Important Note: Due to our programs' popularity and limited seating, it is not permissible for more than two (2) employees from the same HTC to attend the same program.
Purpose
The Advanced Partners for Physical Therapists aims to enable the learner to expand expertise and proficiency in clinical evaluation, assessment, and management of individuals with bleeding disorders in order to promote best practice and optimal patient health outcomes.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this live activity, HTC physical therapists caring for patients with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders will be able to:
- Describe hemostatic therapy choices and their impact on physical therapy treatments.
- Define shared clinical decision-making and patient-family-centered care.
- State examination guidelines found in the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation's PT Examination Practice Guidelines.
- Recall the Hemophilia Joint Health Score (HJHS) criteria for differing degrees of joint health and limitation.
- Sort characteristics and interventions for fractures, contusions/muscle bleeds, strains, and sprains.
- Translate conservative interventions and invasive procedures based on bleeding severity and extent of joint disease.
- Identify the role of and timing for use of elastic therapeutic tape.
- Articulate the role of point-of-care musculoskeletal ultrasound to detect and monitor hemophilic arthropathy.
* Objectives subject to change
Target Audience
The Advanced Partners Program for Physical Therapists was developed for physical therapists who are employed full- or part-time by a federally recognized hemophilia treatment center and treat patients with bleeding disorders and wish to expand their clinical decision making and patient evaluation and assessment skills beyond the introductory level and who have treated persons with bleeding disorders for at least one (1) year. If you have less than 1 year of experience at the HTC, please email us at partners@inheme.org to discuss eligibility to attend this program.
Continuing Education
CPTA credits will be offered.
Faculty
- Stacie Akins, PT, MHS; Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center
- Fred Loeffler, PT, DPT, LAT, ATC, CLT; Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center
- Cindy Bailey, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, ATC; Los Angeles Orthopaedic Lifespan Hemophilia Treatment Center
- Patricia Tobase Zimmerman, PT, DPT, OCS; Hemostasis and Thrombosis Treatment Centers at UCSF and Benioff Children's Hospital
- Sharon Funk, DPT, PT; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center
- Heidi Lane, PT, DPT, PCS; Hemophilia Alliance
- Brittany Savage, MSN, AGPCNP-BC; Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center
Eligibility Criteria
To attend this program, you must meet the following criteria:
- Be employed at a U.S. federally recognized HTC as a physical therapist for at least one (1) year. If you have less than 1 year of experience at the HTC, please email us at partners@inheme.orgto discuss eligibility to attend this program.
- Obtain approval to attend from Regional Administrator via automated process upon submission of application.
- Apply for this program by completing the Application Form.
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Cost and Travel Information
- There is no registration fee to attend a Partners Program.
- Once registered, you will be contacted at least 4 weeks before the program with logistical details, including air and ground transportation and hotel information. All registrants are encouraged to read the Partners Travel Policy to understand costs that are covered and costs that you may incur.
- Partners in Bleeding Disorders Education Programs are supported by education grant(s) from the following entities: Cascade Hemophilia Consortium; Sanofi; Genentech, a member of the Roche Group; Pfizer, and the Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center (IHTC).
Notifications
- Upon attending any Partners in Bleeding Disorders Education Program meetings or special events, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio recording, video recording and Partners release, publication, exhibition, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose by Partners and its employees or affiliates.
- Please note that your contact information as stated in your profile may be made available to program attendees. Sharing of contact information with attendees at the program you attend is for the purpose of networking with colleagues.
Annual Dates
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