Combined Sections Meeting
Important message about CSM:
This is already been shared with you all but I think it’s a message worth reiterating. We remain concerned about attendees who assume that preselection is a seat guarantee. As you all know, it is not, so in an attempt to minimize disappointment and to encourage the selection of alternatives, please consider giving this information some play.
While we’re on this subject, a word on at capacity sessions. The list of sessions that are currently at capacity are listed below. Several of you have asked, exactly, what this means. At the beginning of the registration process, we shared a list of sessions, their assigned rooms and the capacity of those rooms with Spargo. As folks preselected courses, seats were claimed. Once registrants claimed all available seats, we marked the session “at capacity.” In some cases, we moved the sessions to larger rooms. In two specific cases, we ticketed sessions to test drive the plan for future years. These were not options in all cases. For example, a Sports session is on this list. There is no larger home. It must stay where it is. Our goal here is to better prepare registrants to navigate CSM, encourage them to identify other sessions of interest and to minimize disappointment onsite by forewarning them of unavailability.
CSM 2012: Chicago!! February 8-11
The Vestibular SIG is excited to announce the following programming for CSM:
Wednesday:
One Day preconference: “The role of PT in the evaluation and management of persons following sports concussion” Speakers: Susan Whitney, Anna Mucha, Dana Hinderliter, and Micky Collins.
Thursday:
3:30- 5:00 pm The Use of Optokinetic Stimulation in Vestibular Rehabilitation, Speaker: Marousa Pavlou, PT, PhD. Followed by the business meeting.
Unfortunately at the same time: 3:30 pm–5:00 pm Brain Injury SIG: Military Initiatives for Assessment/Intervention of Individuals With Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury speakes: Margaret M. Weightman, PT, PhD and Karen McCulloch, PT, PhD, NCS.
Friday:
8:00-10:00 am Balance/Falls and Vestibular SIGs: Vestibular and Balance Hi-Tech Gadget Show Case.
3:30 – 5:00 pm Brain Injury SIG: Concussion Management in the Adolescent Athlete Anne Mucha, PT, MS, NCS and Sean Learish, PT.
Saturday:
8:00 – 10:00 am Advances in the Assessment and Rehabilitation of Patients With a Peripheral Vestibular Disorder Speaker Marousa Pavlou, PT, PhD, MCPS.
3:30 –5:30 pm Differential Diagnosis and Management of Atypical Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Speakers: Janet O. Helminski, PT, PhD, Kathy D. Hall, PT, EdD, Timothy C. Hain, MD.