The Miami-Marquette Challenge
2013-2014 Course
Course Title: Advanced Differential
Diagnosis and Medical Screening for all
Practice Environments
Speaker: Robert Duvall, PT, DHSc,
MMSc, OCS, SCS, ATC, FAAOMPT, CSCS,
DAC
Date: October 5-6th, 2013
Time: October 5 7:30 am-5:00 pm
October 6 8:00 am-2:00pm
Registration begins at 7:30 am
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (exact
location TBA)
Direct Access CEU’s: 12
General Access CEU’s: 0
Total CEU’s: 12
Course Level: Intermediate
Cost of Course: $400
All proceeds from this course will be
donated to the Foundation for Physical
Therapy as part of the MiamiMarquette Challenge.
Registration online:
http://pittphysicaltherapy.com/
Registration by mail: (see last page)
Course Description:
Applicable to all clinical practice
settings and specialty areas, this
clinically practical course will present
the most essential responsibility of
physical therapists --- the recognition of
co-morbid medical conditions and the
diagnosis of movement-based
impairments. The content knowledge
and process skills necessary to enhance
physical therapists’ advanced medical
screening and clinical judgments
regarding diagnosis and when to treat,
and when to refer their patients will be
presented. Combined with physical
therapists’ existing knowledge and
skills, medical screening and differential
diagnostic competencies will provide a
more comprehensive evaluation scheme
that will facilitate safe, effective and
efficient patient management within the
context of a collaborative practice
paradigm. This is an evidenced-based
seminar on evaluative procedures to treat
a person without a referral.
Learning OBJECTIVES
1. Identify the role and
responsibility of Diagnosis
within physical therapy
practice.
2. Identify three different
diagnostic theories that
provide effective strategies for
effective clinical decision
making.
3. Analyze the diagnostic value
and individual characteristics
of clinical tests by defining
Sensitivity, Specificity, and
Likelihood Ratios.
4. Identify the value of subjective
examination, i.e. “History”, as
related to effective diagnosis
and management of patients.
5. Apply Medical Screening
techniques to traditional
examination procedures that
result in a comprehensive
examination scheme.
6. Recognize which features of
the History and Physical
Examination influence not only
intervention strategies but also
decisions about diagnostic
imaging, pharmacology,
laboratory testing, and
specialist referral.
7. Differentiate medical
conditions that contraindicate
physical therapy intervention
from medical conditions that
are appropriate for physical
therapy interventions.
8. Discuss signs and symptoms
that necessitate immediate
medical referral.
9. Identify medical conditions
that necessitate modification of
physical therapy interventions.
10. Practically apply medical
screening procedures in a
competent manner.
Course Schedule:
Day 1-Saturday
8:00: Introduction, Role of PTs as
Diagnosticians, Differential Diagnostic
Theories, Scientific Evidence, Test
Characteristics: Sensitivity, Specificity
and Likelihood Ratios, Subjective
Examination and Review of Systems
10:00: Break
10:10: Medical Screening Principles,
Integumentary Screening,
Pharmacological Issues, Abnormal Lab
Values, Residents’ Clinical Studies
12:00: Lunch (on your own)
12:30: Physical Exam Lab Procedures
to Screen for Serious Disorders of the
Head, Neck, Chest and Upper Quarter
3:00: Break
3:10: Physical Exam Lab Procedures
to Screen for Serious Disorders of the
Head, Chest and Upper Quarter,
Thoracic Spine and Ribs
5:00: Adjourn
Day 2- Sunday
8:00: Lab- Screening for Serious
Disorders of the Low Back and Lower
Quarter
10:00: Break
10:10: Biomechanical Based
Screening for Hernia, Marfan’s
Syndrome, Ethler’s Danlos Syndrome
12:00: Break
12:10: Screening Integration
Laboratory, Problem Solving, Case
Considerations
1:50: Questions and Answers
2:00: Adjourn
About the Speaker:
In private practice since 1984, Dr
DuVall is director of the Orthopaedic
Primary Care Residency and APTA
Credentialed Manual Therapy
Fellowship Programs at SportsMedicine
of Atlanta. Dr DuVall is an Assistant
Professor teaching “Differential
Diagnosis and Advanced Medical
Screening” and “Advanced Direct
Access Competencies” at the
Northeastern, Shenandoah, Alabama
State and Florida A&M Universities.
Practicing as a primary contact physical
therapy practitioner, Bob has clinically
coordinated care for greater than 15,000
patients prior to physician intervention.
Bob is ABPTS Board Certified as an
Orthopaedic and Sports Clinical
Specialist and is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Orthopaedic
Manual Physical Therapists. He has
obtained Athletic Training Certification
and Manual Therapy Certification as
well as being the first physical therapist
certified in Primary Care Physical
Therapy by the University of St.
Augustine. Bob provided coverage at
the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer
Olympic Games as a physical therapist.
Bob obtained an Advanced Master of
Medical Science degree from Emory
University School of Medicine and has
completed a post-professional doctorate
in the area of Primary Care from the
University of St. Augustine. His
doctoral research included conducting a
primary contact physical therapy
practice analysis from which clinical
competencies were identified to
scientifically define the physical
therapists’ essential competencies in
direct access practice. This research has
been published in The Journal of
Orthopaedic and Sports Physical
Therapy, June 2004. Bob has also
authored three monographs for the
APTA’s 2004 Orthopaedic Section’s
Autonomous Practice and Medical
Screening Physical Therapy Home Study
Course. He has also been honored with
the APTA Private Practice Section’s
2007 Service Award and appointed to
serve 2008-2009 on APTA’s Private
Practice Section’s Board of Directors.
He currently serves as a content and
process expert to the APTA PPS Task
Force on the development of Paid
Clinical Internships. He recently served
on the Nominating Committee of the
APTA Orthopaedic Section.
FOR REGISTRATION BY MAIL ONLY
Course Information:
Course Title: Advanced Differential Diagnosis and Medical Screening for all Practice
Environments
Course Speaker: Robert Duvall, PT, DHSc, MMSc, ATC, CSCS
Date: October 5-6th, 2013
Cost: $400 -Make check payable to The Pittsburgh-Marquette Challenge
Registrant Information:
*Full Name: _________________________________________________________________________________
Mailing Address: ___________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
*&Email Address:____________________________________________________________________________
Phone Number:_____________________________________________________________________________
Employer: ___________________________________________________________________________________
*Denotes required field for registration
&Please
note. Notification of registration from PittMarquetteChallenge@gmail.com
will be sent to the mail address you provide. Until confirmation is received, you will
not be successfully registered for the course.
Mail this completed form and check to:
Pitt-Marquette Challenge
6035 Forbes Tower
Pittsburgh PA, 15260