Researchers from the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) will have a strong presence at this year’s conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, October 9-13 in Vancouver, BC.
Seven session will include knowledge gleaned from CROR’s ongoing NIDRR-funded project work, both the current Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Improving Measurement of Medical Rehabilitation Outcomes and the older RRTC on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes and Effectiveness:
- Evidence, Theory and Experience: Implementing Evidence into Rehabilitation Practice – Instructional Course on Wednesday, Oct. 10th from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Introduction to Individual Growth Curve Analysis – Instructional Course on Wednesday, Oct. 10th from 1-5 p.m.
- Measuring Rehabilitation Care across the Continuum: How will we know if we are Meeting Patients’ Needs? – Concurrent symposia on Thursday, Oct. 11th from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
- Innovative SCI Rehab Study Reveals Relationships of Patient Characteristics and Treatment Interventions with Outcomes after SCI – Concurrent symposia on Thursday, Oct. 11th from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
- Outcome Measurement Resources for Rehabilitation Clinicians – Concurrent symposia on Friday, Oct. 12th from 7:15 – 8:15 a.m.
- Promoting Adoption of Outcomes Data Collection in Rehabilitation Practice – Concurrent symposia on Friday, Oct. 12th from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
- Comparing of Function across Post-Acute Rehabilitation Settings after Co-Calibration of Self-Care and Mobility Items – Concurrent symposia on Saturday, Oct. 13th from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
(links go to the full agenda for those days)
Are you attending or interested in attending the ACRM conference? The conference program (PDF) has a full list, with abstracts, of all presentations, workshops, and symposia. Registration is still open.
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