Pedorthic Footcare Association
55th Annual
Symposium & Exhibition
October 24-26, 2014 | Orlando, fl
6:30 PM –
ABC Certificant Meeting
7:30 PM
BOC Certificant Meeting
Evening: On Your Own
Sunday, October 26, 2014
6:45 AM – 3 PM
Registration Open
6:45 AM –
Breakfast
7:30 AM
7:30 AM –
8:30 AM
(GS9): General Session: Fall PreventionYou May Just Save Your Patient’s Life (S)
Dennis Janisse, C. Ped.
7:30 AM –
Exhibitor Review Meeting
8:30 AM
Open to exhibitors only
8:30 AM –
Uninterrupted Exhibit Hall Time
10:15 AM
10:15 AM –
Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:45 AM
10:45 AM –
Uninterrupted Exhibit Hall Time
11:30 AM
11:30 AM –
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
12:30 PM
12:45 PM –
Exhibit Hall Breakdown
6 PM
12:45 PM –
1:45 PM
(GS10): General Session: Providing Evidence on Diabetic
Therapeutic Footwear to Primary Care Physicians:
The Results of a 2-Year Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort
Study of 32,975 Subjects (S)
Dr. Roy Lidtke, DPM, C. Ped.
2 PM – 3 PM
(GS11): General Session: The Equinus Enigma (S)
Dr. Louis N. Iannuzzi, PT, DPT, C. Ped.
3 PM – 3:15 PM
Coffee Break
3:15 PM –
(CGS12): President’s Closing Remarks and Closing General Session:
A Comprehensive/Team Approach to Fall Prevention
4:30 PM
Dr. Jonathan Moore, DPM, MS
Continuing Education Credits
PFA’s Annual Symposium & Exhibition offers credentialed pedorthists and
other credentialed lower extremity professionals an excellent opportunity to earn
a substantial number of continuing education credits to meet their continuing
education requirements and maintain certification and/or licensure.
This year, the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and
Pedorthics (ABC) has awarded PFA’s 55th Annual & Exhibition a potential total
of 18 Category 1 continuing education credits (17 Category 1 Scientific Credits
and 7 Category 1 Business Credits; full participation in this program is required
to be eligible for the full amount of credits). An additional 4.5 Category 1 Business Credits has been awarded to the optional pre-Symposium workshop Utilize
Social Media to Its Maximum Potential in Your Pedorthic Practice, and 4.5
Category 1 Scientific Credits has been awarded to the optional pre-Symposium
workshop Applied Intuitive Pedorthics: A Hands-on Introduction. Attendees
can also earn an additional 2.0 Category 2 CEUs for visiting the exhibit hall and
returning the Category 2 Exhibit Hall Attendance Credit Application directly to
ABC.
The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) has tentatively awarded the
Symposium & Exhibition up to 18 CEUs (20 Category 1 and 10 Category
2), and 0.25 Category 1 Exhibit Hall CEUs for each exhibitor visited (up to
a maximum of 5 Category 1 Exhibit Hall CEUs per year – attendees must
submit Exhibit Hall Attendance Forms to BOC to obtain these credits). An
additional 4.5 Category 2 Business Credits has been awarded to the optional preSymposium workshop Utilize Social Media to Its Maximum Potential in Your
Pedorthic Practice, and 4.5 Category 1 Scientific Credits has been awarded to
the optional pre-Symposium workshop Applied Intuitive Pedorthics: A Handson Introduction.
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