TargetAudience:Allstakeholdersconcernedabouttheexistinggapbetweenacademicpreparationandtheclinicalrealitiesofacutecarepractice
• AcademicFaculty• ClinicalInstructors• HospitalAdministrators• DPTProgramDirectors• Students• DCEsandCCCEs
What:Anopportunityforopendialogueoncollectiveeffortsandstrategiesneededtoovercomeperceivedobstacles
Where:GrandHyattCrockettAWhen:SaturdayFebruary18th10:30am-12:00pmModerators:EllenWruble-Hakim,PT,DScPT,MS,CWS,FACCWSEricStewart,PT,DPTMollyHickey,PT,DPTKeynoteAddressesby:MaryC.Sinnott,Med,PT,DPTSteveTepper,PT,PhDMichaelFriedman,PT,MBA
MovingForwardwithaCollectiveVision• Areentry-levelstudentsleavingacademiccurriculaadequatelypreparedfortherealitiesand
demandsofmanagingpatientswithacutehealthneeds?o Isthebarformasterywell-establishedsuchthatthereisreducedvariationinacutecare
teachinginstructionacrossvariousacademicprograms?• Isthecurrentacademictrendtonotrequireafull-timehospital-basedclinicalexperienceinneed
ofreversal?• Towhatdegreeandhowcanweassuagethelegitimateconcernsofhospitalsrelativetohosting
studentswholackadequatepreparationtoengageinclinicaleducationwithinthispracticesetting?
• Howisitbesttomanagetheultimateimpactofanunder-preparedworkforcewithinthehospitalsetting?
Theseandmanyotherquestionswillbeaddressedinthisinauguralgathering.Pleasejoinandinfluencethemovementtoheightenawarenessoftheissuesofgreatestconcerntoacutecareacademicsandpracticeandassistinthecreationofstrategiesandsolutionsthatgobeyondindividualentities.Withinthecomingweeks,pleasewatchforacallforsubmissionstoauthoramanuscriptforaspecialtopicissueoftheJournalofAcuteCarePhysicalTherapyfocusedexclusivelyonbest-practicesforexcellenceinacutecaredidacticandclinicalinstruction.