Long COVID Physio International Forum - September 9th - 10th 2022

Long COVID Physio will host the Long COVID Physio International Forum in partnership with Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions and FisioCamera, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, Realize Canada, Visible, and Temerty Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto . The two day online forum will bring the lived experience to Long COVID, disability and rehabilitation.

The Long COVID Physio International Forum is suitable for any audience, including health and social care professionals, people living with or affected by Long COVID or other conditions, academics, service providers, policymakers, students of allied health and rehabilitation professions, and people wanting to learn more. English will be the spoken language of the Long COVID Physio International Forum. Zoom will be used for all sessions. Closed Captioning (CC) or live transcription will be used throughout the forum, with captions available in 11 other languages. Sessions will be lived streamed and recorded for on demand viewing.

Partners

Keynote speakers

Dr Emma Stokes

Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, President World Physiotherapy, and Vice President for Global Engagement Trinity College Dublin

Dr David Putrino

Director of Rehabilitation Innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Master of Ceremonies

Dr Jimmy McKay

Science Communicator for the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at Mount Sinai Hospital System

Programme

Programme content will be delivered live and available on demand, covering three different streams:

Science - Research presentations by world leaders, summarised by a patient-led panel
Discussion - Panel discussions with experts on the important topics we all want to know more about
Workshop - Everybody has a voice to share knowledge, skills and experiences, led by specialists and delivered in partnership with FisioCamera

Programme content, speakers list and session learning objectives are available here: programme

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Programme at a Glance

Friday 9th September 2022

Day 1 Opens

13:00 UTC, Sacramento 06:00 (UTC-7), Toronto 09:00 (UTC-4), New York City 09:00 (UTC-4), London 14:00 (UTC+1), New Delhi 18:30 (UTC+5.30), Sydney 23:00 (UTC +10).

13:00 UTC Forum open and welcome

13:15 UTC Keynote Speaker: Dr Emma Stokes

13:45 UTC Science: Health systems and rehabilitation care

14:15 UTC Comfort break

14:30 UTC Discussion: What is safe Long COVID rehabilitation?

15:15 UTC Comfort break

15:30 UTC Science: Post exertional symptom exacerbation

16:00 UTC Comfort break

16:15 UTC Workshop: Pacing

17:15 UTC Sponsor presentations

17:45 UTC Discussion: Long COVID, disability and bias

18:30 UTC Day one highlights and close 19:00 UTC

Saturday 10th September 2022

Day 2 Opens 12:00 UTC, Sacramento 05:00 (UTC-7), Toronto 08:00 (UTC-4), New York City 08:00 (UTC-4), London 13:00 (UTC+1), New Delhi 17:30 (UTC+5.30), Sydney 22:00 (UTC +10)

12:00 UTC Day 2 open and welcome

12:15 UTC Keynote Speaker: Dr David Putrino

12:45 UTC Science: Current landscape of Long COVID research

13:15 UTC Comfort break

13:30 UTC Discussion: Long COVID Kids

14:15 UTC Sponsor presentations

14:30 UTC Workshop: Testimonial injustice and empowering conversations in healthcare

15:30 UTC Comfort break

16:00 UTC Science: Episodic disability

16:30 UTC Workshop: Daily activities and work

17:30 UTC Comfort break

17:45 UTC Discussion: Orthostatic intolerance, dysautonomia and POTS

18:30 UTC Day one highlights and forum close 19:00 UTC

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available. This course has been approved by the APTA Utah for 11 CEUs (CEUL0098949). This program is eligible for a maximum of 11 Category D hours/CEUs, approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Certified Athletic Trainers.

Podcast

Learn more about the Long COVID Physio International Forum in this PT Pintcast podcast with Long COVID Physio Chair Darren Brown and Forum master of ceremonies (emcee) Dr Jimmy McKay.

“Bringing The Lived Experience to Long COVID, Disability and Rehabilitation”