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Course Name: Imaging in Physical Therapist Practice
Presenter: Charles Hazle, PT, PhD
Dates: Saturday, March 21 – Sunday, March 22, 2020
Tuition: $325.00 – Early Registration
$375.00 – After Saturday, March 7, 2020
Location: Comfort Suites Airport (New Orleans)
Meeting Room
2710 Idaho Ave
Kenner, Louisiana 70062
Number of CCU’s / Contact Hours: 15
Target Audience: PT’s, PTA”s, OT, OTA’s, ATC’s

Course Description:

This unit will cover rationale for physical therapists having an expanded knowledge of diagnostic imaging for autonomous practice.  From an enhanced ability to undertake proficient screening within the accepted triage model of patient management to better understanding the patho-anatomy associated with many of the health conditions in patients for which physical therapists have purview in clinical management.  Rather than diminishing the importance of the patient-clinician interaction at the time of initial presentation, attendees will recognize how diagnostic imaging, in fact, emphasizes the need for a precisely completed clinical examination.  The most commonly used imaging modalities, predominantly for musculoskeletal disorders, will be described for their capabilities and limitations in detecting particular patho-anatomical changes due to trauma, disease processes, or other origins.   The interpretation and assimilation of imaging results from a physical therapy management perspective will be the greater emphasis.  A regional approach will be taken while presenting multiple clinical applications, discussion of common conditions, and several case scenarios.

 

Schedule:

Day One, Saturday, March 21, 2020

8:00 am – 8:45 am    Introduction to Musculoskeletal Imaging: Physical therapist practice & diagnostic
imaging
8: 45 am – 9:30 am   Introduction to Musculoskeletal Imaging: Survey of imaging modalities
9:30 am – 9:45 am    Break
9:45 am – 12 n           Regional Approach to Imaging – Upper Quadrant: Cervical Spine and TMJ
12 n – 1:00 pm           Lunch
1:00 pm – 2: 45 pm   Regional Approach to Imaging – Upper Quadrant: Shoulder
2: 45 pm – 3:00 pm   Break
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm    Regional Approach to Imaging – Upper Quadrant Medical Screening Exam Lab
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm    Regional Approach to Imaging – Upper Quadrant: Elbow
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm    Regional Approach to Imaging – Upper Quadrant: Forearm, Wrist & Hand
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm    Case Studies and Discussions
END OF DAY ONE

Day Two, Sunday March 22, 2020

8:00 am – 9:30 am    Regional Approach to Imaging – Lower Quadrant: Thoracic & Lumbar Spine;
Sacroiliac Joint—Part 1
9:30 am – 9:45 am    Break
9:45 am – 11:00 am  Regional Approach to Imaging Lower Quadrant: Thoracic & Lumbar Spine;
Sacroiliac Joint—Part 2
11:00 am – 11:30 am Lower Quadrant Medical Screening Exam Lab
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm   Regional Approach to Imaging – Lower Quadrant: Pelvis and Hip
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm     Regional Approach to Imaging – Lower Quadrant: Knee
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm     Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm     Regional Approach to Imaging – Lower Quadrant: Foot and Ankle
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm     Regional Approach to Imaging – Lower Quadrant: Trunk Exam Lab
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm     American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Exercise
END OF DAY TWO and COURSE

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion the participant will be able to demonstrate and have an understanding of:

• Recognize absolute indications (“red flags”) in patients mandating immediate referral for imaging & medical consultation along with the appropriate imaging.
• Recognize the clinical features of patients particularly at risk for serious pathologies & requiring increased index of suspicion for conditions potentially beyond the scope of physical therapy care and warranting imaging investigation.
• Understand the clinical relevance and imaging prevalence of degenerative phenomena over the lifespan & anatomical variants & their relationship to pain syndromes.
• Understand the properties of the commonly used imaging modalities in detecting particular disease processes & fractures in patients.
• Understand current imaging indication guidelines & the literature supporting those guidelines.
• Understand consistencies & inconsistencies of imaging results & clinical examination findings and how to interpret that information.
• Understand how to integrate & weight imaging results & clinical examination findings toward achieving a physical therapy differential diagnosis and daily decision making during clinical care.

Presenter: Charles Hazle, PT, PhD

Charles Hazle, PT, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky, teaching in all aspects of the program relating to musculoskeletal disorders. He began teaching with UK while still a full-time clinician managing an out-patient clinic and doing on-site industrial intervention. He has authored multiple publications relating to manual therapy and co-authored two text books on musculoskeletal imaging. His particular areas of interest relate to examination efficiency, clinical reasoning, diagnostic imaging, and manual therapy. He has had multiple international involvements and taught in, presented, or treated patients in Kenya, Australia, Brazil, and Ecuador.