Current Pedorthics | September-October 2014 | Vol.46, Issue 5 | Page 61

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. Current Pedorthics September/October 2014 59