DETAILED CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2008
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (3)
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Casting and Splinting Skills Workshop (Workshop 1)
Instructors: Katherine Bagnato, OTC, ATC, Cynthia Henderson, OTC, CO
Robyn Masseth, OTC, Michael Johnson, OTC
Learn the latest casting and splinting techniques through a full day of intensive hands-on instruction and application. Workshop will cover basic and intermediate casting & splinting, including upper and lower extremity (short arm, thumb spica, volar splint, thumb spica splint, sugar tong splint, short leg and long leg cylinder) and cast complications.
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Advanced Casting (Workshop 2)
Mike Gill, OTC, OT-SC, EMT, BSN medical (sponsored by BSN medical)
Hands-on interactive skills lab outlining the newest techniques in advanced casting. The “show one, do one” atmosphere will allow each participant to apply newly learned skills. Participants will:
• Learn advanced casting techniques & proper cast preparation & application of syntheti materials
• Learn & improve on existing techniques to increase comfort level of advanced applications
• Learn precautionary measures related to casting
• Learn follow-up patient monitoring & instructions
Participants will apply the following casts during the hands-on lab:
• Muenster Cast
• Total Contact Cast
• Short Leg with Toe Plate
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
CPR Certification (Workshop 3)
Limited to 15 attendees*
Nicole Williams, OTC, Orthopedic Associates – Oklahoma City
This session will offer the latest CPR training, including basics and specialized techniques. A combination of lecture, video, group discussion and hands-on training will be utilized by the instructor, who is certified through the National Safety Council. Participants will receive a certification card and certificate after the completion of the CPR exam given at the end of the program.
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by BSN medical
SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2008
7:00 am – 7:45 am
Continental Breakfast
7:45 am – 8:00 am
Presidents’ Welcome
Cynthia Henderson, OTC, CO, NAOT President
and Jerry Nelson, OPA-C, ASOPA President
8:00 am – 8:40 am
Orthopaedic Allied Health Care: Understanding the Medical
Ramifications of Your Job Responsibilities
Tom Byrne, OTC
8:40 am – 9:20 am
Minimally Invasive Total Hip Arthroplasty
Mark Heller, MD
9:20 am – 10:00 am
Elbow and Shoulder Instability in Young Athletes
Edward Kelly, MD
10:00 am – 10:20 am
Break
10:20 am – 11:00 am
Female Sports Injuries
Anne Moore, MD
11:00 am – 11:30 am
NAOT New Member Meeting
11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Open/Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:40 pm
Plating of Distal Radius Fractures
Laurie Koch, MD
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Breakout Sessions (repeated at 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm)
• Intramedullary Nailing of Long Bone Fractures
Jeff Davis, DO
Sponsored by Synthes Trauma
• Hanging Cast for Humerus Shaft Fractures
Kenneth Niblack, OTC
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Breakout Sessions (1 session for 3 hours)
• Functional Cast Therapy Applications
Mike Gill, OTC, OT-SC
Sponsored by BSN medical
• Suturing Workshop
Dennis Stover
Sponsored by Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting
• Application of the Hip Spica
Michael Walton, OTC, OT-SC
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
OTC Exam Study Session/Review
Tom Byrne, OTC
Sponsored by Zimmer
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Mississippi River Cruise
Sponsored by 3M Health Care
SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2008
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:30 am
The Cloudy “Crystal Ball”: What is the Future for Allied Health?
Jerry Nelson, OPA-C
8:30 am – 9:00 am
New Surgical Techniques in the OR
Clare McCarthy, MD
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Emerging Techniques in Spinal Surgery
Jason Mazza, OPA-C, OTC
9:30 am – 10:45 am
ASOPA General Business Meeting
9:30 am – 9:50 am
NAOT Paper of the Year
9:50 am – 10:30 am
NAOT General Business Meeting
10:45 am – 2:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Open/Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Breakout Sessions (repeated at 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm)
• Advanced Casting: Total Contact Casting
Tony Campagna, 3M Medical Division & Robyn Masseth, OTC
Sponsored by 3M Health Care
• Advanced Wound Dressings: Getting Faster and Better Outcomes for Your Patients
Pamela Cole, MSPT, CWS
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Breakout Session (1 session for 2 hours)
•Assessment of the Lower Extremity
Katherine Bagnato, OTC, ATC
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Breakout Session (1 session for 3 hours)
•Advanced Splinting
Mike Gill, OTC, OT-SC, Sponsored by BSN Medical
OPA EDUCATIONAL TRACK
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Hip Resurfacing
Scott Anseth, MD
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
All Arthroscopic ACL
Michael Craig, OPA-C, SA-C
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Meniscus Knee Transplant
Jack Barker, OPA-C, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Break
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm
Revision of Infected Total Joints
Edward Cheng, MD
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm
Trauma
Peter Cole, MD
4:45 pm – 5:15 pm
Minimally Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty
Michael Meisterling, MD
MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:40 am
Workplace Injuries of the Upper Extremity
Clare McCarthy, MD
8:40 am – 9:20 am
Foot/Ankle
J. Chris Coetzee, MD
9:20 am – 9:40 am
Break
9:40 am – 10:20 am
Radiation Safety in the OR and Clinical Setting
Darren Warner, RT, MS
10:20 am – 11:00 am
Ergonomics in Health Care
Katherine Bagnato, OTC, ATC
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Open/Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:40 pm
Foot Orthotics/Running Shoes
Paul Langer, DPM
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Breakout Sessions (repeated at 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm)
•Maximizing Ancillary Revenues with Multi-Credentialed HealthCare Providers
Brian M. Franklin, MS, ATC, LAT, CSCS, Ossur Americas, Orthopedics
Daniel Darden OTC, COF
Jarod Root, LAT, OTC
Hear from your peers on how to identify profitable ancillary revenue programs that allow Certified Orthopaedic Technologists, Orthopaedic Physician Assistants and Certified Orthotic Fitters to facilitate within their practice setting! This course is an interactive panel discussion explaining the strategies for generating ancillary revenue through the delivery of in-office DME. This session will provide updates regarding regulatory compliance from Stark Implications to the DME Provider Accreditation and Competitive Bidding Process and their relevance to in-office DME programs. Participants will have the opportunity to see a variety of in-office DME models and how to identify the one that would work best for their practice. The panelists will provide quantitative data as well as a step by step description of their DME program and how to establish an implementation plan for their particular practice!
• Slipper Casting for Calcaneal Fractures
Dreama Buchanan, RT, OTC & Carol Seely, OTC, OPA-C, RTR
• The ABCs of Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs)
Cynthia Henderson, OTC, CO
Speaker sponsored by Optec
• Hand Fractures
Clare McCarthy, MD
• Surgical Navigation
Sponsored by Stryker
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Reception
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Closing Banquet
Speaker sponsored by 3M Health Care
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