: Diversity of Outcomes: From Person-Centered to International Neurorehabilitation Perspectives
  • IC 25: Restoring Voluntary Grasping Function After Stroke or Spinal Cord Injury Using Functional Electrical Stimulation
  • IC 26: Optimizing Transitions of Care for Stroke Rehabilitation, From Day One to Community Reintegration
  • IC 27: A Clinician’s Guide to Finding and Interpreting Data to Support Your Evidence-Based Practice
  • IC 29: Education is not Enough: A Guide to Implementing ACRM Cognitive Rehabilitation Manual at Organizational Level
  • IC 30: Evaluation and Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
  • IC 31: Interprofessional Care for the Chronic Pain Population: Lessons From an Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Program

ONLINE DELIVERY OF CME/CEU CERTIFICATES

Session Evaluation and Continuing Education Certificates

Simple online submission

Credits/Hours/Units are correlated to Training Institute hours and the requirements of the specific accrediting organizations

Certificates will be awarded to those participants who attend the ACRM Training Institute and complete an online session evaluation by 26 July 2019.

Credit is only given to attendees who successfully complete and evaluate the course. The maximum number of contact hours available is 20. The credit amount will vary depending on the CE approver.

 

ACRM Training Institute session evaluations are electronic. After the conference, you will receive an email with a link to the evaluation system. Please click on the link and begin to evaluate each session you attended.

 

After you have completed the session evaluations, an email will be automatically generated to you. In that email, you will be able to click a link to print your certificate. Remember that the site is automatically calculating your credit. If you miss evaluating a session you attended, you will be a credit short! Also, occasionally your email invitation goes to spam, please check there if you have not received the link to evaluate in a timely way. Please email certificates@acrm.org with questions.

STATEMENT OF NEED AND TARGET AUDIENCE

Interprofessional exchange, interaction, and cooperation are the cornerstones of optimal patient care. Educational opportunities that promote interprofessional learning and collaboration are needed to advance clinical and scientific research and its subsequent translation to clinical practice.

The ACRM Training Institute provides that opportunity by bringing together both researchers and clinicians working in the various fields of rehabilitation medicine, including*ACCME – Physicians

*Credits also apply to disciplines that accept NON-Physician CME (Acceptance may vary depending on state)

  • AOTA – Occupational Therapists
  • ASHA – Speech-Language Professionals
  • APA Division 22 – Psychologists
  • FSBPT – Physical Therapists (representing 24 states)
  • ANCC – Nurses
  • CDMS – Disability Management Specialists
  • CCMC – Case Managers
  • CRCC – Rehab Counselors
  • NASW – Social Workers
  • ACHE – Heathcare Executives

The Firm, Inc. in cooperation with ACRM will accredit these activities for continuing education credits for health professionals on the rehabilitation team.

Learning Objectives

After participating in this activity, learners will be able to:

1.) List current and future research in rehabilitation medicine.

2.) Discuss recent research findings and their potential impact on the clinical care of rehabilitation patients.

3.) Apply evidence-based knowledge and skills to enhancing patient care.

4.) Identify strengths and weaknesses in evidence-based treatment approaches to rehabilitation medicine.

5.) Cite fundamental issues in ethics, cultural diversity, and evidence-based practices as applied to rehabilitation medicine.

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