General, Kentucky Orthotic Prosthetic, Orthotic Prosthetic Continuing Education, Orthotics and Prosthetics State Meetings

Registration is OPEN for the June 11-12, 2020 KOPA Online Meeting

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What you need to know.
  1. This meeting will be held online. All presentation times are Eastern Standard Time.
  2. Meeting fee is $10.00 for KOPA members. (Your 2020 dues will be collected as part of the registration.) $70.00 total.cailor_diamond_sponsor
  3. You are eligible to register at KOPA member rate if you work in KY or you work for a company that has an office in KY.
  4. It is $100.00 for non-members.
  5. Please note: If you cannot show up for the live event on June 11th and/or June 12th, you will not receive a refund as the event will be recorded and you will be able to attend the recorded sessions until July 31, 2020.
  6. You do not need to attend every session if you have a scheduling conflict as you can come back to the recorded sessions after the event is over up until July 31, 2020. So, no refunds.
  7. You will receive credits for the sessions that you attend regardless of the day.
Agenda
Orthotic Fitter/CPed Program – Thursday, June 11, 2020
9:25am Welcome
(Fitter) Breakout Room
9:30-10:30am Spinal Orthoses, A Deeper View, Going Beyond a Commercial Approach, Carey Jinright, LO
10:45-11:45am Advanced Shoe Fitting, Billy Kanter, CPed
11:45am-1:15pm EST Lunch Break
(Fitter) Breakout Room
1:15-2:15pm Understanding Causes and Management of Partial Foot Amputations, Dennis Janisse, CPed
2:30-3:30pm How, Why, What: Ulcerated and Post-Ulcerated Feet, Dennis Janisse, CPed
3:45pm-5:45pm ACM (NCOPE’s Approved Clinical Mentor)*, Chris Robinson, MS, MBA, CPO, ATC, FAAOP (D) – Questions? Ask us.
*You must complete the recorded ACM modules in order to participate in the ACM Live.
General Session/Orthotic and Prosthetic Program – Friday, June 12, 2020
General Session Room
8:15am-9:15am Medicare Updates for O&P, Teresa Camfield, CGS
(P) Breakout Room One
9:30-10:30am SCUBA Research, Michael McCauley, MS, CPO/L, Duffy Felmlee, MSPO, CPO, FAAOP
10:45-11:45am Clinical Application for an Adjustable Volume Socket, Keith Cornell, CP
(O) Breakout Room Two
9:30-10:30am Orthoses for Various Uses: Plagiocephaly, Charcot Foot Issues, and Kids with Gait Anomalies, Bill Carlton, CO/L
10:45-11:45am Carbon Infused Polypropylene: Reimbursement, Fabrication and Clinical Implications, Gary G. Bedard, CO, FAAOP
11:45-1:15pm EST
Lunch Break – Time to eat lunch, complete eval forms and quizzes and visit the Exhibit Hall!
(P) Breakout Room One
1:15-2:15pm Understanding Vocational Rehabilitation & the Amputee, J. Chad Duncan, PhD, CRC, CPO
2:30-3:30pm “Holistic” Amputation Rehabilitation Protocols, New and Old for Best Outcomes, Craig Lombard, CP/L
(O) Breakout Room Two
1:15-2:15pm Overview of High Intensity/High Repetition Gait Training for Stroke Patients, John Frederick, CPO/L and Caitlin Deom, PT
2:30-3:30pm Solving Complex Foot and Ankle Alignment Issues with Case Studies,
Marmaduke Loke, CO
General Session Room
3:45-4:45pm O&P in the time of COVID-19, Invited Speaker
4:45-5:00pm Complete eval forms and quizzes and visit the vendors in the Exhibit Hall
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General, Orthotic Prosthetic Continuing Education, Orthotics and Prosthetics State Meetings, Texas Orthotic Prosthetic

TDLR Waives Continuing Education, Other Requirements for Texas Orthotic and Prosthetic Professionals

TDLR Waives Continuing Education, Other Requirements

TDLR continuing education requirements are waived for all individual licenses expiring in March, April, May, and June 2020.

Licensees still need to submit their renewal applications, pay the required fees, and TDLR will check their criminal histories, but they will not need to complete any TDLR-required continuing education this licensing cycle. (§51.405, Occupations Code)

Note: TDLR is not authorized to waive continuing education requirements imposed by a certifying or credentialing entity other than TDLR. If a certifying entity requires continuing education to maintain certification, and certification is required for Texas licensure, then that continuing education must be completed.

If the certifying entity waives continuing education or allows it to be completed on a delayed basis due to COVID-19, then you may follow the certifying entity’s policy.

The only two certifying entities for individuals who are licensed in prosthetics and orthotics would be:

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General, Marketing with Mansfield, Orthotic Prosthetic Continuing Education

It’s like REAL…only better!

Simulive.

It’s a real word. Go ahead. Google it. (or just click on that link.)

Simulated + Live = Simulive.

What does it mean? In a nutshell…you can be in TWO places at the SAME time. So, it’s presentation magic.

Virtual. Remote. Online. Webinar. Webcast. Etc. Etc. Etc.

The new presentation/education reality is via computer/phone/iPad/tablet using some type of platform (Zoom, Google, Webex, etc., etc., etc.) which relies on TECHNOLOGY. And what happens when you use technology? Technical difficulties. Right? Bound to happen. Especially when everyone and their actual grandmother is online.
Rightnow. Thisminute. Allday. Everyday. In2020.

Just go online (haha, you’re already there) and if you don’t already have your own list of “why I like least about leaning online” search for “why I hate online meetings” or “remote presentations are the worst.” You’ll be reading for days.

In the rush to get EVERYTHING online, people often forget that quantity is not necessarily quality and that the attendee (and the presenter!) deserve to have a seamless presentation experience. Time is a precious commodity. Just because a lot of us seem to have more of it right now doesn’t mean someone else has the right to waste ours with TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES or, maybe even worse, the dreaded “uhhhhhhhhhhh” or “ummmmmmmm” or “like, like” or the “hang on for a second, there are chats coming in with questions and I need to read through them while I prioritize which ones to answer.”

we want it

I’ll say it again. The stakeholders – presenters, attendees, moderators, sponsors – should expect to have a seamless online/virtual/remote online learning experience.

Maybe each online event should have an “online event code of conduct.”

I (insert name) do solemnly swear that I will do the following or be forced to watch my presentation over and over and over again as punishment.

  • No technical difficulties
  • No verbal fillers
  • Provide real time interaction with attendees (in a way that does not detract from the content being presented)
  • BEGINNING AND ENDING THE SESSION ON TIME

What’s the key to having a SOLE (Seamless Online Learning Experience)? Simulive.

Contact CEC at  (844) 347-0738 to find out more.

 

 

General, Marketing with Mansfield

Silver Linings.

Retro cartoon with texture. Isolated on White.This is going to be a quick one! I have to do website updates and email newsletters for O&P patient care facilities, vendors, manufacturers and state associations and AAOP chapters regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is affecting…LIFE.

My parents both have Parkinson’s. That is tough. It was even tougher when they could not participate in programs, support groups, seminars or other face to face events because they couldn’t drive to them pre-COVID-19.

This morning my mom sent me an email from NeuroChallenge.org. She’s on their email newsletter list. Neuro Challenge is a foundation that puts on all kinds of great programs and events for people with Parkinson’s in the Port Charlotte, Florida area. Her email said, “Programs which were too far away from us to attend are now virtual – A silver lining!!”

Neuro Challenge improvised, adapted and overcame which led to a silver lining for my parents.

What are you going to improvise, adapt and overcome that will bring a silver lining to your patients, customers, stake holders?

Need help? Let me know.

General, Orthotic Prosthetic Continuing Education, Orthotics and Prosthetics State Meetings

2019 KOPA Annual Meeting – Hyatt Regency, Lexington, Kentucky

After two very successful years at the Indiana Wesleyan University Conference Centers – 2018 Louisville and 2017 Lexington – the Kentucky O&P Association switched it up and headed over to the Hyatt Regency Lexington. The meeting was held June 13-14, 2019. A great time was had by all!

8.5 credits available. Exhibit Hall Kick Off Reception Thursday night. All day sessions on Friday.

NEW FOR 2019!
6:00pm-8:00pm Welcome Reception in the ​Exhibitor Hall with Exhibitors!

Friday, June 14, 2019 – 7.5 credits

7:30am-8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am Welcome, Andrew Domb, CPO/L, KOPA President
8:00am-9:30am General Sessions – Medicare Success Through Education, Ashley DeCoteau, CGS, Jurisdiction B
9:30am-10:00am ​ Functional Solutions for Partial Hand Amputations, Hannah Smith, Naked Prosthetics

10:00am-10:30am AM Coffee Break with Exhibitors

10:30am-12:00pm General Sessions – Creating Meaningful Lower Limb Prosthetic Outcomes: Preliminary Findings of a 12-Month Pilot, Brian Gustin, CP, Forensic Prosthetic & Orthotic Consulting Services
10:30am-12:00pm Tech Talk – Fabrication Troubleshooting, Daniel Hickey, Bulldog Tools
10:30am-12:00pm Practice Management – Preparing Your Practice for Sale, Don Hardin

12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch with Exhibitors
Breakouts Sessions
1:00pm-2:30pm CAD/CAM Technology for Lower Limb Orthotics, Ray Speelman, CP, COF, WillowWood
1:00pm-2:30pm Lower Limb Prosthetics – Bionic Technology by Ossur!, Wayne Fichtel, CP, Ossur

2:30pm-3:00pm PM Snack Break with Exhibitors
Exhibitor Tear Down at 3:00pm

Breakout Sessions
3:00pm-5:00pm All Carbon AFOs are NOT Created Equal andThe Next Generation of Carbon AFOs, Noel Chladek, CO
3:00pm-5:00pm (continued) Lower Limb Prosthetics – Bionic Technology by Ossur!, Wayne Fichtel, CP


KOPA 2019 Meeting Newsletters

REMINDER – NO Fall KOPA Meeting. Get your credits this week.

All Carbon AFOs are NOT Created Equal…The NEXT Gen is HERE!

Denied! Common Documentation Errors You NEED to Know.

Preparing Your O&P Practice for Sale – next Friday in Lexington.

Will we see you in Lexington?

Exhibits only? Admin? New Registration Options at KOPA this year. Check it out!

June 14th- Medicare will be in Lexington, will you?

REMINDER – Hyatt Lexington Room Block Closes tonight at midnight! Book your room today.