Saturday, September 17^{th |} Anne Arundel Medical Center Health Sciences Pavilion | Annapolis, MD

Continuing Education | Exhibitors | Games | Awards | Poster Presentations | Raffle and Give Aways
Special PAC Raffle | Proposed Revision of Chapter Bylaws and Standing Rules | Elections

A Special Honor for Newly Retired Board of Examiners Executive Director, Ann Tyminski

A Minute to Win It – Physical Therapy Style 

Four challenges using physical therapy and household items. 60 seconds on the clock. Your pride on the line. Think you can do it? You've got a Minute to Win It.
"SLS Hop Relay", "Spider Web Race", "Nice Hands, Feet", and "Team Angle"
Get Your Team Ready - Sign Up Toady!

General Session: A Keynote presentation on Health Care Reform

Educational Credit: (0.1 CEUs)

Time: 8:00-9:00 am

Member Meeting

Time: 9:00-10:00 am

All APTA of Maryland members are invited to attend our semi-annual membership meeting where you vote on proposed leadership, vote on proposed bylaw amendments, congratulate 2011 awardees, and honor retiring board members.  

2011 Honors and Awards

• Ann Tyminski
• Scott Moreland PT, DPT
• Maria Arini PT, DPT
• Retiring APTA of Maryland Board Members: Lopa Banerjee, Carolyn Chanoski, Leslie Glickman, Sheila Schaffer, Dave Thomas

The major changes being proposed are to allow for Chapter and District elections to be held either by mail or by electronic technology, and for the elections to be conducted at a time prior to the Annual Meeting. If the proposed changes are adopted, elections would no longer be held at the meetings. Those elected would take office at the close of the Annual Meeting that follows the election. There are multiple places in the bylaws that deal with elections, the slate of candidates, terms of office, vacancies, etc. where changes would need to be made to be consistent with elections being held prior to the Annual Meeting and not at the meeting. Since many changes are being proposed throughout the document, this is considered to be a general revision of the bylaws. It is hoped that by holding elections by mail or by electronic means, we can facilitate the elections process and allow for increased participation by Chapter members, both in running for office and voting in elections.

If these changes are adopted and receive final approval from APTA, the new elections process would go into effect for the 2012 elections.

Other proposed changes put language into the bylaws relating to: conference calls by the Board and the Executive Committee; increasing the number of petitioners needed for the Board to call a special meeting of the Chapter; and clarifying that the Board has the authority but not the full authority, to add or dissolve districts.

Please note that language to be deleted is in strikethroughs and language to be added is in bolded italics.  Click here to view the proposed bylaws revisions. Click here to review the standing rules revisions. Any questions concerning the proposed changes may be directed to Bylaws Chair Lynn Rudman at lrudman@comcast.net.

Educational Tracks

The following tracks will run concurrently from 10:30 am -4:30 pm. Please select from one of the 4 sessions.

Track A: The Orthotic Therapy Revolution - True Customization and Functional Control (0.4 CEUs)
Track B: PTA Ethical Issues and Dilemmas  (0.4 CEUs)
Track C: Keys to Structuring your Practice  (0.4 CEUs)
Track D: Advocacy Academy * (0.2 CEUs)

Track A: The Orthotic Therapy Revolution - True Customization and Functional Control

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Description: Orthotic Therapy is more than dispensing a device. It is combining all of the areas of a full treatment program to get the patient better. Adding a corrective foot orthotic to the plan of care is a powerful tool. However, it is part of the plan. Learn when a patient needs an orthotic, and what else to do to make it more effective, deliver other necessary treatments, and what it takes to make your patients better.

A truly customized foot orthotic should be full contact to capture the exact height and length of the arch. Most importantly, they should be in the “corrected full contact position” to start correcting from the beginning of foot movement. The flexibility should be fine-tuned to truly restore the three-dimensional shape of the entire foot posture, not just the rear foot or fore foot. It should match the patient’s body weight, foot flexibility, and activity level. Then the orthotic is both fully corrective and customized to the patient.

MASS Theory, or “Maximal Arch Supination Stabilization”, has added a new and comprehensive paradigm to the field of biomechanics. It is unique: it looks at managing foot biomechanics from an engineering perspective. While the current orthotic standard in the healthcare industry continues to be ‘neutral’ positioned devices or pre-fabricated devices that are not intended to fully correct foot posture, MASS Theory uses a radically different and research-supported strategy of correction. Only when the posture is fully corrected can foot and body function be really improved.

Objectives: Upon completion of this course, each participant will have gained a full understanding of:

• The rationale for exploring a more functional and corrective approach to biomechanical management of the foot and lower kinetic chain. 
• The Goals of Foot Biomechanics - Relate changes in foot posture and the functional requirements for gait.  
• Gain an understanding of what orthotic therapy includes: when someone needs orthotics, what else do they need, and a plan of care containing more than just a device. 
• Review the most common diagnoses related to lower extremity biomechanics, their principles of injury and integrated strategies for management. Participants will learn how to treat each diagnosis acutely, and prevent them in the asymptomatic patient. 
• MASS casting: a hands-on workshop dedicated to allowing the provider to learn technique and form, practice and become proficient. 
• Designing, Dispensing, and Following Up with MASS Orthotics 
• How to incorporate Lower Extremity Biomechanics into your Evaluation and Treatment Program. Course includes

Certification: We only allow for appropriate medical providers to be certified after completing a Sole Supports class and casting review. It will allow you to cast and design MASS based orthotics.

Presenter Info: Stuart Wilson, PT, MS graduated from Colorado State University in Exercise Sport Science, emphasis on Sports Medicine and Human Anatomy and Neurobiology. He earned his Masters of Science in PT from Regis University in Denver, CO. He has worked on the Big Island of Hawaii and then in Steamboat Springs, CO where he gained valuable experience with all levels of athletes and orthopedic patients. He continued performing high-end gait and running analysis, as well as, developing a superior medical bike fit program. In 2005, Stuart moved to Denver and started his own Physical Therapy clinic that specialized in sport-specific analysis and treatment. It specialized in biomechanical, manual and functional medicine approach to problem solving. He has worked with all levels of athletes in almost all sports settings. Stuart has consulted and educated for USA Triathlon, was the lead PT for the Colorado Ballet, and has gained a respectful reputation as a running and cycling expert. Stuart has been utilizing Sole Supports for nine years and began working for the company in 2010.

Target Audience: PTs and PTAs  
PT’s, PTA’s, and students are welcome to attend and be certified to become a certified MASS Providers. Content will include evaluation and treatment theory as well as instructions about all of the options with “Orthotic Therapy”. PTA’s are allowed to cast and design after an evaluation and under the supervision of a PT just as any other treatment as within their scope of practice according to each state’s practice act. Students must follow guidelines as with any other treatment. However, in addition to the skills attained in the class, having an additional certification before graduating can be very important to gain a competitive edge.

Agenda
10:15-12:00 – Orthotic Therapy Theory.
12:45-1:30 – Lower Extremity Evaluation and Additional Treatment Options.
1:30-4:00 – MASS Casting and Training Certification Hands-on Workshop.

Track B: PTA Session and Roundtables on Common Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

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Course Description: This course will provide information on common issues and dilemmas PTAs face in the workplace. The core areas of focus were taken from feedback the Chapter received from a recent survey of PTA members. A key portion of the program will be on documentation. We have asked APTA’s documentation expert, Anita Bemis-Dougherty, PT, DPT, MAS, APTA associate director of practice, to provide information and updates on documentation including skilled care & medical necessity. In addition, this program will provide opportunities to gain answers to ethical and billing issues, and guidance on working with PTs and supervising student PTAs. Through a general session and roundtables, you will gain answers to common dilemmas while networking with colleagues and key experts in the field.

Track C: Keys to Structuring your Practice

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Course Description:This program will present the proper structuring of a therapist's legal entities (LLC’s, C-corp, FLP’s, ect...) to accomplish a fourfold purpose: 

1. Maintain the focus of your physical practice on improved patient care rather than malpractice defense. 
2. Structure your practices for malpractice protection and prevention, as well as 
3. Ensure 100% protection of your professional and personal assets from lawsuits through applied risk management. 
4. Reduce your malpractice insurance costs and taxes. 

The focus of Legally Mine is and always has been the education of professionals on the best tools available in the U.S. for the purpose of asset protection.

Target Audience: all practice owning physical therapists as well as any others who would like to learn more about how they are, or should be structured.

Presented by: Legally Mine, Inc.

Medical practitioners have taken a particularly hard hit from trial attorneys, and for years we have been the nation’s largest champion in defending them. However; they are not alone and many other professionals find themselves staring down the barrel of a legal shotgun.

We know the right tools to use in order to stop the loss of assets to both legal pariahs as well as the tools needed to lower tax bills. We not only know the right tools and how to use them, we also know how to teach these concepts and that is truly what we are all about.

Our purpose and goals are to teach your professional association how and why these tools will work and how to implement them in your own lives.

Program Agenda

7:30 -8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast plus PTA Meet and Greet
8:00-9:00 General Session on Health Care Reform
9:00-10:00 Member Meeting, Elections, and Awards
10:00-10:30 Break and Exhibit Hall

10:30 – 12:00 – Student Conclave
12:00- 1:00 – Lunch with Exhibitors + Minute to Win It at 12:15
1:00- 4:00 – Advocacy Academy

10:30 – 12:15 – CEU Tracks Part I
12:15 – 1:15 – Lunch with Exhibitors + Minute to Win It at 12:15
1:15- 4:15 – CEU Tracks Part 2

2011 Conference Exhibitors!

Anne Arundel Medical Center
APTA Acute Care Section
Easy Walking Inc.
Elizabeth Cooney Care Network
Erickson Living
Genesis Rehab Services
Gentiva
HCR ManorCare
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Legally Mine
NovaCare Rehabilitation
PRO an ATI Physical Therapy Company
Rehab Management Inc.
Sole Supports
Special Olympics of Maryland
St. Mary's Hospital
The Baker Rehab Group
The Core Experience, LLC
Today in PT
University of Maryland Medical Center 

Exhibitor and Sponsor Prospectus

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• Access to hundreds of physical therapy professionals 
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• Advertising opportunities 
• Attendance at conference and continuing education programming (space permitting) 
• The opportunity to tell your story and gain life-long colleagues