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Course Name: Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis: Movement Disorders An Evidence-Based Practice ARCHIVE (Home Study / Online CE Course – complete at your own pace or at your convenience)
Presenter: Charles Plishka, PT, DPT, NCS
Tuition: $150.00
Number of CCU’s / Contact Hours: 15
Target Audience: PT’s, PTA’s, OT’s, OTA’s

Course Description:

This is a 2-day live continuing education course for physical, occupational therapists and assistants. The course presents a review of the Movement Disorders of Multiple Sclerosis & Parkinson’s Disease including: etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, current treatments (medical, surgical, and therapy), and discussion of therapy-specific evidence-based interventions. The attendee will acquire the knowledge needed to evaluate the patient using a variety of tests & measures, and document in ways more meaningful to the referring physician. Since interventions are evidence-based, better outcomes are expected.

Schedule:

Day One – 

8:00 – 8:45 am Motor Control Theories and Activities
8:45 -9:30 am Introduction to Parkinson’s Disease, Activities, Evaluation and Treatment
9:30 – 10:00 am Anatomy of Parkinson’s Disease
10:00 – 10:15 am Break
10:15 – 11:00 am Parkinson;s Pathophysiology
11:00 – 12:00 n Stages of Parkinson’s Disease
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 pm PD Interventions: Medications, Surgical
2:00 – 2:45 pm Evaluation Considerations and Evaluation Techniques
2:45 – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 – 3:30 pm Outcome Measures Scales
3:30 – 4:30 pm PD Evidence-based Therapy Interventions
4:00 – 5:00 pm Treatment Obstacles
5:00 pm End of Day One

Day Two – 

8:00 – 8:30 am Parkinson’s Disease Case Studies
8:30 – 9:30 am Evaluation and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis, activities and case studies
9:30 – 10:00 am Introduction to Multiple Sclerosis
10:00 – 10:15 am Break
10:15 – 12:00 n  Anatomy of Multiple Sclerosis: Neurons & CNS
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm Multiple Sclerosis Pathophysiology
1:30 – 2:00 pm Stages of Multiple Sclerosis
2:00 – 2:15 pm Multiple Sclerosis Interventions: Medications
2:15 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 2:45 pm Multiple Sclerosis Evaluation Considerations
2:45 – 3:00 pm Multiple-Task Group Activity
3:00 – 3:30 pm Outcome Measures
3:30 – 4:00 pm  M.S. Evidence-Based Therapy Interventions
4:00 – 5:00 pm  Documentation and Multiple Sclerosis activities and case studies
5:00 pm End of Day Two and End of Course

Learning Objectives:

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

Identify commonly seen signs & symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
Identify common signs & symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis
Understand how the anatomical structures are involved in movement
Identify the underlying pathologies in Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease. that create movement disorders
Identify the stages/phases of Multiple Sclerosis & Parkinson’s Disease
Name Tests Used to Identify Fall Risk
Identify 3 intervention options for Multiple Sclerosis.
Identify 3 intervention options for Parkinson’s Disease.
Identify Outcome Measures that may be used  when assessing these patients
Identify common medications use for each disease

Presenter: Charles Plishka, PT, DPT, NCS

Charles “Chuck” Plishka, PT, DPT, NCS is a national and international speaker, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, and Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a board certified clinical specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy and is currently pursing a Fellowship with the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association. He works in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, in the acute care setting and teaches continuing education on neurologic topics, including vestibular therapy, brain injury, Parkinson disease, and Multiple Sclerosis. He is the Secretary and International Relations Coordinator for the Vestibular Rehabilitation Special Interest Group of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), and the President of the International Vestibular Physical Therapy Group of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT). He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, and the Movement Disorder Society. Charles received his certificate of specialization in Neurology in 2017