VPTA Blue Ridge District
Agenda March 25, 2010
Host: Centra Southside Community Hospital, Farmville
Co-Host: Warren Memorial Hospital Rehab, Front Royal
6:30 pm Socializing and gathering, 7 – 8:00 pm Business meeting,
8-9:00 pm Presenter: Rob Maloney: Anodyne therapy
- Welcome andSign-in
- Thank you Shenandoah University, Centra Southside, and Warren Memorial!
- Introductions
- Approval of minutes: January 20, 2010: Shenandoah University, Winchester
- Treasurer’s Report: We currently have $2,583.69
- Committee reports: Thank you again to of you who have taken a position. Please consider asking a friend to help out or to fill a vacant committee chair. Any updates?
Continuing Ed – Eric Magrum
Membership – Ed Schrank
PTA SIG – Sarah Schmidt
Conf. Comm.–Ashley Kane
Ways/Means Comm.- open
Nominating – Colleen Whiteford
Legis. Chair – Gayle Garnett
Payer Relations – Colleen Whiteford
Peds SIG – Edie Buchan
PTA SIG – Sarah Schmidt
Research – Andrea Fergus
Student Relations – Doug Rohr
Technology – Dave Brewster
Public Relations – open
Ethics – open
PT-PAC - open
- Old Business:
- Please see prior agendas and minutes
- New/ Ongoing Business:
- Election for Blue Ridge district director position
§ Nominee : Megan Bureau
§ Eric Magrum
§ Evidence Based Principles of Musculoskeletal Imaging - April 24-25, 2010. Speaker: Gail D Deyle, PT, DPT, MPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
§ Examination and Selected Interventions: Shoulder - July 10-11, 2010. Speaker: George J. Davies, PT, DPT, MED, SCS, ATC, LAT, CSCS
§ If you have a course please let Sharon Justice know so that she can distribute the information to everyone.
sharonj@bcchospital.org
- PT-PAC chair is still needed at the District level to work with the State chair, please email Diana Venskus - Diana.venskus@marymount.edu
- Member Acknowledgement Program (MAP): Has anyone done something worth recognizing?
- Technology : Please check out our website : http://www.vpta.org/
§ If you have something that you’d like posted, please send it to Dave
§ Vice-president
§ Treasurer
§ Delegate
§ Delegate-elect
§ Representative to the physical therapist assistant caucus
§ To recognize physical therapists who have made an outstanding contribution to clinical practice. Any member may nominate another for consideration of this award.
§ To recognize physical therapists who have made an outstanding contribution to clinical practice. Any member may nominate another for consideration of this award.
§ Nominations must be submitted to the Nominating Committee Chair 2 (two) months prior to the VPTA Annual Chapter Conference.
§ The recipient will receive an engraved plaque and a $250 cash award, which will be presented at the VPTA Annual Chapter Conference.
§ To identify and honor one physical therapist or physical therapist assistant as an “emerging leader”, who has demonstrated exceptional service to the chapter at state or district levels early in his or her career.
§ The nominee must: 1. Be an active member of the VPTA for at least 3 years and no more than10 from formal graduation.
2. The nominee must have current or prior service in committees or appointed or elected positions at the district or state level.
§ Nominations must be submitted to the Nominating Committee Chair 2 (two) months prior to the VPTA Annual Chapter Conference.
§ The recipient will receive an engraved plaque, which will be presented at the VPTA Annual Chapter Conference.
§ To recognize those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in their service to the VPTA.
§ The nominee must:1. Be an active member of the VPTA and a district counterpart; 2. Have held elected office, committee chair, or workgroup chair at the State level for a minimum of two years; 3. Been active in either state committees/offices for a minimum of four years; and 4. Not be a member of the Nominating Committee.
§ Nominations must be submitted to the Nominating Committee Chair 2 (two) months prior to the VPTA Annual Chapter Conference.
§ The recipient will receive an engraved plaque and commemorative bottle of wine, both of which will be presented at the VPTA Annual Chapter Conference.
7. Information for membership:
o Overview of January BOD meeting
o Student conclave
o Election of delegates
o Committee structure
o Annual meeting
§ Friday, October 15
§ Employing an Evidence-Based Approach to the Treatment of Patients Following Total Knee Arthroplasty; From the Hospital to Home; Kevin E. Brueilly, PT, PhD, Morey Kolber, PT, PhD, OCS, Cert MDT, CSCS
§ Treating the Knee: An Evidence-Based Approach; Chad Taylor, DPT, SCS, ATC, CSCS
§ Activity-Based Therapies in Pediatric Settings; Karen Good, PT, OCS
§ Saturday/Sunday, October 16/17
§ Evidence based practice in Outpatient Orthopedics: Preparing for Direct Access; James Beazell, PT, DPT, ATC
§ Outpatient CPT/ICD-9 Coding, Billing, and Documentation for Rehabilitation Reimbursement; Rick Gawenda, PT
§ Impact of Vision on Function; Phebe Burgess, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, Dannette Fortney, OTR/L
o VPTA logo
o Electronic voting
- Dates to know:
April 16-18: Annual Retreat - Richmond, Virginia Crossroads
April 24-25: Evidence Based Principles of Musculoskeletal Imaging
April 30: second annual Virginia Insurance Forum, Richmond
May 18: next BRD meeting UVA-Healthsouth, Charlottesville and Rockingham
Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg
- Other items?
- Adjourn business meeting
Next Meeting: May 18
***Please bring a canned good/non-perishable food
item to be given to an area relief organization***
