MedStar NRH Stroke and Brain Injury Symposium and Open House
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Description
This Symposium provides the most recent treatment strategies and interventions for stroke and brain injury patients from an interdisciplinary perspective. This unique lecture series offers insight into a wide variety of topics that impact all disciplines. This year’s symposium will have a focus on some pertinent medical and therapy interventions based on a single case study of a patient after a hemorrhagic stroke.  Attendees will have the opportunity to hear this remarkable survivor and “social media queen” speak about her journey and hear some of the adaptations she has created to become independent.  Speakers include locally and nationally recognized health care providers, specializing in the management and rehabilitation of stroke and brain injury.  Following the symposium, participants will have the opportunity to attend the MedStar National Rehabilitation Network’s Stroke and Brain Injury Open House and Education Fair where they will interact with rehabilitation vendors and organizations and sample some light refreshments. Clinicians and allied health care providers who treat patients with neurological deficits are encouraged to attend.

Objectives
At the end of the course, participants will be able to: 

• Discuss acute medical management of patients after stroke.

• Identity medical complications of different types of brain injury. 

• Understand the interdisciplinary rehab team's role in a patient s/p acute hemorrhagic stroke across the continuum of care. 

• Recognize the role of high intensity gait training in neuroplasticity. 

• Describe the evidence-based practice and application of Neurologic Music Therapy for acute treatment and management of patients with neurologic conditions and injuries. 

• List 3 ways that AAC can be used to facilitate multimodal communication for patients who have communication impairments. 

• Identify requirements for return to driving after a neurological injury.

Agenda (6.25 Contact Hours)
Symposium   7:30am-3:30pm
Open House: 3:30pm-6:00pm
7:30am     Registration and Breakfast
8:00           Case study introduction and Medical Management
9:00           Break 
9:15           Case study presentation Rehabilitation Journey
10:15         Physical Therapy High Intensity  
11:00         Neurologic Music Therapy in acute rehabilitation: Using music as an integral part of recovery for the treatment of stroke and traumatic brain injuries
11:45         Lunch (on your own) 
12:30         SLP- Aphasia and AAC overview and update                
1:15           Return to Driving
2:00           Break 
2:15           Thriving Beyond Stroke with Erin 
3:15           Wrap up/post testing/SITEL instructions 
3:30pm     Stroke and Brain Injury Open House and Refreshments

Suggested Audience
PT/PTA, OT/COTA, SLP, TR, & healthcare providers working with the Brain Injury and Stroke populations

Difficulty Level

• Essential to Advanced

• Essential - Includes core theory, concepts, and applications.

• Advanced – Includes in-depth theory, concepts, and applications of information and/or techniques that are presented beyond the Essential Level which includes core theory, concepts, and applications.

Where
MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital
Auditorium
102 Irving St. NW
Washington, D.C., 20010
(202) 877-1621 main
www.medstarnrh.org

Questions
Neepa Shah, MS OTR/L
Neepa.shah@medstar.net
202-877-1509