1. Session of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Organised
by William Micheo, Puerto Rico
Topic:
Clinical and educational issues in back pain management
Evidence Basis for Rehabilitation of Back Pain
W. Micheo,
Academy President-Elect - at time of meeting (USA)
The Role of Core Strengthening in Back Rehabilitation
J. Press,
Academy Past-President (USA)
Rational Approach to Interventional Management of Back Pain
S. Weinstein,
Editor and Chief of new Academy scientific journal and past -president of
PASSOR (USA)
Educational Issues In Pain Medicine
D. Cifu,
Academy President (USA)
2. Meeting of the SIMFER
(Societa Italiana di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitativa)
Topic:
Stroke patients assessment: Focus on outcome
Stroke
patient assessment: focus on outcome
The Italian Project for a National Rehabilitation Stroke
Register
Basic assessment of Stroke patients
Franceschini
M., Paolucci S. (Italy)
Development of a stroke rehabilitation minimum data set
Lenti
G. (Italy)
Clinical and functional monitoring
Zampolini
M. (Italy)
Other European experiences in stroke rehabilitation
assessment
Belgium
experience in recovery evaluation
Koen
Putman (Belgium)
A scoring list to define the contents of individual
Rehabilitation Program
De
Wit (Belgium)
Assessment of stroke outcome in Sweden based on ICF (tentative title)
Katarina Stribant Sunnerhagen (Sweden)
Assessment of stroke outcome in Turkey: Currents concepts & practical implications
Yavuzer
Gunes (Turkey)
Interest of Rasch-built
scales to assess activity among stroke patients
J.L.
Thonnay (France)
3. Meeting of the UEMS –PMR section and Board
Topic: The
action plan for PMR after the White Book - dedicated to the trainees in PRM
Organised
by Alain Delarque (France), Xanthi Michail (Greece)
1. Initial education
Chairs: F.
Franchignoni (Italy), J.M. Viton (France)
WAPIE: World Action Plan for Initial education in PRM
Sports Medicine in Europe-N.Christodoulou (Cyprus)
2. Quality of care of PRM programmes
Chair: G. De Korvin (France)
2.1. Description and recommendations
Introduction
A. Delarque
Fundamental concepts about
Quality of Care
B. Sjölund
Organization of a European
Programme of Accreditation: aims and goals, Internet tools, procedure
G. De Korvin
The Jury’s function: the
decision process and consultation with the applicant
L. Kuhlmann
Reasons for and methods
of participation in the Accreditation Programme ?
T. Lejeune
Overview of accredited programmes
A. Juocevicious
2.2.Examples of acredited
programmes
Accredited programme n°3:
General Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
G. De Korvin
Accredited programme n°
5: PRM and people with stroke
N. Goljar
Accredited programme n°
8: PRM and people with neurological disorders
Z. Denes
Accredited programme n°
9: General Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
A. Giustini
Accredited programme n°
18: PRM and people with spinal cord injury
K. Jurate
Accredited programme n°
19: Rehabilitation of amputees
P. Strukelj
3.
The field of competence of the specialist of physical and rehabilitation medicine
Oganised
by the Professional Practice Committee of the UEMS-PRM-Section
Chair: C.
Gutenbrunner (Germany)
Telerehabilitation – a new
strategy for long – term rehabilitation measures
W. Schupp (Germany)
Cooperation with therapists
in team-orientated approaches to rehabilitation
V. Neumann (UK)
Diagnostic and assessments in PRM
Henk Stam,
TBA
Use of physical therapies and cooperation with therapists
Veronika
Fialka-Moser, Ulrich Smolenski (Austria)
Pharmacological strategies in rehabilitation
TBA
Learning and education as part of rehabilitation strategies
Jean-Pierre
Didier (France)
Balneology as part of the field of competence of PRM specialists
Pedro
Cantista (Portugal), Zeki Karagülle (Turkey)
Manual medicine – part of
PRM-practice?
U.Smolenski (Germany)
4. Meeting of the Foundation for Rehabilitation Information
Organised by Katarina Stribant Sunnerhagen (Sweden)
“Evidence
based rehabilitation”
A symposium sponsored by Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Moderators:
Prof. Kristian Borg, Karolinska
Insitute, Stockholm, Sweden
Prof. Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
Welcome address
K.Stribant Sunnerhagen
Evidence
based rehabilitation of the persons with longstanding pain
Prof Björn Gerdle, Linköping
University, Sweden
Evidence
based rehabilitation in the area of brain injury
Prof. Lynne Turnes-Stokes, Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK
Evidence
based rehabilitation transferred into clinic
Dr Carlotte Kiekens, Leuven
university, , Belgium
Prof Koen Peers, Leuven university,
Belgium
Summary and closing of the symposium Kristian
Borg (Sweden)
5. Meeting of the European School of Marseille in collaboration with the
Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP)
Organised by
Jean-Michel Viton (France), Ralf Buschbacher (USA)
Objective:
To provide knowledge in the field of motor disabilities on new assessment
methods and new rehabilitation programs based on neurophysiological supports
Moderators:
Crt Marincek (Slovenia),S.Munoz (Spain)
Audience: trainees
in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
6. Meeting of the SOFMER (Société Française de
Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation)
Organised
by Jacques Pélissier (France)
7. Oncological Rehabilitation: The Flanders concept and
network
Organised
by Jan Bourgois (Belgium)