202 Pelvic Health Summit Welcome Bag Sponsorship

Target Audience

Continuing Education

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Objectives

Prolapse/Incontinence Multidisciplinary Approach

Objective 1) The learner will gain and understanding of the pelvic floor and lower urinary tract anatomy.

Objective 2) The learner will understand prolapse and incontinence etiology, risk factors, signs and symptoms, assessment and the treatment paradigm including pessary, medications, surgical interventions and pelvic floor physical therapy with an emphasis on biofeedback training.

Diastasis Lecture and Lab

Objective 1) The learner will recognize anatomy of rectus diastasis, etiology, evaluation, assessment and diagnosis.

Objective 2) The learner will be proficient in the evaluation techniques of DRA including finger breath, measurements and ultrasound imaging

Pregnancy and the Pelvic Floor

Objective 1) The Learner will properly identify red flags to rehabilitation treatment in patients who are pregnant.

Objective 2). The learner will comprehend changes to the pelvic floor during pregnancy.

Pregnancy & Postpartum Rehabilitation Considerations for Runners

Objectives 1) The learner will comprehend the role of screening for impact readiness

Objective 2) The learner will comprehend the importance of multifaceted pelvic health and running exercise prescription in preparation of running postpartum.

Writing clinical research

Objective 1) The learner will understand the basic foundations in writing clinical research studies that all clinicians can take part in.

Objective 2) The learner will gain insight in to the processes in place in order to submit articles to scholarly journals for review and the different steps required to become published.

Identify the professional practice gap and/or educational need the content addresses. (why it should be given to the audience) –

Overall underutilized, under-researched, least followed specialty

Woman's health section is second lowest followed and newer focus in physical therapy. More students coming out of school with certification. This course encompasses more of what pelvic floor PT encompass compared to level 1 H&W and APTA. More broad subjects.. Woman are beginning to take health in to their own hands, rather than just suffering through their pelvic floor dysfunction.

Running and pelvic floor- More woman are running later in life and doing marathons and ultra marathons where this information is needed for all PTs when working with woman runners to look at entire chain.

obstetrics and pelvic floor- Helping to bridge the gap on research and use of PT with obstetrics. Woman are having children at later ages and educating woman throughout the lifespan and understanding obstetrics.

writing clinical research- help our audience learn to write research as we always need more research in pelvic floor. Need to stay on the forefront of research and help to disseminate info to greater audience

UI/Urgency/Prolapse- new research out that validates the use of PTs and clinical interventions with Biofeedback compared to just telling patients to do at home or by provider. Woman are beginning to push surgery off and

DRA and Ultrasound- newer intervention, gold standard for diagnosing and treating DRA.

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