ANNOUNCE: Academy One-Day Seminars/TWO NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Manisha Bhaskar

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ANNOUNCE: Academy One-Day Seminars/TWO NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

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Manisha Bhaskar

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6/20/2007

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ANNOUNCING TWO NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

The American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists One-Day Seminars

October 26-27, 2007



The Academy's 2007 One-Day Seminars being held at the Hyatt Regency
O'Hare in Chicago are designed to provide you the opportunity to
participate in focused education programming while earning Certificates
of Professional Development and working towards attaining the
prestigious designation, Fellow of the Academy.



The Academy presents NEW back-to-back One-Day Seminars focusing on

Deformational Plagiocephaly & Evidence Based Practice: Justifying
Patient Care.



This year's new Certificate Programs will focus on a variety of
different topics within each subject.



Friday, October 26: Deformational Plagiocephaly -

The 'epidemic' of deformational plagiocephaly and the American Academy
of Pediatrics' response, the management of deformational plagiocephaly,
a review of the literature, orthotic modeling of the developing skull,
identification and treatment of congenital muscular torticollis in
infants, clinical evaluation processes and procedures for the orthotic
treatment of infants with deformational plagiocephaly, the presentation
of deformational plagiocephaly, orthotic treatment protocols for
plagiocephaly, FDA regulation of cranial remodeling devices, obtaining a
positive model for craniofacial deformities, an empiric review of
casting procedures, the orthotic management of infants with
plagiocephaly, modification procedures of the positive model, orthotic
cranioplasty, material and design considerations, an overview of
craniosynostosis and the use of postoperative cranial orthoses in the
management of craniosynostosis and deformational plagiocephaly, and
recommendations for future research.



Saturday, October 27: Evidence Based Practice (EBP): Justifying Patient
Care -

The foundation of EBP, scientific method, research question formation,
discerning printed information, literature searches, reading and
evaluating an article, statistics and practical applications.


We have worked hard to make sure that when you attend one of our
Seminars you are satisfied that your continuing education dollars have
been well spent. You'll walk away with one or two certificates, at least
12 PCE credits and a wealth of knowledge that you can apply to your
practice the following day!



To register, please visit www.oandp.org/education/seminars/one-day/ or
call Matt Beierschmitt at (703) 836-0788, ext. 206.



Manisha S. Bhaskar
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
Director of Marketing & Publications
526 King Street, Suite 201
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 836-0788, ext. 210
FAX (703) 836-0737
www.oandp.org < <URL Redacted>>

                          

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Manisha Bhaskar, “ANNOUNCE: Academy One-Day Seminars/TWO NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/228286.