Aug-11-2010
Fall Prevention Day 2010

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day is observed on the first day of fall to promote and increase public awareness about how to prevent and reduce falls among older adults. The American Physical Therapy Association along with 34 states are working to get the word out. 

Section of Geriatrics has a consumer page about Fall Prevention.  It is the latest evidenced based documents that is related to falls and aging adults.  Click here for more info:

www.geriatricspt.org/members/sig-bf-abstracts.cfm#691r

If you want to participate or campaign for this event and to know the role of PT's in the forefront of Fall Prevention click here for more info:

**Download for FREE resources at this websites.**

APTA - www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm

AOTA - aota.org/News/AOTANews/Falls-Prevention.aspx

NCOA - www.ncoa.org/news-ncoa-publications/news/mark-your-calendar-for-falls.html

 

 

 

Aug-05-2010
Upcoming CEEAA Series in Cherry Hill, NJ in 2012

We happy to announce the Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adult (CEEAA) Series that will be held in Cherry Hill, NJ

Course 1:
January 15-16, 2012
Course 2:
April 21-22, 2012
Course 3:
July 21-22, 2012

 

Dramatic Savings for Section Members

Section Member: $375
APTA Member: $425
Non-APTA Member: $475

More Savings for Registering for the Complete Course Series (one payment in advance):
Section Member: $1200 (save $150)
APTA Member: $1350 (save $150)
Non-APTA Member: $1500 (save $150)

Testing Fee to Complete Certification: $75 per exam ($225 for all three exams) 

More Info: www.geriatricspt.org/experts.cfm

Jul-14-2010
Deadline for the ABPTS Geriatric Specialist Certification is fast approaching

The application deadline for the ABPTS geriatric specialist certification examination is quickly approaching. The deadlines are as follows:

7/31/10 for certification; 8/31/10 for reapplication and 10/31/10 for recertification.

The examination timeframe is February 26-March 12, 2011.

The application and other information about the exam is available on the APTA website under professional development.

www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm

Please check out the geriatric section website for additional information, including information about mentors, resource lists for exam prep, courses related to geriatric physical therapist practice.

www.geriatricspt.org/gcs.cfm

There are many resources to assist you with test prep. Consider taking the SoG sponsored cont. Ed. Courses and CEEAA among other resources. The section GeriNotes publication and JGPT are also invaluable resources. The APTA learning center has online continuing educational courses and the section has several home studies that may be helpful as well.

Jun-21-2010
2010 Section / Foundation Matching Challenge Underway

 

 The Section on Geriatrics is ratcheting up efforts to encourage member contributions to its 2010 Matching Challenge for Foundation for Physical Therapy donations. Specifically, through December 31, 2010, the Section will match dollar for dollar member donations, totaling up to $50,000, to its Section on Geriatrics Fund at the Foundation for Physical Therapy. The Section plans to use monies donated and matched that are aligned with the temporarily restricted portion of the Section on Geriatrics Fund to support another aging / geriatrics-related research grant to be awarded in 2010.

 

The mission of the Foundation for Physical Therapy is to fund research that supports the development of evidence-based physical therapist practice, enhances the quality of physical therapist services for patients and clients, and increases the number of physical therapist researchers. The Geriatric Research Grant supports this mission by awarding one $40,000 grant to an emerging investigator to research methods of facilitating the translation of research into current physical therapy practice with aging adults.

 

Applications for this grant will be requested and reviewed by the Foundation later this summer. Applicants should seek to do one or more of the following: evaluate the clinical effectiveness of therapeutic interventions; assess the interaction between patient characteristics and therapeutic methods; explore the scientific basis for interventions used in physical therapy; and/or address a question identified in the APTA Clinical Research Agenda. Priority will be given to studies which: have direct application to the practice of physical therapy; address the need for measurable outcomes; ask a new question important to intervention or its validation; and/or address a previously asked question with a new methodology, different sampling strategy or a different form of analysis.

 

More Info: To donate, click here!

May-19-2010
Multidisciplinary Entry-Level Professional Competencies in the Care of Older Adults Released by the American Geriatrics Society

A set of core competencies that ten healthcare disciplines, including medicine, nursing and physical therapy, should have upon graduation from their entry-level professional degree programs, in order to provide quality care for older adults, was released last week at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS).  These competencies were developed by a workgroup of the Partnership for Health in Aging, a coalition of more than 20 organizations representing eldercare professions that the AGS first convened in 2008.  Section on Geriatric’s president John O. Barr, PT, PhD, was a member of the workgroup, while members Rita Wong, PT, EdD, and Dale Avers, PT, DPT, PhD, served as APTA reviewers.  The APTA is one of 28 organizations that have formally endorsed these competencies.  The complete competencies document, including further background information and related definitions, can be found at this link.
These competencies are intentionally broad, in order to provide a baseline for geriatrics and gerontology training by a range of disciplines involved in the care of older adults  Each discipline will need to determine how the competencies will be incorporated into and taught by their training programs, and measured by their accreditation and licensing organizations.  The Section’s Retooling Taskforce will be doing further work on implementation of these competencies by the physical therapy profession.  Both new graduates and experienced physical therapists and physical therapist assistants should consider reviewing these competencies as a means of self-assessment and as a stimulus for professional development.

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