Children’s Health℠ Andrews Institute Sports Medicine Lecture Series
Children’s Health℠ Andrews Institute Sports Medicine Lecture Series is a no cost educational resource dedicated to advancing Sports Medicine. Individuals can directly access innovative and evidence-based content provided by multidisciplinary experts through live audiences and learner- paced lectures. Our mission is to create a comprehensive learning environment that’s both accessible and evolving.
Athletic Trainer Credit: Children’s Health Andrews Institute (BOC AP# P10197) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers. This program is eligible for a maximum of 1 Category A hours/CEUs. Athletic Trainers should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
The Children’s Health is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Children’s Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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ACL Return To Play Considerations (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Dhalston Cage, DPT
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Review current concepts related to general ACL rehab and timelines associated with proper recovery and return to sport
- Formulate general guidelines for proper step-wise progression based on objective and subjective information
- Review various objective measures that are helpful when determining proper return to play for the ACL athlete
- Utilize current evidence to support post-operative ACL rehab and return to play decisions
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Foundational Nutrition for Youth Athletes (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Gabbie Ricky, MS, RDN, CSO, LD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.5, CEU 0.5 & CNE 0.5
- Review the foundations of proper fueling for youth athletes to support increased energy demands for health and performance
- Discuss the components of energy expenditure, including BMR, NEAT, TEF, and EAT
- Identify sport-certified supplements and educate on general safe supplement practices for youth
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Spondylolysis and Hip Apophysitis (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Jacob Sexton, MD, ATC
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.75, CEU 0.75 & CNE 0.75
- Review lumbar spine anatomy
- Discuss developmental and biomechanical risk factors associated with the development of spondylolysis and stress reactions of the lumbar spine
- Explore preventative and rehabilitative measures for athletes with lumbar spondylolysis
- Review hip and pelvis anatomy
- Review radiographic images of common anatomical locations for hip apophyseal injuries and avulsion
- Explore preventative and rehabilitative measures for athletes with lumbar spondylolysis
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Considerations and Implications of Low Back Pain and Program Design (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Jacob Rivera, BS, CSCS, USAW
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.75, CEU 0.75 & CNE 0.75
- Review what to consider when back pain is present during training
- Discuss how to intervene when back pain is present and what to hold athletes accountable to during continued training
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Return to Sport Upper Extremity (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Taylor Douthit, PT, DPT
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Deconstruct the movement patterns of a selected sport.
- Examine evidence and rationale behind Children’s Health Andrews Institute existing RTS criteria.
- Apply principles of tissue healing, correction of faculty movement patterns, strength, power, and neuromuscular re-education to logical exercise progressions.
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Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- John Roaten, MD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Define Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee
- Review anatomy and epidemiology
- Discuss non-operative treatmentx
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ACL Graft Selection & Rehab Considerations (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Stephen LaPlant, PT, ATC
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.5, CEU 0.5 & CNE 0.5
- Review ACL graft options and discuss pros and cons related to each
- Discuss rehab strategies related to ensuring successful outcomes for each ACL graft type
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: Recognition & Surgical Intervention (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Dustin Loveland, MD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.5, CEU 0.5 & CNE 0.5
- Discuss the epidemiology of ACL injuries in young athletes
- Identify risk factors for ACL injuries
- Review the surgical options for the young athlete with an ACL injury
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History of Sports Medicine and Success in Your Careers (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- James Andrews, MD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Discuss the history of sports medicine
- Identify success and relate it to your sport medicine careers
- Discuss why so many young athletes are getting hurt
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Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Injuries in Baseball and Return to Throwing Programs (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Stephen Laplante, PT, ATC and Westly Bell, ATC.
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Discuss current trends and reasons upper extremity injuries occur in baseball
- Review the most common upper extremity injuries and rehab and prevention strategies
- Review updated interval throwing programs
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General Medicine/Sports Medicine: Joint Pain/Dermatology & Sports (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Fabien Arous, MD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.75, CEU 0.75 & CNE 0.75
- Discuss important information to gather when approaching joint pain.
- Review the differential diagnosis and etiology of joint pain.
- Review of inflammatory vs non-inflammatory joint pain and monoarthritis vs polyarthritis.
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Early Sport Specialization (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Alvin Chi, MD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Define Early Sports Specialization
- Understand the poition statements for early sports specialization
- Learn about training approaches for the specialized athlete
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Andrews Institute Sports Medicine Leadership Series: How to Achieve Business Goals in an Uncertain Environment (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Patrick Hyde, MBA
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.5, CEU 0.5 & CNE 0.5
- Discuss establishing a team
- Review establishing the culture
- Discuss continuous improvement
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Andrews Institute Sports Medicine Leadership Series: Program Building from the Ground Up (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Scott Burkhart, PsyD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Identify medical/business ideas and thought strategies
- Utilize and develop growth phase based on a division model
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Andrews Institute Sports Medicine Leadership Series: The Andrews Model: Developing a Sustainable Model for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Chad Gilliland, Vice President Northern Market Growth and Development
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.75, CEU 0.75 & CNE 0.75
- Review sustainability metrics for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine practices
- Review professional responsibilities and organizational expectation
- Discuss program development and prioritizations
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Andrews Institute Sports Medicine Leadership Series: Looking Back at 30+ Years Worth of Leadership Lessons (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Vanessa Walls, MS
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Define leadership
- Review the different types of leaders
- Discuss the leadership journey
- Review Vanessa's leadership philosophy
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Scoliosis Evaluation and Treatment (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Christopher Redman, MD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Define Normal Spinal Anatomy
- Define Scoliosis and Natural History of Disease
- Identify Spinal Curvatures on Clinical Examination
- Identify Treatment Options for Scoliosis and Need for Early Detection
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A Data Driven Approach to Clinical Concussion Care (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Dr. Scott Burkhart, PsyD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME .75, CEU .75 & CNE .75
- Review and discuss concussion database
- Review the understanding of concussion research
- Utilize clinical research of the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screen
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Introduction to Running Analysis (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Ben Gloff, PT, DPT
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Discuss the importance of a running analysis
- Assess standardizing of a run gait
- Define common running faults
- Analyze how to perform a running analysis
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Pediatric Overuse Injuries (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Nathan Nolte, RN, CPNP, RNFA
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.75, CEU 0.75 & CNE 0.75
- Identify common overuse injuries by anatomical location
- Identify the correct treatment modality based on the injury
- Identify when to refer to orthopaedics for further evaluation
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Advanced Interpretation of the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screen (VOMS) and On-Field Concussion Assessment (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- August Price, PsyD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Review how to administer the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screen (VOMS)
- Discuss objective and subjective interpretation of the VOMS
- Discuss how to perform an on-field concussion assessment
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Athlete and the Environment (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Jacob Sexton, MD, ATC
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Review the purpose and function of emergency action plans (EAP)
- Discuss the physiology and management of heat and cold related illness
- Explore the physiological adaptations to altitude and management of altitude related illness
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Mental Health Issues in Adolescent Athletes (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Kimberly Williams, LCSW
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.75, CEU 0.75 & CNE 0.75
- Present which mental health diagnosis are most prevalent in athletes
- Discuss how symptoms present in today’s athletes
- Review how to intervene and identify the most appropriate resources and next steps for athletes, coaches and parents
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The Dancer’s Foot (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Troy Smurawa, MD, Laura Henderson, PT, DPT & Holly Nieman, MS, ATC, LAT
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.75, CEU 0.75 & CNE 0.75
- Discuss the anatomy, evaluation, and treatment of foot and ankle injuries in dancer
- Review a basic dance biomechanical assessment
- Present examples of dance specific rehabilitation exercises
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Evaluation and Management of Sport Related Concussion (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Sarah Boucher, PsyD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Review concussion and concussion symptoms
- Review the evaluation and diagnostic process
- Discuss management and treatment modalities for concussion
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Fueling the Dancer-Athlete Nutrition Strategies to Support Health & Performance (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Gabbie Ricky, MS, RDN, CSO, LD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.75, CEU 0.75 & CNE 0.75
- Review the role of carbohydrates, protein, and fats in athletic performance and recovery.
- Discuss how to build balanced meals/snacks.
- Discuss how to set baseline hydration goals and (self) monitor hydration status.
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Return to Sport: Bridging the Gap Between Rehab, Performance and The Field (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Jacob Rivera, CSCS
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Assess the need for working backwards from sport to identify progression for any injury
- Discuss the application of the return to play model can be applied to any injury and reverse engineered
- Review the importance or progressive loading schemes for strength, plyometrics, speed, and agility
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Overuse Injuries in Youth Athletes (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Troy M. Smurawa, MD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.75, CEU 0.75 & CNE 0.75
- Review the unique bone anatomy of the developing young athletes and susceptibility to overuse injuries.
- Discuss the evaluation of overuse injuries in young athletes.
- Outline the treatment and prevention for overuse injuries in the young athlete
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My Evolution in Managing SLAP Lesions Over the Past 40 Years (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- James R. Andrews, MD
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 0.5, CEU 0.5 & CNE 0.5
- Discuss the history of labral pathology and SLAP lesions.
- Describe the mechanism, history and clinical exam of SLAP tears
- Recognize the surgical treatments for SLAP lesions
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What is Diagnostic Ultrasound? (Learner-Paced)
Event Details
- Instructor:
- Jacob Sexton, MD, ATC
Overview
- Target Audience: ATs, MDs, RNs, PTs, PAs and NPs
- Approved Credits: CME 1, CEU 1 & CNE 1
- Review common ultrasonography terms and their applications in musculoskeletal medicine
- Differentiate tissue characteristics of anatomical structures
- Discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic applications of ultrasound
- Introduce examples of musculoskeletal ultrasound pathology and potential treatment applications