UPMC Hamot 2020 Neuroscience Conference: E-Independence: Use of Automated Personal Assistive Smart Home Technology After Spinal Cord Injury

This presentation was part of the UPMC Hamot 2020 Neuroscience Conference and was designed to meet requirements for Stroke credit.

Target Audience

Primary care physicians, internists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants; physical, occupational, and speech therapists; and other advanced practice providers will benefit from this activity.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify utilization of consumer automated device that will assist spinal cord injury patients in eADLs
  • Review devices that would minimize the effects of spinal cord injury secondary complications
  • Discuss accessible computer and console gaming for patients with fine motor deficits
 
 
 
 
 

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Nightingale TE, Metcalfe RS, Vollaard NS,Bilzon JL, Exercise Guidelines to Promote Cardiometabolic Health in Spinal Cord Injured Humans: Time to Raise the Intensity?, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2017;98:1693-704
  2. Maitland Schladen M, Groah, SL, State of the Science on Cardiometabolic Risk After Spinal Cord Injury: Recap of the 2013 ASIA Pre-Conference on Cardiometabolic Disease Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil 2014;20(2):105–112
  3. Identification and Management of Cardiometabolic Risk after Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Practice Guideline for Health Care Providers, Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine,Paralyzed Veterans of America, 2018
  4. Acute Management of Autonomic Dysreflexia:Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Presenting to Health-Care Facilities, Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 2001
  5. Karinharju KS, Boughey AM, Tweedy SM, Clanchy KM, Trost SG, Gomersall SR, Validity of the Apple Watch® for monitoring push counts in people using manual wheelchairs, The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019, DOI:10.1080/10790268.2019.1576444
  6. Maijers MC, Verschuren O, Stolwijk-Swüste JM, van Koppenhagen CF, de Groot S, Post MWM, Is Fitbit Charge 2 a feasible instrument to monitor daily physical activity and handbike training in persons with spinal cord injury? A pilot study Spinal Cord Series and Cases (2018) 4:84, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41394-018-0113-4
  7. Koshy AN, Sajeev JK, Nerlekar N, Brown AJ, Rajakariar K, Zureik M, Wong MC, Roberts L, Street M, Cooke J, Teha AW, Smart watches for heart rate assessment in atrial arrhythmias International Journal of Cardiology 266 (2018) 124–127

 

 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
02/15/2021
Course expires: 
02/15/2024
UPMC Hamot Online Learning
United States

Presenter: Randall Huzinec, PT, Physical Therapy Senior, Spinal Cord Injury Program, UPMC Mercy

Planning Committee Members:

  1. Haylee Esposito, UPMC Hamot
  2. Tammy Kordes, PhD, Neuropsychologist, Northshore Neurosciences
  3. Debbie Morton, BSN, RN, NPD-BC
  4. Samantha Panighetti, MOT, OTR/L, NTMTC, UPMC Hamot
  5. Rebecca Parkhurst, PA-C, UPMC Hamot
  6. Margaret Pett, UPMC Hamot
  7. Trevor Phinney, DO, Neurologist, UPMC Northshore Neurology
  8. Ann Sokoloff, BSN, CNRN, Clinical Director, Ortho/Neuro Services, UPMC Hamot
  9. Stacy Wing, PT, UPMC Hamot

No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

Authors disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

 
 
 
 
 
 

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

All presenters disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above.  No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

 
 
 
 
 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
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