2014-2015 Course
Course Title: Musculoskeletal
Diagnostic Imaging for Physical
Therapists
Course Speaker: John Taylor, DC,
DACBR. Professor and Coordinator of
Diagnostic Imaging at D’Youville
College located in Buffalo, NY.
Registration online: http://pittphysicaltherapy.com/
Registration by mail: (see last page)
Course Description:
Date: Saturday April 25 th , 2015
Time: 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Registration begins at 8:30 am
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (exact location TBA)
Direct Access CEU’s: 6.0
General Access CEU’s: 0
Total CEU’s: 6.0
Cost of Course: $175.00
All proceeds from this course will be donated to the Foundation for Physical
Therapy as part of the Miami-
Marquette Challenge.
Participants in this course will learn about the various types of imaging modalities available including: Radiography, Computed
Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI), Diagnostic Ultrasound,
Scintigraphy, and more. As well, there will be discussion about clinical practice guidelines for imaging and prediction rules for acquiring imaging such as the Ottawa ankle rules,
Canadian C-spine rules, and Pittsburgh knee rules. Participants will learn how to interpret musculoskeletal imaging comprising of articular disorders, bone neoplasms, musculoskeletal infection, vascular disorders, and congenital disorders. In addition, participants will review MRI’s of the spine
(disc disorders, spondylolisthesis/spondylolysis, and scoliosis), knee, and shoulder. Lastly, one will learn the basic principles of musculoskeletal injury and the most common fractures, dislocations, and sprains observed.
Learning Objectives
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Understand the importance of diagnostic imaging in screening for systemic disease in Physical Therapy practice.
Determine the clinical relevance of diagnostic imaging tools.
Identify the indications for selected diagnostic imaging tests based on history and examination findings.
Interpret basic written diagnostic imaging reports to formulate a differential diagnosis.
Interpret selected diagnostic images such as X-ray, MRI, CT scans, and bone scans in order to identify structural abnormalities of the spine and extremities.

Course Schedule:
Saturday December 6 th
8:30-9:00 –Registration
9:00-10:00 – Imagining Modalities and Ionizing Radiation Exposure
10:00-10:15—Break
10:15-11:00 – Clinical Indications
11:00-Noon – Musculoskeletal
Imaging
Noon-1:00—Lunch (on your own)
1:00-2:00 – Musculoskeletal Trauma
2:00-3:00 – MR Imaging: Spine
3:00-3:15—Break
3:15-4:30 – MR Imaging: Extremities
4:30-5:00 – Summary
About the Speaker:
John A. Taylor graduated as a chiropractor in 1979 from CMCC in
Toronto. He practiced in Vancouver,
B.C., earned his diplomate in radiology from LACC, and completed a research fellowship in osteoradiology at the
University of California, San Diego. He co-authored a textbook entitled
Skeletal Imaging: Atlas of the Spine and Extremities. The second edition was published by Elsevier in January,
2010. He is the author of over 50 peerreviewed articles in the chiropractic and biomedical literature and has lectured worldwide on the topic of diagnostic imaging in chiropractic practice. He is currently coordinator of diagnostic imaging and professor of radiology in the chiropractic program at D’Youville College, Buffalo, NY. He is a diplomate of the American
Chiropractic Board of Radiology and a consulting radiologist at Western New
York Imaging Group in Buffalo, NY.

Course Information:
Course Title: Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Imaging for Physical Therapists
Course Speaker: John Taylor, DC, DACBR. Professor and Coordinator of Diagnostic
Imaging at D’Youville College located in Buffalo, NY.
Date: Saturday April 25 th , 2015
Cost: -Make check payable to The Pittsburgh-Marquette Challenge
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