SCD Virtual Meeting: Game Changer Sports Medicine Mini-Conference

Date: February 24, 2023

Meeting Time: 7:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Location: Registration Link:  Register Here

Agenda: 

7:45-8:00 a.m.: Welcome

8:00-8:55 a.m.: Mental Health: Remember, We All Rise When We Lift Others…Keys to Wellbeing and Building Resilience in Ourselves and Others (Approved for 1 general contact hour.)

Speaker(s): Dr. Michael Diller, PsyD

Objectives:

• List three cardinal signs of burnout, causes of burnout, and impact on both patients and healthcare providers.
• Identify multiple lessons learned from the pandemic that will aid in supporting good mental health and preventing burnout, with a specific focus on the power of human connection.
• Identify specific strategies in supporting the psychological and emotional well-being of self (first) and of their fellow coworkers.
• Have access to resources and be able to identify those that lead to actionable steps in growing resilience and supporting good mental health.

9:00-9:55 a.m.: Nutrition: Recognizing Inadequate Nutrition in Athletes (Approved for 1 direct access hour.)

Speaker(s): Beth Conway, MS, RDN, LDN, and Julie Stefanski, MEd, RDN, CSSD, LDN, CDCES, FAND

Objectives:

• Recognize and explain physical signs and symptoms of inadequate nutrition in athletes.
• Discuss the relationship between the eating patterns of active individuals and sports performance.
• Identify the impact of insufficient nutrition on injury risk in athletes.
• Outline steps for professionals to take to address nutrition issues when identified.

10:00-10:55 a.m.: Current Evidence-based Approaches to Multimodal Pain Control and Opioid Minimization After Arthroscopic and Knee Preservation Surgery (Approval for 1 general contact hour.)

Speaker(s): Dr. Michael Day, M.D., M.Phil.

Objectives:

• Identify pre-operative interventions to mitigate pain associated with knee preservation surgery.
• Identify intra-operative interventions to mitigate pain associated with knee preservation surgery.
• Identify post-operative interventions to mitigate pain associated with knee preservation surgery.
• Identify emerging or future techniques for pain control after knee preservation surgery.

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Keynote Speaker: Martin "Marty" McNair from the Jordaon McNair Foundation: "Can My Child Play?" (Approval for 1 general contact hour.)

12:00-12:15 p.m. Lunch Break

12:20-1:20 p.m.: Have You Considered The Spine? Discussing the Prevalence of Spine-Related Extremity Pain (Approved for 1 direct access hour.)

Speaker(s): Jason Hause PT, DPT, Cert.MDT

Objectives:

• Discuss the prevalence of spine-related extremity pain.
• Explain the referral patterns of spine-related extremity pain.
• Summarize when to make an appropriate referral for further imaging or other specialty provider based on red flag screening and signs and symptoms.
• Identify evaluation and treatment strategies for the cervical and lumbar spines based on current best practices.

1:20 p.m.: Wrap-Up

Register to attend here

Once registered, you will receive a separate email with the meeting link and call-in information. 

This Mini-Conference has been approved for a total of 3 general and 2 direct access contact hours.