Meeting-At-A-Glance

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Pre-Course 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Opening Reception 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Thursday, December 3, 2009
General Session 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Instructional Course Lectures & Workshops 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Friday, December 4, 2009
General Session 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Instructional Course Lectures & Workshops 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Saturday, December 5, 2009
General Session 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Pre-Course Information

Title: Spinal Cord Regeneration: Injury Modulation, Repair Strategies and Clinical Trials
Co-Chairs: David Pleasure MD, PhD, Amer Samdani MD and Randal Betz, MD

Continuing Education Credits

Sponsored by Medical Education Resources, Inc. and MCJ Consulting.

Supported by an educational grant from Shriners Hospitals for Children and Saladin Shrine Center.

Physician Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Medical Education Resources and MCJ Consulting. Medical Education Resources is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ for this educational activity are pending approval. Please check back later for up-to-date information.

Nursing Accreditation Statement

Medical Education Resources is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Contact hours for this CE activity are pending approval. Please check back later for up-to-date information. Provider approval expires July 31, 2010.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 12299.

Program Objectives

  • Promote the education, research and optimal patient care in the field of Pediatric Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Review the difference between patients with spinal cord injury and patients with spinal dysraphism as well as the differences in treatment
  • Introduce new directions in medicine and technology as they relate to the innovative management of children with spinal cord injury and spinal dysfunction
  • Present current research data and new scientific developments pertaining to pediatric spinal cord dysfunction and injuries
  • Provide an opportunity to discuss complex problems of specific patients and/or patient groups with experts in pediatric spinal cord injury and spinal dysfunction
  • Increase the knowledge base of conference participants in the contemporary management of children with spinal cord injury and spinal dysfunction

Learner Objectives

As a result of participating in this educational activity the learner should be able to:

  • Discuss ways to improve medical and allied health services the field of pediatric spinal cord injury and spinal dysfunction
  • Analyze new initiatives in medicine and technology as they relate to innovative management of pediatric spinal cord injury and spinal dysfunction patients
  • Apply contemporary management of children with spinal cord injury and spinal dysfunction
  • Evaluate clinical cases and make more-informed decisions for optimal patient care

Targeted Audience

Physicians (Orthopaedists, Neurosurgeons, Pediatricians, Physiatrists, Neurologists, Urologists), Nurses, Therapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors, and Biomedical Engineers

Course Format

  • Didactic Lectures
  • Free Paper Presentations
  • Roundtable Discussions
  • Debates
  • Research Groups
  • Poster Abstracts
  • ICLs and Workshops

Diagnoses Included

  • Trauma
  • Myelodysplasia
  • Spinal muscular atrophy and other anterior horn diseases
  • Tumors
  • Infectious and inflammatory diseases, including transverse myelitis and Gullain-Barre
  • Congenital