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Discover the top sessions identified by each APTA academy and section. From cutting-edge research to breakthrough treatments, these sessions offer something for everyone.

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APTA Acute Care

  • The Strategy, Science and Art of Optimizing Acute Care Rehabilitation to Impact Outcomes.
  • Intubated. Cannulated. Ambulated: Management of Complex Patients on ECMO.
  • Pics: Managing ICU Survivors Across the Continuum of Care.
  • View all Acute Care sessions.

APTA Aquatics

  • Strategies to Overcome Roadblocks in Pediatric Aquatic Therapy.
  • Water Specific Therapy in Pediatrics, Part 1.
  • Designing Aquatic Interventions to Optimize Balance Upgrades for Older Adults.
  • View all Aquatics sessions.

APTA Cardiovascular and Pulmonary

  • End-Stage Heart Failure in the Transgender Population: Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Gender-Affirming Care.
  • Current Exercise Prescription for Selected Diagnoses in the Acute and Post-Acute Inpatient Settings.
  • Igniting Cardiovascular Change for Women Through Physical Therapy.
  • View all Cardiovascular & Pulmonary sessions.

APTA Clinical Electro & Wound Management

  • Differences in Integumentary Presentation Among Individuals With Darkly Pigmented Skin.
  • Differential Diagnosis of Patients With Extremity Pain, Paresthesia, and/or Weakness: Systemic Disease, Aging, or Both?
  • Shockingly Effective: Utilizing Electrophysical Agents to Maximize Patient Outcomes.
  • View all Clinical Electrophysiology & Wound Management sessions.

APTA Academy of Education

  • Policing to Pedagogy: Incorporating the Use of Al to Enhance the Student Learning Experience.
  • Inappropriate Patient Sexual Behavior: Preparing and Protecting Student Physical Therapists.
  • Charting Connections: Social Networks, Wellness, and Academic Excellence in Physical Therapy Education.
  • View all Education sessions.

APTA Federal

  • Leading With Impact: Women Driving Change in Physical Therapy and Healthcare.
  • Health and Therapy: The Influence of Sleep, Nutrition, and Mindset on Injury Risk and Rehabilitation.
  • The Evolution of Clinical Blood Flow Restriction (BFR): From Theory to Science to Practice.
  • View all Federal Physical Therapy sessions.

APTA Geriatrics

  • Carole Lewis Lecture: I Get Great Results With My Patients — What’s Wrong With the Research?
  • GLP-1 Use in Older Adults What Therapists Should Know: Body Composition, Geriatric Vulnerabilities, and Frailty.
  • The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the Geriatric Mobility Screening Initiative.
  • View all Geriatrics sessions.

APTA Hand and Upper Extremity

  • Recognition and Rehabilitation of the Stiff and Painful Shoulder.
  • Clinical Update on Neuropathic Pain.
  • Part II. The Rehabilitation and Training of Selected Common Sports.
  • View all Hand and Upper Extremity sessions.

APTA Home Health

  • Current and Hot Topics in Home Health.
  • Medicare & Maintenance: Do These Two Really Go Together?
  • Empowering Home Care Patients: A Framework for Leveraging Standardized Measures to Drive Interventions and Outcomes.
  • View all Home Health sessions.

APTA Leadership & Innovation

  • Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health and Cybersecurity, Oh My! Ethical Challenges Using Technology in Contemporary Practice.
  • Lamp Leadership “TED Style” Talks Shared Lessons on Leading Within and Leading Others.
  • Unlocking the Power of Nutrition in Physical Therapy Practice: Fueling Movement for Optimal Outcomes.
  • View all Leadership & Innovation sessions.

Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy

  • Universal Canalith Repositioning Maneuver for BPPV Clears All Three Ipsilateral Canals: Development and Implementation.
  • Regenerative Medicine and Neurologic Rehabilitation: Can We Do More Together: Part 2.
  • Expanding the Clinic Walls: Implementing Remote Therapeutic Monitoring in Neurologic Practice.
  • View all Neurology sessions.

APTA Oncology

  • Can Virtual Reality Improve Clinical Reality? VR’s Role in Pediatric Oncology Rehab.
  • Applying the Oncology Competency Manual: Case-Based Learning in Entry-Level DPT Education.
  • Demystifying Palliative Care: Practical Approaches to Rehabilitation and Care for the Patient in Palliation.
  • View all Oncology sessions.

Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy

  • Identification and Management of Persistent Vestibular-Oculomotor and Cervical Symptoms after Concussion.
  • Biomechanics Matters 3.0: Focus on Movement.
  • Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Diagnosis, Nonsurgical Medical Care and Rehabilitation: A Clinical Practice Guideline.
  • View all Orthopaedics sessions.

APTA Pediatrics

  • Get the Inside Scoop on Interoception in Hypermobile Children.
  • Introduction to Bowel and Bladder Treatment for Children: A Developmental Approach.
  • Bracing for Impact: Additional Considerations for Improving Functional Bracing in Pediatrics.
  • View all Pediatrics sessions.

APTA Pelvic Health

  • Chaperone Use in Pelvic Physical Therapy: The Current Status and Where to Go From Here?
  • Unpacking the Ache. A Lifespan Approach to Navigating Hip Pain in Pelvic Health.
  • The Hard Truth About Treating Erectile Dysfunction in a Younger Adult Male Population.
  • View all Pelvic Health sessions.

APTA Private Practice

  • Dream Big (Parts 1 and 2): 50+ Years of Payment Evolution and What We Must Do Next!
  • The Anatomy of a Successful Startup.
  • More Than Flyover Country: The Challenges and Opportunities of Leadership in Rural PT Practice.
  • View all Private Practice sessions.

APTA Academy of Research

  • ACE: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Education, Practice & Research.
  • Movement as a Biomarker: Using Movement to Predict, Prognose, and Evaluate Risk in Health-Related Conditions.
  • Ten Years of Health Services Research and Training: The CoHSTAR Fellowship Program.
  • View all Research sessions.

American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy

  • ACL Injury and Recovery: A Multidisciplinary Approach From Surgery to Return to Sport & Beyond.
  • Who's Afraid of Electrical Stimulation? Let's Re-Visit Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES).
  • Biomechanical Considerations for Surgical & Non-Operative UCL & SLAP Lesions in the Throwing Athlete.
  • View all Sports sessions.

All APTA CSM educational sessions are listed in Confex, the official APTA CSM program portal, and the mobile app, APTA CSM Events. Explore sessions, view session descriptions, and learn more about the speakers through the portal and mobile app.

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