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Student Sponsorship to the Federal Advocacy Forum
The Orthopaedic Section is proud to support the Student Assembly by supporting a student Orthopaedic Section member to attend the Federal Advocacy Forum in Alexandria, VA, April 25-27, 2010. The interested physical therapy student must complete the following questions and essay to be selected by the Practice Committee to attend the Advocacy Forum.
- What current Bills are in Congress that directly affects the Orthopaedic Physical Therapists?
- What do you hope to accomplish by attending the 2010 Federal Advocacy Forum? (Limit response to 500 words)
- How will you disseminate information from the forum back to your school and state chapter? (Limit response to 100 words)
Please submit your letter of interest to Joe Donnelly, Orthopaedic Section Practice Chair: Donnelly_JM@Mercer.edu.
Hurry! DEADLINE: MARCH 25TH!
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Call for Manual Therapy EIG Chair
The Orthopaedic Section Board of Directors is seeking individuals interested in serving as Chair of the Manual Therapy Education Interest Group (EIG). The responsibilities of the Manual Therapy EIG Chair include: attending the annual breakfast roundtable discussion at CSM; providing a proposal for 2 to 3 hours of potential CSM manual therapy programming each year; serving as moderator of the EIG program; and, providing a written report to the Board of Directors describing the upcoming EIG programming at CSM. The selected EIG Chair would serve a 3-year term.
If you are interested in this position, please send a letter of interest and current curriculum vitae to Terri DeFlorian, Section Executive Director, at tdeflorian@orthopt.org.
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Foundation Now Accepting Nominations to Join Scientific Review Committee
The Foundation for Physical Therapy is currently accepting nominations to serve on the Scientific Review Committee (SRC). This all-volunteer committee is vital to awarding over 25 scholarships, fellowships and grants each year. If you know of someone who could serve as an application reviewer, or have an interest in volunteering yourself, click here to review the criteria for membership. If you qualify and have the desire to make an impact on the future of physical therapy education and research, submit your full CV to Karen Chesbrough, Scientific Program Administrator.
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Your Input Requested - Practice Survey
This is a reminder about the study being conducted to examine some of the practices of physical therapists in providing care for their patients, as well as their perceptions about those practices. This message was included in a previous OsteoBLAST, so if you have responded, THANK YOU. If you have not responded, please consider taking the time to do so. As a physical therapist and member of the Orthopedic Section, your responses are critical to our understanding. (Please note, the questions on the survey apply to PTs only, not PTAs or students.) Here is a link to the electronic survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XGR9ZBC. There are additional details about the study on the first page. Your time and efforts are sincerely appreciated!
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2010 Orthopaedic Section Election Results
Congratulations to the following individuals who were elected to Orthopaedic Section office:
- Re-elected to President: James J. Irrgang, PT, PhD, ATC, FAPTA
- Elected to Nominating Committee Member: Robert DuVall, PT, OCS, DHSc, SCS
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Call for Papers Alert:
Now is the time to submit an abstract for the Musculoskeletal Disorders and Chronic Pain: Evidence-based Approaches for Clinical Care, Disability Prevention and Claims Management conference to be held in Los Angeles, CA, February 10-12, 2011Click here for more information about this upcoming conference.
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