NEW! : The Pediatric PM&R Lecture Series, updated August 2007

Objectives: After attending and participating in this series, you will be able to...

1. explain the influence of growth and development on disability and how it makes pediatric rehabilitation different from adult rehabilitation.
2. take the necessary steps to diagnose major categories of pediatric disabling conditions.
3. apply your knowledge of accessibility and educational laws in the U.S.A. to facilitate integration of our patients into their school systems.
4. plan the management of common pediatric disabling conditions.
5. recognize the less common pediatric disabling conditions when you encounter them in clinic.
6. get at least 15 more Board questions right!

Sessions:

• Session 1: Pediatric Orthopedics and Lower Extremity Problems - Dr. Tompkins
• Session 2: Cerebral Palsy and Related Conditions - Dr. Stefans
• Session 3: Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury - Dr. Tompkins
• Session 4: Medical/Educational Issues & Collaboration - Dr. Schulz
• Session 5: Pediatric Neuromuscular Disease (Emphasis on Dystrophinopathy) - Dr. Stefans
• Session 6: Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury - Dr. Tompkins

Materials:

• The neuromuscular disease slide show by Dr. Stefans.
• A really good neuromuscular disease Powerpoint entitled "Beyond Duchenne's" by Ann Bubenzer, M.D. (The last picture is of her sister who has an undiagnosed neuromuscular condition.)
• Handouts: Clinical Scales and CP fill-in
• An old Quia quiz on cerebral disorders in childhood.
• A NEW Quia quiz on Disability Law and the Disability Law slideshow with background material.
• An excellent resource provided via PubMed: this link gives you information about TBI from the PM&R Board Review book on-line version.
• Info on the microarray technique from Baylor Medical Genetics lab.

SLIDESHOWS SLIDESHOWS SLIDESHOWS

See the SCI Rehab PowerPoint show by Tom Kiser, M.D.

Here is the Pediatric LE Orthopedics lecture by Esther Tompkins, D.O.

Get the Developmental Orthopedics Corel show by Vikki Stefans, M. D.

Get the CP or Not CP Corel show by Vikki Stefans, M. D.

Get Pam Brown, M.D.'s wheelchair lecture.

Get Vikki Stefans, M.D.'s updated version.

Get the Developmental, ADL, and Communication slideshow by Vikki Stefans, M.D.

Get the most recently updated Peds TBI Corel show by Vikki Stefans, M.D.

Get the Rehab and Radiology slideshow also by Dr. Stefans.

View the brief MS Powerpoint show by Dr. Stefans on Disability Law.

Notes: Some of these shows are MS Powerpoint, and some are Corel Presentations. The Powerpoints will open in a new window, just maximize it and then close it with the "X" in the upper right hand corner when you are done. The Corel shows require you download (save to disk) these two files first, POOLE70.DLL , and show70.exe. Then download the actual show files (.shw) to the same directory. It can be your My Documents directory, your Desktop, or any other directory you like. (If you put all the Corel files in that same directory, you won't have to get the two "runtime" files ever again.) Click the Open Folder button or navigate to that folder, then double click show.exe (the one with the cute little projector icon) and then you can choose which presentation you want to view; click OK to run if needed, and ignore or cancel it if it asks you to put a disc in drive E: or anything else that seems strange. Dr. Stefans will provide technical support and explanation of why the Corel product is far superior to the Microsoft one upon request.

Here is the page for the Rehabilitation and Radiology series from last year.

Here are the materials used for the Spring 2006 Rehabilitation Techonology Series.

The dysphagia talk for the HDC telemedicine conference by Vikki Stefans, M.D. is also available here.

Since my M.D. also stands for Messy Desk, please use my e-mail!
Write me anytime at: vstefans@george.ach.uams.edu