SPORTS MEDICINE & INJURY CONFERENCE - 15.75 CME
As part of the brand new Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation multi-track event, the Sports Medicine and Injuries conference will cover all aspects of the four key joints, including ankle, knee, shoulder and hip. The conference will provide a forum for the exchange of practical and technical information on the broad range of current and emerging areas in sports injury treatment and prevention.
The programme designed by a committee of esteemed experts will feature sessions highlighting new approaches, methods and prevention techniques. In particular focusing on the different approaches required for injury prevention vs. injury treatment.
Expert speakers from across the region and Europe will give attendees the opportunity to learn new techniques, methods and surgical procedures to ultimately improve patient outcomes and satisfaction, whilst enhancing the operations of the practice they are working in.
Benefits of Attending:
- Discuss innovative medical treatments that can help prevent recurring sports injuries
- Review new surgical treatments to optimise patient outcomes who have complex sports injuries
- Examine the role of sports physical therapists in athletes and the impact of sports medical programmes in everyday practice
- Debate injury prevention vs. injury recovery with the review of recent evidence based research
- Evaluate different pain management techniques to improve patient satisfaction
Key topics:
- Analysis of performance enhancers in sport
- Concussion treatment & management
- Integrating pain management
- Injury prevention vs. Injury recovery – outline different approaches for different joints
- What gets missed with MRI’s?
- Treatments & successfully integrating them for long-term care
Who should attend:
- Orthopaedic Surgeons/Consultants/Specialists
- Head of Orthopaedic
- Sports Medicine Physicians
- Musculoskeletal Specialists
- Physiotherapists
Conference Chair
Dr. Kirill Micallef Stafrace
Vice President, European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations, Consultant, Sports and Exercise Medicine, Director, Maltese Olympic Committee, Senior Lecturer, University of Malta, Malta
Activity Director
Santhosh A. Thomas
Associate Medical Director, Richard E. Jacobs Medical Center, Medical Director, Center for Spine Health – REJ, Co-Director, Medical Spine Fellowship, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Scientific Organising Committee
Dr. Anna Zickerman
Medical Director & Founder, Up and Running Integrated Wellness Centre, Dubai, UAE
DAY 1: Saturday, 18th November 2017 | |
09:15 | Welcome remarks Dr Anna Zickerman, Medical Director and Founder, UPANDRUNNING, Dubai, UAE |
SESSION 1: SEM PRACTICE | |
09:30 | The shoulder: a comprehensive overview
from a sports medicine perspective Dr Anna Zickerman, Medical Director and Founder, UPANDRUNNING, Dubai, UAE |
10:00 | Setting up a sports injury rehabilitation clinic: the basics Dr Milos Stanisavlievic, Director, Planet Health, Valletta, Malta |
SESSION 2: CONCUSSION AND SPINE INJURIES | |
10:30 |
Management of a concussed patient |
11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:30 |
Spinal injuries discussed |
12:30 | Lunch Break |
13:30 | Sports injections and therapies: the spine
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14:00 | Lower limb infiltrations
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SESSION 3: JOINTS IN SPORT | |
14:30 | Wrist and hand: small but devastating
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15:00 | The knee: what's new, what's not
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15:30 | Coffee Break |
15:50 | The hip: when is it right to operate?
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16:20 | Causes and treatments of patellofemoral dysfunction
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SESSION 4: SPORT IMAGING | |
16:50 | MSK Ultrasound: how did we do without?
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17:20 | Close of Day 1 Conference |
DAY 2: Sunday, 19th November 2017 | |
09:15 | Welcome remarks Dr Karl Fredrik Almqvist, Consultant Orthopaedics, Knee Surgery and Sports Med, Mediclinic Hospital, Dubai, UAE |
SESSION 5: THE TEAM BEHIND SPORT | |
09:30 | Multisport contingents: does size matter? Dr Milos Stanisavlievic, Director, Planet Health, Valletta, Malta |
10:00 | Role of nutrition in performance and injury prevention Dr Rachel Scriven, Head of Nutrition and Dietetics, Global Medical Solutions, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
10:30 | Occupational Health: sports injury prevention, management and treatment |
11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:30 | The pyschobiological model of sports performance and physical activity |
SESSION 6: MANAGING A SQUAD | |
12:00 | Rugby: pitch side preparation from awareness to delivery |
12:30 | Lunch Break |
13:45 | Boxing: from the shadows to the ring |
SESSION 7: SPORT PREPARTICIPATION | |
14:15 | Pre-competition medical assessment |
14:45 | MSK screening: never enough |
15:15 | Panel session: implementing a pre-season medical assessment - the practical aspects |
15:45 | Coffee Break |
16:05 | Military sports medicine |
SESSION 8: THE SHOULDER | |
16:35 | Shoulder pathologies |
17:05 | End of Conference |
Physical Medicine and Rehab | Book before 22nd October | Book before 14th November | Onsite | |||
Conferences | AED | USD | AED | USD | AED | USD |
Sports Medicine & Injury (2 days) | 1,750 | 477 | 1,950 | 531 | 2,250 | 613 |
Physical Medicine & Rehab (2 days) | 1,750 | 477 | 1,950 | 531 | 2,250 | 613 |
Rheumatology (2 days) | 1,750 | 477 | 1,950 | 531 | 2,250 | 613 |
CME Provided by
Accreditation Statement:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for the maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.