Career Development Networking Group >>

• COMING 10 JUNE: History and Pathways for Women in Science and Rehabilitation
  With guest speaker Sue Ann Sisto, PT, MA, PhD, FACRM
  In this Career Development Corner webinar, Dr. Sisto will share her experiences on the history and career pathways for women advancing in the field of rehabilitation.
  
• How to Make the Most of a Virtual Conference
  with guest speakers Stephanie A. Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST, FACRM; Maegan Criscione; Alison M. Cogan, PhD, OTR/L
  With so many conferences happening virtually, we need some different approaches to get the most out of education and networking offerings. In this webinar we will describe strategies for before, during, and after virtual conferences that will help you maximize your benefits of participating as a presenter or attendee. Topics to be addressed include networking, virtual audience interaction, and priority management.
• Publishing and Peer Review Tips from Editors of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  With guest speakers Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP, FACRM and Leighton Chan, MD, MPH, FACRM
  Peer review is an essential step in publishing research, but not a skill for which many of us receive formal training. In this webinar, attendees will learn the process of conducting a high-quality peer review from the editors-in-chief of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The speakers will also share strategies for selecting the right journal for your research.
• Dissemination in Action: Communicating Research in a Digital World
  With guest speakers Karen Gutzman, MSLS and Patty Smith, MLIS
  Participants will learn how tracking research dissemination and impact has become increasingly important in our digital age. The speakers will provide a solid background on dissemination and demonstrate the practical applications of a variety of tools.
• Getting Yourself Out There: Conference Networking Tips for Newcomers
  With guest speaker Stephanie A. Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST, FACRM
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• Diversification of Research Portfolio in Early Career Stages with Large Datasets
  With guest speakers James Graham, PhD, DC and Amol Karmarkar, MPH, PhD
• Training Grants
  With guest speaker Amy A. Herrold, PhD
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Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine Networking Group >>

Hot Topics in CIRM Webinar Series

• Tai Chi for Rehabilitation
  With Paul Lam, MD
  Tai chi was created based on nature and harmony. The gentle flowing movements contain inner power that strengthens the body, improves mental balance, and brings better health and harmony to people’s lives. Nowadays, tai chi is practised in every corner of the world for health improvement. And for good reasons. Scientific studies show that tai chi improves and possibly prevents chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, and diabetes. In addition, it improves balance, immunity and reduces stress.
  
• Using Mindfulness to Explore the Links Between Trauma, Stories, and Illness
  With Mark Pirtle, PT, DPT
  There is growing understanding of the complex ways in which our life experiences, stress, and trauma interact in the emergence of our health. Using mindfulness and meditation principles practices can support the development of clearer and healthier relationships with ourselves, our health challenges, others, and the world around us. Join us to hear this novel presentation on the intersection of mindfulness, narrative medicine, and more! 
  
• Sensitized Chronic Pain Causes Stress Responding that is Moderated by Effects of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback on the Baroreceptor Reflex
  With Jack Ginsberg, PhD
  Pain management has emerged as a stand-alone application area based upon the circumstances surrounding the chronic pain syndrome’s development. Long-term use of opioids to manage sensitized chronic pain has severe unwanted side effects. This webinar presents the basics of a model of integrative pain management that is non-pharmacological, easily implemented, and based on patient self-empowerment.
• Merging Yoga and Rehabilitation Therapy for Best Results
  With Arlene A. Schmid, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
  In this webinar, Dr. Schmid presents on the evidence-base for yoga therapeutics in stroke rehabilitation and provides a short overview of the general movement for yoga integration into rehabilitation. Yoga is an ancient wisdom tradition that presents a whole-person view for the cultivation of well-being. Yoga is growing in both public popularity and in the academic/research arena. Further, Yoga Therapy is an emerging profession. Dr. Schmid’s research has focused on yoga’s therapeutic effects, with an emphasis on stroke rehabilitation. 
  

International Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (IISIG)

• COMING 4 JUNE: Neuropsychological Consequences of Covid-19
  With guest speaker, Professor Barbara Wilson, OBE, PHD,DSC, CPSYCHOL, FBPSS, FMEDSC, ACSS

Limb Care Networking Group >>

• Limb Loss Rehabilitation During the Pandemic: A Stakeholder Perspective on Barriers & Telemedicine Part 1
  With Prateek Grover, MD, PhD
• Limb Loss Rehabilitation During the Pandemic: A Stakeholder Perspective on Barriers & Telemedicine Part 2
  With Prateek Grover, MD, PhD

Neurodegenerative Diseases Networking Group >>

• How to Prevent Older Adults From Falling? Effectiveness of Clinical Approaches
  With guest speaker, Melike Kahya, PT, PhD
  The presentation will highlight the impact of aging and persons with neurodegeneration on balance and mobility. Evidence based clinical approaches to prevent falls as well as the risk descriptions of falls in older adults as well as people with age-related neurodegenerative conditions.
• Dietary Patterns to Slow Cognitive Decline
  With guest speaker, Elena Philippou, RD, PhD
• Remote Sensors and Monitoring in Neurodegenerative Disease
  With guest speaker, Erwin van Wegen, PhD, MS
• Expanding the Impact of your Research
  with guest speaker, Julie Faieta, PhD, OTR/L
  This webinar is designed to provide attendees with an overview of the value of social media in both career development and research dissemination. In addition, social media platforms and strategies will be discussed at length. To promote deeper understanding, neural underpinnings of social media strategies will also be touched on.

These recorded webinars with experts from the Tele-Medicine industry are designed to provide clear and up-to-date information regarding telemedicine and remote monitoring in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation during the COVID-19 crisis. The series is brought to you by the Pandemic Task Force of the ACRM Technology Networking Group.

SEE SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING PANDEMIC WEBINARS >>

• Alberta Rating Index for Apps (ARIA): Evaluating mHealth Apps for the Pandemic and Beyond
  With Guest Speaker: Peyman Azad Khaneghah, PhD
• Caring for the Future: Building Partnerships Between Home Health Workers and Rehabilitation Professionals in the Age of COVID-19 
  With Guest Speaker: Robert Espinoza, MPA
• Rehabilitation Services of Latin America in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Attention to Special Populations
  With Guest Speaker: Melina Longoni Di Giusto, MD
• Connected Health Initiative – Leading telemedicine industry group working directly with the White House on telemedicine changes during the pandemic.
  With guest speaker, Brian Scarpelli, Senior Global Policy Counsel
• Nixon Law Group, LLC – Experts on telehealth and remote patient monitoring reimbursement, and requirement policies and laws
  With guest speaker, Carrie Nixon, Esq., Co-Founder and Managing Partner
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) -Telepractice Guidance for Speech-Language Pathologist
  With Guest Speaker: Neela Swanson, Director of Health Care Policy, Coding and Reimbursement.  MORE >>
• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) –The Role of TeleRehabilitation in Health Care Transformation
  With Guest Speaker, Alice Bell, Senior Payment Specialist  MORE >>
• American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) – Telehealth Resources for Occupational Therapy
  With Guest Speaker, Monica Wright, CPC, CPMA, CPCO, AOTA Manager for Coding and Payment Policy & Tammy Richmond, MS, OTRL, FAOTA, Telehealth expert  MORE >>
• Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center (SETRC) – Telemedicine Updates from SETRC – SETRC is one of 12 Federally funded Telehealth promotion centers. Experts on telehealth policy and law state-by-state. MORE >>
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) – Addressing Changes and Concerns of Administering Grants During the Pandemic Changes
  With Guest Speaker: Theresa Hayes Cruz, PhD, Acting Director, NICHD National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) MORE >>
• LIH Healthcare, China – Telehealth and Psychosocial Crisis Intervention for Patients, Family and Staff in Physical-Social Isolation due to the COVID-19
  With Guest Speaker: Fengyi Kuo, DHS, OTR, CPRP, Chief Therapy Officer, LIH Healthcare MORE >>
• Center for Mind-Body Medicine – Complementary & Integrative Care, Rehabilitation, Technology, and Challenging Times
  With Guest Speaker: Matt Erb, PT, Senior Faculty, Center for Mind-Body Medicine MORE >>
• Use of Televideo in Rehabilitation Medicine: Guidelines for Safe Delivery of Therapy and Case Consultation
  With Guest Speaker: Mark H. Pedrotty, PhD, Senior Clinical Psychologist and Professor in Pediatrics, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center  MORE >>
• Help Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Burn Injury Stay Healthy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  With Guest Speaker: Xinsheng “Cindy” Cai, PhD, Project Director, Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), American Institutes for Research  MORE >>
• Revolutionizing Service Delivery to Meet Cancer Survivors’ Needs in a Pandemic and Beyond
  With Guest Speaker: Mackenzi Pergolotti, PhD, OTR/L, Director of Research, ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation and adjunct professor at Colorado State University MORE >>
• Limb Loss Rehabilition During the Pandemic: A Stakeholder Perspective on Barriers and Telemedicine
  With Guest Speaker: Prateek Grover, MD, PhD, MHA, FAAPMR, Washington University School of Medicine  MORE >>
• Moving Rehabilitation into the Future: Lessons Learned From Delivering an Emotion Regulation Group Intervention for People With Brain Injury Online
  With Guest Speaker: Theo Tsaousides, PhD, ABPP, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai  MORE >>
• Telehealth: Strategies and Best Practices for Rehabilitation
  With Guest Speaker: Nan D. Musson, MA, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, Department of Veterans Affairs  MORE >>
• Use of Telepractice for Speech-Language Pathology: Lessons from Europe
  With Guest Speaker: Suzana Jelcic-Jaksic  MORE >>
• Telerehabilitation Now and Forever
  With Guest Speaker: Marcalee Alexander, MD  MORE >>
• Telehealth Medicine and Exercise for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
  With Guest Speaker: Ashraf S. Gorgey, MPT, PhD, FACSM, FACRM MORE >>
• Limb Loss Rehabilition During the Pandemic: A Stakeholder Perspective on Barriers and Telemedicine PART II
  With Guest Speaker: Prateek Grover, MD, PhD, MHA, FAAPMR, Washington University School of Medicine  MORE >>
• Remote Sensors and Monitoring in Neurodegenerative Disease
  With Guest Speaker: Erwin van Wegen, PhD, MS  MORE >>
• Rehabilitation Services of Latin America in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Attention to Special Populations
  With Guest Speaker: Melina Longoni Di Giusto, MD  MORE >>
• Direct Care Workers, COVID-19 and Rehabilitation Professionals
  With Guest Speaker: Robert Espinoza, MPA  MORE >>

Pediatric Rehabilitation Networking Group >>

• Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) – Clinical Considerations and Outcomes
  with Guest Speakers: Janet Dean, Kaitlin Hagen, Courtney Porter, and Cristina Sadowsky

COMING 10 FEB: Running Efficient Rehabilitation Organizations Using WellSky Resource Manager

With guest speakers, Thomas Fahey, Vice President of Business Development, WellSky and Al Fiandaca, Solutions Manager, WellSky

No healthcare organization can operate effectively and efficiently without access to resources – the people and things that make healthcare happen. All resources have an impact on compliance, reimbursement, cost of care, and patient outcomes; however, data related to their utilization and productivity are tracked in separate systems. In this fragmented view, organizations lack the insight needed to make informed decisions that impact everything from their daily schedule to case management, and even to critical compliance metrics. To run efficiently, rehabilitation organizations need a unified view to successfully monitor patient care needs, labor costs, and equipment across their organizations.In this presentation, attendees will learn why innovative software solutions are essential for creating realistic and measurable productivity and utilization goals. Participants will learn how WellSky Resource Manager provides rehabilitation providers with the data needed to take a proactive approach to resource and capacity management. LEARN MORE >>

• COMING 14 MAY: Opportunities for Rehabilitation Researchers through PCORI
  With guest speaker, Meghan Warren, PT, MPH, PhD
  Researchers interested in learning more about PCORI and the application process will benefit from this webinar. In addition to some process differences compared with NIH, PCORI also has a focus on comparative effectiveness research of interventions with known efficacy. Learning more about PCORI can help potential applicants be more competitive with funding. Additionally, Dr. Warren will briefly discuss other ways people can become involved with PCORI (e.g., Advisory Panels). This webinar was sponsored by the ACRM Aging Research & Geriatric Rehabilitation Networking Group.

Rehabilitation Treatment Specification Networking Group >>

• Introduction to the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System: Defining Treatments Systematically
  With guest speakers, Susan E. Fasoli, ScD, OTR/L, Shanti Pinto, MD, Leanna Katz, MS, OTD, OTR/L and moderator, Susan H. Lin, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA, FACRM
  Have you ever wondered what’s inside the Black Box of rehabilitation treatments? This presentation will describe progress on the NIDILRR and PCORI-funded Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) (formerly Rehabilitation Treatment Taxonomy project) in developing an interprofessional standardized system for defining rehabilitation treatments.

Spinal Cord Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (SCI-ISIG) >>

• COMING 10 JUNE: History and Pathways for Women in Science and Rehabilitation
  With guest speaker Sue Ann Sisto, PT, MA, PhD, FACRM
  In this Career Development Corner webinar, Dr. Sisto will share her experiences on the history and career pathways for women advancing in the field of rehabilitation.
  
• Functional Electrical Stimulation for the Upper Extremity: Where are we at?
  With guest speaker, Naaz Kapadia-Desai, PT, BSc, MSc (Rehab)
  The webinar will discuss rehabilitation of the upper extremity using functional electrical stimulation.
• Lay Summary of Evidence Related to COVID-19 in People Living with Spinal Injury
  With guest speaker, Kimberly Anderson, PhD
  This presentation will highlight the current knowledge related to the course of COVID-19 in people living with spinal injury as well as the community’s concerns around the pandemic and nationwide lockdowns. As an example, longstanding challenges faced by the community living with spinal injury have been exacerbated by the pandemic. There is still a great need for creating lay language summaries of peer-reviewed evidence and partnering with community organizations to promote knowledge translation.
• Creation of the Spina bifida Women’s Health Guidelines, Methods & Future Projects
  With Guest Speaker, Anne Berndl, MD, MSc, FRCSC
  In this webinar, Dr. Berndle will describe the methods used to create the Women’s Health Guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida, and how we can make use of this method to create women’s health guidelines for women with physical disabilities.
• Upper Limb Rehabilitation After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
  With Guest Speaker, Carrie Peterson
  Improved upper limb function is the most desired rehabilitation outcome for individuals who have suffered a spinal cord injury (SCI) at the cervical level. Challenges in improving upper limb function include muscle imbalances (i.e., some muscles remain fully functional, others are partially or fully paralyzed) and the need to use the upper limbs for activities of daily living. Thus, there is a need to both restore and preserve upper limb function. This webinar will focus on clinical and research strategies to address this unique challenge with attention to pairing physical therapy techniques with neuromodulation.
  
• Spinal Cord Epidural Stimulation and Recovery of Motor Function After Chronic, Complete Spinal Cord Injury: Details Matter!
  With Guest Speaker, Enrico Rejc, PhD
  This presentation highlights the latest breakthroughs in using epidural stimulation in facilitating recovery of motor control in persons with SCI. Upon completion of the webinar, participants will be able to discuss the mechanisms of spinal cord epidural stimulation for motor recovery, and understand the importance of stimulation parameters and activity-based training characteristics. This webinar is brought to you by the SCI-ISIG Functional Electrical Stimulation & Technology Task Force.
• Breast Health Access and Women With Disabilities
  With Guest Speaker, Roberta Carlin, MS, JD
  AAHD’s work on breast health and women with disabilities will be discussed, focusing on over 10 years of AAHD’s work in this area to include: (1) educating health care providers, (2) mammography accessibility, and (3) self advocacy for women with disabilities.
  
• Implementation of Pressure Injury Prevention Best Practices 
  With Guest Speakers, Carol Scovil, PhD and Dalton Wolfe, PhD
  Knowledge implementation is an important step to incorporate throughout the research process. This webinar will provide learners an opportunity to engage in an interactive presntation from authors of “Scovil et al. Implementation of Pressure Injury Prevention Best Practices Across 6 Canadian Rehabilitation Sites: Results From the Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge Mobilization Network. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 2019 Feb 1;100(2):327-35,” on practical strategies of using active implementation frameworks to implement best practices in rehabilitation setting. Speakers will discuss barriers and facilitators to successful implementations. Indicators for evaluating successful implementation will be presented.
• Integrated Knowledge Translation and Consumer Engagement: A Primer for Rehabilitation Researchers and Clinicians 
  With Guest Speaker, John Chernesky
  Rehabilitation researchers are increasingly encouraged to involve stakeholders in their efforts, to enhance the validity and usefulness of their work.  Too often, however, stakeholders are involved at only a superficial level, providing little opportunity for them to truly influence the quality and relevance of the research in which they are involved.  This presentation will enhance learners’ understanding of the concept and practical application of Integrated Knowledge Translation and Consumer Engagement. The work of the Praxis Spinal Cord Institute (formerly, Rick Hansen Institute)’s Consumer Program will be discussed, as well as the role and activities of the North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium.  Learners will also be connected with resources they can use for guidance when including people with lived experience of SCI in their work. While the focus of this presentation will be on SCI-related research, the principles described have broad applicability to other disability communities.
• An Overview of Rehabilitation With Powered Exoskeletons for Over Ground Walking Following Spinal Cord Injury
  With Guest Speakers, Jaynie Yang, PT, PhD and Caitlin Hurd, PT, MSc
  Participants will learn about how exoskeletons can be incorporated into the rehabilitation of people living with SCI.
• Brain-Computer Interface Signaling and Control Webinar 
  With Samuel Clanton, MD, PhD
  Participants will learn about the types of signals that different types of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) record. Dr. Clanton will discuss how neural signals are transformed into machine commands using BCIs and how differences between what is recorded by different BCI interfaces translates into differences in their potential utility.
• Electrical Stimulation From Exercise to Locomotion
  With Guest Speaker, Ashraf S. Gorgey, MPT, PhD, FACSM, FACRM

Technology Networking Group >>

Tech Talks

• COMING 21 MAY – Telehealth COVID 19 & Beyond: Policy Updates, Resources, Tools and Case Uses
  With guest speaker, Tammy Richmond, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
  In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal and state governments implemented multiple waivers and policies allowing practice provisions to telehealth services. Now as the economy starts to reopen, both providers and consumers will have to navigate how to best continue clinical rehabilitation and habilitation services. This webinar will provide an overview of current policy, technology, administrative and clinical guidelines, and will offer planning strategies for combining in-person visits with online visits.
  
• Harnessing Technology for Precision Rehabilitation
  With guest speaker, Rachel Proffitt, OTD, OTR/L
  Rehabilitation technology development and uptake has accelerated over the past decade and the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated rapid adoption. This webinar will present a forward-thinking approach to technology for rehabilitation with a precision medicine mindset. Attendees will be challenged to consider how and why they use technology in their practice or research to support their rehabilitation clients. Come join the conversation in this new era of rehabilitation.

Pandemic Webinar Series

These recorded webinars with experts from the Tele-Medicine industry are designed to provide clear and up-to-date information regarding telemedicine and remote monitoring in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation during the COVID-19 crisis. The series is brought to you by the Pandemic Task Force of the ACRM Technology Networking Group.

• Connected Health Initiative – Leading telemedicine industry group working directly with the White House on telemedicine changes during the pandemic.
  With guest speaker, Brian Scarpelli, Senior Global Policy Counsel
• Nixon Law Group, LLC – Experts on telehealth and remote patient monitoring reimbursement, and requirement policies and laws
  With guest speaker, Carrie Nixon, Esq., Co-Founder and Managing Partner
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) -Telepractice Guidance for Speech-Language Pathologist
  With Guest Speaker: Neela Swanson, Director of Health Care Policy, Coding and Reimbursement.  MORE >>
• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) –The Role of TeleRehabilitation in Health Care Transformation
  With Guest Speaker, Alice Bell, Senior Payment Specialist  MORE >>
• American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) – Telehealth Resources for Occupational Therapy
  With Guest Speaker, Monica Wright, CPC, CPMA, CPCO, AOTA Manager for Coding and Payment Policy & Tammy Richmond, MS, OTRL, FAOTA, Telehealth expert  MORE >>
• Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center (SETRC) – Telemedicine Updates from SETRC – SETRC is one of 12 Federally funded Telehealth promotion centers. Experts on telehealth policy and law state-by-state. MORE >>
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) – Addressing Changes and Concerns of Administering Grants During the Pandemic Changes
  With Guest Speaker: Theresa Hayes Cruz, PhD, Acting Director, NICHD National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) MORE >>
• LIH Healthcare, China – Telehealth and Psychosocial Crisis Intervention for Patients, Family and Staff in Physical-Social Isolation due to the COVID-19
  With Guest Speaker: Fengyi Kuo, DHS, OTR, CPRP, Chief Therapy Officer, LIH Healthcare MORE >>
• Center for Mind-Body Medicine – Complementary & Integrative Care, Rehabilitation, Technology, and Challenging Times
  With Guest Speaker: Matt Erb, PT, Senior Faculty, Center for Mind-Body Medicine MORE >>
• Use of Televideo in Rehabilitation Medicine: Guidelines for Safe Delivery of Therapy and Case Consultation
  With Guest Speaker: Mark H. Pedrotty, PhD, Senior Clinical Psychologist and Professor in Pediatrics, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center  MORE >>
• Help Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Burn Injury Stay Healthy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  With Guest Speaker: Xinsheng “Cindy” Cai, PhD, Project Director, Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), American Institutes for Research  MORE >>
• Revolutionizing Service Delivery to Meet Cancer Survivors’ Needs in a Pandemic and Beyond
  With Guest Speaker: Mackenzi Pergolotti, PhD, OTR/L, Director of Research, ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation and adjunct professor at Colorado State University  MORE >>
• Limb Loss Rehabilition During the Pandemic: A Stakeholder Perspective on Barriers and Telemedicine
  With Guest Speaker: Prateek Grover, MD, PhD, MHA, FAAPMR, Washington University School of Medicine  MORE >>