4th Middle East Rehabilitation Conference : 23 - 25 October 2011
 

The 4th Middle East Rehabilitation Conference will feature an exciting and modern multi-disciplinary programme highlighting current trends in rehabilitation. The conference will also focus on how the current practices in rehabilitation can successfully be deployed and incorporated into the regional healthcare systems.

As with last year's conference, the format shall be comprised of plenary sessions with keynote talks, parallel sessions and interactive workshops.

This conference has been awarded 27.5 CME hours by the Health Authority - Abu Dhabi.  However, as this conference contains parallel sessions, the maximum hours which any delegate may attend are 17.5 CME hours.  Participants must only claim CME hours for lectures attended. 
 
This year's speaker faculty includes:
 

Juliana Freeme, B.Sc (OT), M.Sc (OT), Lecturer, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa

Prof. Quinette Louw, Post Graduate/Research School of Physiotherapy, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Shovan Saha, BOT, MOT, Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, India

Prof. Dr. Naguib Salem, PhD, P.T. England, Professor of Physical Therapy, Vice Dean of Community Services and Environmental Affairs, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Dr. Ghazi Sarhan, Consultant Physiotherapist, Bahrain Physical Therapy Centre, Manama, Bahrain

Dr. Brian Watermeyer, Clinical Psychologist M.A. (Clin. Psych.) (U.C.T.), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Prof. Paul J. Watson, Professor of Pain Management and Rehabilitation, Department of Health Sciences, Academic Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK 
 
 Topics at this year's conference will include:
 
  • Client centred practice
  • Contemporary practice in rehabilitation
  • Pain management/different approaches
  • Cardiac/respiratory management
  • Cognitive rehabilitation
  • Bobath/NDT
  • Evidence Based Practice
  • Therapy outcome measures
  • Oncology/palliative
  • CPT/ICF codes and health insurance
  • Community Based Rehab
  • Physical agents/electrical therapy
  • Ethics 
  • Manual therapy
  • Sensory integration
 
 Target audience:
  • Physical Therapists
  • Physiotherapists
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Respiratory Therapists
  • Rehabilitation Physicians
  • Rehabilitation Nurses
  • Audiologists Including Educational Audiologists
  • Speech Therapists
  • Speech Pathologists
  • Nurses
  • Psychologists
  • Prosthetists and Orthotists
  • Internal Medicine Physicians
  • Neurologists
  • Rheumatologists
  • Residents / Students or Interns of all disciplines
  • Other Professionals Serving the Field of Rehabilitation
 
 Benefits of attending this conference:
  • Compose a holistic approach to rehabilitation practices amongst healthcare providers in the Middle East
  • Determine the modern trends in rehabilitation that are vital to service development in emerging healthcare systems such as the International Classification of Functioning (ICF)
  • Realise your effectiveness as a rehabilitation professional by incorporating the use of valid and reliable rehabilitation outcome measures.
  • Discuss the latest advances in daily practice, encompassing health promotion, prevention, treatment and education across different service settings such as schools, clinics, community/home care, hospitals and in the employment sector 
  • Differentiate approaches to pain management in the context of Rehabilitation
  • Assess how to use evidence based practice for diagnosis and treatment
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