Date: November 12th, 2009
Check-In Time(s): 5:00pm-5:30pm
Class Time(s): 5:30pm-7:30pm
Location: Fairview Riverside East, Brennan Center

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Speaker(s):
Eva Gold, PT- Eva graduated from Florida State University with a BA in Biology in 1973. She interned at Emory University Hospital in Medical Technology earning her MT (ASCP). She worked for 10 years in that field in a general hospital lab, a specialty coagulation laboratory, and in blood banking. In 1999 she earned her Master's in Physical Therapy from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has been working since 2000 at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview on the University campus. She has worked on the Blood and Marrow Transplant unit approximately 4 years. She has been an APTA member since 1997.
Linda Tripp, PT- Linda graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College with a BA in Biology and Spanish in 2002. She completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from St. Catherine University in 2007. Since then, she has been working at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview on the University campus. For the past year and a half, she has focused on the development of a therapy program for patients with Blood and and Marrow transplants.

Course Description:
Although many patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplants arrive at the hospital at normal or close to normal funcational levels, they frequently develop functional limitations. These limitations can adversely affect their quality of life and their ability to discharge directly home. The impairments may include decreased range of motion and strength, impaired balance, and decreased activity tolerance. Immobility, graft-versus-host disease, cancer fatigue, and side effects of medications may contribute to these impairments. In this session, we will present the steps we took at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview to develop a physical therapy (PT) program to identify and address the needs of our patients with Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT). We will include the reasons for re-evaluating our program, our survey of practice at BMT programs around the country, a review of the literature, and the subsequent development of exercise and education programs for both in-patients and out-patients. Plans for future program development will also be discussed.

*This course is eligible for AOTA Approved Provider credit. The assignment of AOTA CEU's does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA.*
*This course is eligible for MN Board of PT Category 1 continuing education credit.*

Course Objectives:
1. Describe standards of practice in BMT programs around the country
2. Be knowledgeable in the current literature related to therapy for patients with BMT
3. Understand the unique impairments resulting in functional limitations in patients undergoing BMT
4. Identify clinical laboratory and medical issues that influence in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation of patients with BMT
5. Apply new treatment regimens for the rehabilitation of patients with BMT in the acute or post-care setting

Course Agenda:
5:30-5:35- Survey sent to BMT programs and results
5:35-5:55- Basics of BMT
5:55-6:10- Review of the literature
6:10-6:25- Development of the exercise program
6:25-6:30- Equipment procurement
6:30-6:50- Implementation of PT program
6:50-6:55- Rehab room on the BMT unit
6:55-7:05- Future Development
7:05-7:20- Conclusion
7:20-7:30- Questions