APTA CSM Hot Topics From Every Section and Academy
Check out the hot topics identified by each section and academy.
APTA Acute Care
- Preconference session: Expand Your Expertise in Acute Care Practice and Teaching
- Preconference session: Implementing Value-Based Health Care in Acute Care Physical Therapy
- Keep It Simple — Management of the Complex Patient in the Emergency Department.
- Driving Value in Acute Care: Creating a Culture Focused on Value.
- Getting to Yes: Establishing Nursing Partnership for Interdisciplinary Hospital Mobility, Facilitated Discussion and Breakout Session.
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APTA Aquatics
- Shoulder Rehabilitation: Integrating Aquatic Therapeutic Applications, Maximizing Your Plan of Care.
- Innovative Aquatic Therapy Techniques for Your Neurological Patients.
- Jump Into the Deep End: Building an Aquatic Program for Patients With Developmental Neuromuscular Conditions.
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APTA Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
- Peripartum Cardiovascular Health Disparities and How Physical Therapists Play a Vital Role Across Settings.
- One Step, or Pedal, at a Time: New Guidelines for Exercise Prescription in Autonomic Dysfunction.
- Potential Role of Blood Flow Restriction Training in Patients With Sarcopenia.
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APTA Clinical Electro & Wound Management
- Preconference session: Biophysical Agents & Energies in a DPT Curriculum: Labs and Lectures
- Differential Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Pain, Paresthesia, and Weakness in the Upper Extremity.
- Clinical Utility of Ultrasound Imaging in Lower Extremity Pathology.
- On the Rise: Soft Tissue Infection Associated With People Who Inject Drugs.
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APTA Academy of Education
- Preconference session: Practical Teaching and Learning Strategies for Clinical Reasoning: Building Your Toolbox
- Preconference session: The Novice Director of Clinical Education/Site Coordinator of Clinical Education for a Doctoring Profession
- Promoting Innovation Opportunities With the 2024 CAPTE Standards.
- Navigating Leadership in the Academy From a Minority Perspective: Innovative Strategies for Increasing Black Representation.
- Past the Breaking Point? Student Financial Strain During Physical Therapy Education.
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APTA Federal
- Preconference session: Implementation of Integrated Primary Care Physical Therapy Models: A Workshop
- Preconference session: Point-of Care Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: An Introduction and Hands-on Course
- Preconference session: Observational Gait Analysis Workshop
- Clinical Reasoning: Where Do We Begin? Are We Teaching Best Practices?
- Primary Care Physical Therapy: A Proven Model of Care Within the Veterans Heath Administration.
- The Relationship Between Sleep and Body Composition/Musculoskeletal Health.
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APTA Geriatrics
- Preconference session: All Rise! Evidence-Based Floor Transfer Training Is Now in Session
- The 5 Ms of Geriatrics: The Missing Link in Movement System Framework.
- 2024 Carole B. Lewis Lecture.
- A Call for Physical Therapy Action on Hearing Loss, Balance Problems, and Fall Risk.
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APTA Hand and Upper Extremity
- Glenohumeral Joint Arthritis: Physical Therapy Management, Surgical Decision Making and Techniques, and PostOperative Rehab Considerations.
- Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerve Injuries: Anatomical Review, Examination, and Intervention Techniques.
- Don't Move an Inch: Graded Motor Imagery for Hand Pain, Surgery, and Immobilization.
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APTA Home Health
- Current and Hot Topics in Home Health.
- Help, I Need Ideas! 'Hiding' PT Interventions for Fall Prevention Guidelines in Fun Activities.
- Don't Be Afraid: Safe and Effective Intervention for the Medically Complex Home Health Patient.
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APTA Leadership & Innovation
- Preconference session: Ignite Your Teams to Achieve Your Dreams
- Preconference session: LAMP Leadership 101: Personal Leadership Development – the Catalyst for Leading Within
- Preconference session: LAMP Leadership 201: Advanced Leadership Concepts – the Catalyst for Leading Others
- Payment and Policy Updates: What Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants Need to Know.
- Lamp Leadership 'TED Style' Talks — Shared Lessons on Leading Within and Leading Others.
- The Rehabilitative Policy Maker: A Seat at the Table.
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Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy
- Preconference session: Optimal Intensity: You Had Me at High-Level
- Taking the Next Step in Dysautonomia Management: Advancing PT Practice and Overcoming Clinical Challenges.
- Beyond the Clinic Walls: Promoting Health and Wellness Across Populations at Risk for Falls.
- It's a Wrap: Remarkable Role of Myelin Plasticity in Motor Learning and Rehabilitation.
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APTA Oncology
- I'm Too Young for Cancer: Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer.
- Creating an Impairment-Driven Comprehensive Oncology Rehabilitation Program Using Data and Outcome Measures.
- Brain Tumor Rehab Made Ridiculously Simple.
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Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy
- Preconference session: Navigating Innovations in Your Residency/Fellowship Program: Excellence in Teaching, Curriculum, Mentoring, and Outcomes
- Achilles Tendon Rupture and Tendinopathy: Considerations for the Athlete.
- Exercise to Manage Chronic Pain: Translating Evidence to Individualized Exercise Programs.
- From Rehabilitation to Recreation: Physical Activity to Support Living and Aging With Chronic Health Conditions.
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APTA Pediatrics
- Preconference session: Anticipatory Postural Control: Translating the Evidence Into Clinical Practice
- When Reflux Comes up, Everything Is Affected.
- Giving Hypermobile Children a Leg Up on Lower Extremity Function: Physical Therapist Assessment and Treatment.
- Fostering Fundamental Motor Skills Development in Children of All Abilities to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity.
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APTA Pelvic Health
- Preconference session: Crash Course on Sexual Medicine for the Physical Therapist
- Keeping Kegels in the Mix: Evidence and Nuance.
- Equity Is Not Equality: Our Role in Protecting the Birth Experience They Want.
- Oh Baby! Debunking Perinatal Myths to Better Inform Clinical Practice.
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APTA Private Practice
- Preconference session: Kick-Starting Your Private Practice: A Day of Interactive Consulting
- From Basement to Big Time: Start, Build, and Grow a Physical Therapy Practice.
- Multiple Revenue Streams Rather Than Multiple Clinics: Scaling Smarter Not Harder.
- Fighting Existential Threats to the PT Profession Through Entrepreneurship.
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APTA Academy of Research
- Preconference session: Path to Publication for Physical Therapists: Research Design, Data Management, and Dissemination
- Preconference session: Writing Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Grant Proposals
- AI, Oh My! How ChatGPT Can Rehab Your Workflow and Research Outcomes.
- Leveraging Health Informatics in Quality Improvement, Research, and Education for 21st Century Physical Therapists.
- Eugene Michels Research Forum: Precision Physical Therapy — Are We Ready to Embrace Genetics and Biomarkers in Rehabilitation?
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American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy
- The Tangled Web We Treat: Navigating Complex Relationships Between Brain and Muscle After ACL Injury.
- Putting the Brakes On: Testing, Tracking, and Training Deceleration in Sport.
- Treating Peripheral Nerve Injuries in Overhead Athletes: Don't Be Nerve-ous.
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