Continuing Education

Beyond Bio◦Psycho◦Social: Optimizing Health Across Communities

Featuring Dan Kang, PT, DPT & Ryan Jacobson, PT, DPT, PCS

Saturday, April 4, 2020, 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Location

George Fox University
Roberts Center - Room 203
501 Villa Road
Newberg, Oregon

Parking is available in the Roberts Center parking lot. A parking pass will be issued to you prior to the event.

Cost

$350 - General Registration
$300 - GFU Physical Therapy Alumni and Clinical Instructors
$99 - GFU Physical Therapy Students

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Registration

Please contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451 with any questions.

Event Details

New patient-reported outcome measures empower clinicians to efficiently capture biomedical, psychological, and social variables of health during routine care.  These new measures are person-centered and population-based, enhancing the focus on the individual and community.  This course reviews interpretation and application of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) to routine clinical care.  Specific measures that span a biopsychosocial model of care include Physical Function, Fatigue, Self-efficacy of Symptom Management, and Satisfaction with Social Roles and Activities.  We will cover basic clinical interpretation of each measure, available data from physical therapy clinics, case studies, and interviews with providers and patients where these scales were used to augment care.  Participants can expect to be exposed to concrete ways of using PROMIS measures to target treatments for specific patients, document patient care, and identify new psychosocial areas of practice that may enhance patient outcomes.

• This course will be hands-on using iPad PROMIS, videos, case vignettes, and live case study.
• We will demonstrate the power of PROMIS to enhance your clinical decision making.
• Lunchtime Idea Session with Dan & Ryan - LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED!
• Online modules will also be made available to you to enhance your learning after the course.
• 8 CE contact hours will be issued upon completion of the course.

Objectives:

1. Interpret and apply the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Measures to assess and track health for patients attending physical therapy.
2. Understand and apply strategies to improve patient self-efficacy in physical therapy care and to encourage increased physical activity.
3. Understand and apply strategies to assess and treat high fatigue symptoms that occur in patients attending physical therapy.
4. Understand and apply strategies to identify social participation goals and use these goals to enhance commitment to rehabilitation programs and satisfaction social roles and life activities.
   
   

Dr. Kang is an associate professor of physical therapy at George Fox University, where he teaches in the area of pathophysiology, cardiopulmonary therapeutics, orthopedics, and persistent pain rehabilitation and in 2019 was awarded Teacher of the Year for the graduate programs. Dan received his doctor of physical therapy degree (2004) and a master's degree in physical therapy (2002) from Loma Linda University. He serves as a commissioner for the Oregon Pain Management Commission and as the Oregon Physical Therapy Association liaison for population health. Dan enjoys speaking about clinical practice and person centered care and he currently practices at George Fox University's Community Clinic and Providence Primary Care Clinic in Oregon.

 

Dr. Jacobson is a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy and currently serves as full-time faculty at George Fox University in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, teaching courses in pediatrics, orthotics, and patient care.  His current research endeavors are around leveraging meaningful outcomes in Physical Therapy to affect improved models of care across the lifespan.  He also enjoys speaking on child and family empowerment toward better health and wellness outcomes.  Ryan plays jazz saxophone and volleyball, loves creative endeavors with his daughter Alex and wife Stephanie, and eats way too much dark chocolate.

 

Not Your Traditional AFO: Carbon Fiber and Focused Training

Featuring Jason Wilken, PT, PhD

Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Location

Canyon Commons 101 & 102

Cost

No RSVP necessary for this free event. 2 CEU's will be offered to PT's and PTA's at the conclusion of the lecture.

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Contact Linda Dallof at ldallof@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2451 with any questions.

Event Details

Person-centered care in physical therapy is more than just restoring basic mobility. Current cutting-edge advances in carbon fiber orthotic devices offer individuals who have experienced traumatic injury or neurologic disease the opportunity to return to the real-life activities they love. However, optimal use of such devices requires proven, evidence-based training and fitting principles specific to the device and centered around the individual user. This community talk will expand the clinician’s repertoire of effective mobility interventions in physical therapy, highlighting the biomechanics, technology, and patient factors that drive state-of-the-art orthosis development. The discussion, decision-making principles, and video examples are directly applicable for ALL physical therapists who evaluate and treat individuals with mobility impairment. Please join us for this high-level and engaging talk with Dr. Wilken.

Jason Wilken, PT, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Director of Collaborative Research and Development in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Iowa. Dr. Wilken received his master’s degree in Physical Therapy and PhD in Physical Rehabilitation Science from the University of Iowa. He then served as the founding Director of the Military Performance Laboratory at the Center for the Intrepid, Brooke Army Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas and as Senior Scientist for the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence. He returned to the University of Iowa in 2017 and has continued his research focusing on maximizing physical function and emotional health in service members and civilians who have experienced traumatic limb injury. His efforts and over 100 publications focus primarily on the development and evaluation of advanced prosthetic and orthotic technologies, virtual reality based interventions, clinically relevant outcomes assessments, and development of novel approaches to enhance walking stability.

APTA | Credentialed Clinical Instructor Program (CCIP)

Featuring Paul Shew, PT, DPT

Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26, 2020 | 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Location

George Fox University
Roberts Center - Room 117
501 Villa Road
Newberg, Oregon 

Parking is available in the  Roberts Center parking lot. A parking pass will be issued to you prior to the event.

Cost

$285 - PTs or PTAs who are APTA members
$385 - PTs or PTAs who are not APTA members
$385 - Other professionals

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Registration

If you have any questions or need assistance, please feel free to contact Gina Braden at  rbraden@georgefox.edu  or 503-554-2450.

Event Details

This 16-hour CE course addresses issues of planning and preparing for physical therapist students during their clinical internships, developing learning experiences, and supporting ongoing learning through questioning and effective feedback.

Paul Shew, PT, DPT, has been a CCIP Course Trainer since 2014. He has more than 37 years of experience as a physical therapist, including 33 years as a physical therapist for Providence Home Health Division in Portland. For seven of those years he worked as a rehabilitation coordinator for Providence/St. Vincent Home Health in Portland. He holds a doctor of physical therapy degree from Pacific University (2009), a certificate of physical therapy and a bachelor's degree of science from Pacific University (1981), and a bachelor’s degree of science and math from Southern Oregon State College (1979).