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  • Friday, Nov 1st
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Vocational Rehabilitation and Community Reintegration: Practice Implications and Considerations for Veterans and Civilians Following Burn Injury 9605
    Location:  ROOM: Morocco REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Proceed straight ahead, past the skylight. Morocco is the room to the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, PhD, CRC, CVE, CLCP, CBIST – University of South Florida
    Presenter: Brooke M. Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT-C – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    MINI-TRACK: Burn RehabilitationBurn RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeMilitary and Veterans AffairsTrauma
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    1:15 PM – 2:15 PM  
    Secondary Traumatic Stress in Burn Care Clinicians: Review of the Research and Recommendations for Practice 0565
    Location:  ROOM: Manchester REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Manchester is the second room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Emma D. Turner, n/a (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Presenter: Kimberly Roaten, PhD, ABPP – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Karen J. Kowalske, MD – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    MINI-TRACK: Burn RehabilitationBurn RehabilitationTrauma
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    4:15 PM – 5:15 PM  
    A Social Interaction Skills Training (ASIST): Introduction for Burn Care Clinicians 0876
    Location:  ROOM: Sapphire REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>>DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. Proceed past the Elephants. Turn left down the corridor. The Sapphire is the first room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Emma D. Turner, n/a (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Presenter: Karen J. Kowalske, MD – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Presenter: Kimberly Roaten, PhD, ABPP – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Corresponding Presenter: Jennifer Bell-De Paz, MA (she/her/hers) – UTSW
    MINI-TRACK: Burn RehabilitationBurn RehabilitationClinical Practice
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Wild Measurement: Strategies to Capture Meaningful Performance Improvements from Rehabilitation 9584
    Location:  ROOM: Governors Lecture Hall REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. Proceed past the Elephants. Turn left down the corridor. Governors is at the end of the corridor on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Julie L. Schwertfeger, PT, DPT, PhD, MBA, CBIST, NCS – Rosalind Franklin University; Lovell FHCC VA
    Presenter: Allen W. Heinemann, PhD FACRM (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Presenter: Marghuretta Bland, PT, DPT, MSCI – Washington University School of Medicine
    Presenter: Louis N. Awad, PT, DPT, PhD – Boston University
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Jane E. Sullivan, PT, DHS, MD – Northwestern University
    Presenter: Alex Wong, PhD (he/him/his) – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Non-presenting author: Sai Yalla, PhD – Rosalind Franklin University; Lovell FHCC VA
    MeasurementBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryBurn RehabilitationCancer RehabilitationCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCultural CompetencyDiversity, Equity and InclusionEarly Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitHealth Services ResearchLeadershipLifestyle MedicineMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationRehabilitation Treatment Specification SystemSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTechnologyTelehealth
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    11:45 AM – 12:45 PM  
    Burn Rehabilitation Newly Forming Group
    Location:  ROOM: Ming REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Ming is the fourth room on the left.
    Moderator: Brooke M. Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT-C – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Burn Rehabilitation
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Exploring Geospatial Barriers and Facilitators to Community Integration Among Burn Injury Survivors 4354
    Location:  ROOM: Metropolitan REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Proceed straight ahead, past the skylight. Metropolitan is the first room to the left.
    Presenting Author: Pyung Kim, n/a – School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas
    Non-presenting Author: Karen J. Kowalske, MD – The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Dohyeong Kim – The University of Texas at Dallas
    Burn Rehabilitation
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Implementation of Serial Casting and Orthotic Interventions to Promote Function for Survivors of Burn Injury Across the Care Continuum 0188
    Location:  ROOM: Peridot REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Peridot is the third room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Peridot is the third room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Brooke M. Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT-C – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Rachel Szalony, OTR, CLT – Parkland Health
    Corresponding Presenter: Jackie Van Ooteghem, OTR/L – Parkland Burn Center
    MINI-TRACK: Burn RehabilitationBurn RehabilitationClinical PracticeEarly Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitPain RehabilitationSkin ManagementTrauma