10th Post Graduate Course in Rehabilitation Medicine

From February 02, 2024 18:15 until February 04, 2024 12:00

At Renaissance Wind Creek Curacao Resort

Posted by Luigia Baerecke

This year, the 10th Post Graduate Course Rehabilitation Medicine will take place from February 2, 2024 to February 4, 2024. This conference will be organized by the Curaçao Rehabilitation Center Foundation (SRC), University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) in close collaboration with the Dutch-Caribbean Foundation for Clinical Higher Education (NASKHO).

Various themes will be discussed during the conference. The focus is mainly based on topics relating to syndromes that are often seen at the rehabilitation center as well as in the primary care setting in Curaçao. Patients with a stroke as well as patients with a lower extremity amputation due to vascular disorders, form the two largest diagnostic groups that are seen and treated and for that reason, it has once again been decided to pay attention to this. New insights into the rehabilitation of stroke as well as the epidemiology of stroke in Curaçao and various topics regarding rehabilitation after a lower extremity amputation will be discussed.

During this conference, the various pain syndromes will also be presented in detail. Aspects of various neurological disorders such as disorders of the spinal cord (spinal cord injury and cervical canal stenosis) and Guillain Barré will also be considered. Also, the possibility of driving after a brain injury will be one of our topics.

Various aspects of spasticity and joint disorders will also be examined. Joint complaints such as osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee are a common problem seen in primary care. We will amply talk about the diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis. The different options for treating spasticity which is a common phenomenon due to various neurological disorders with negative consequences for the patient will be explained.

Finally, an extensive overview will be given of the medical conditions that are or are not covered in the rehabilitation setting.

Both local and Dutch speakers have promised their cooperation at this conference. The conference is intended for specialists, general practitioners, medical students and residents, para/perimedical therapists, and other healthcare providers who are closely involved in the treatment of the above-mentioned conditions.

Friday, February 2nd, 2024 - Session 1

From	Subject	Speaker
	Topic: Pain Chair: Juan Martina
18:15 – 19:00	Registration
19:00 - 19:10	Word of welcome
19:10 – 19:15	Official opening
19:15 – 19:35	Chronic Low Back Pain	Milton Pelgrim
19:35 – 19:55	Neuropathic Pain	Luis Loaiza
19:55 – 20:15	Phantom Pain	Jan Geertzen
20:30 – 21:00	Break
	Topic: Pain Chair: Jan Geertzen
21:00 – 21:20	Pain and Mobility Impairment in the elderly due to muscle tone dysregulation	Henk-Jan Prins
21:20 – 21:40	10th Congress & 35 Years Rehabilitation Medicine in Curacao	Ayal Zahavi/Juan D Martina
21:40 – 22:00	Discussion
22:00	Closure

Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 - Session 2

From - To	Subject	Speaker
09:00 – 10:00	Registration
	Topic: Neurorehabilitation Chair: Ayal Zahavi
10:00 - 10:20	Added value of prehabilitation before surgery of cervical stenosis with myelopathy	Juan D Martina
10:20 - 10:40	How to recognize spasticity and therapy	Marga Tepper
10:40 - 11:00	How long is therapy necessary after a stroke	Henk Meulenbelt
11:00 - 11:15	Discussion
11:15 – 11:45	Break
	Topic: Miscellaneous Chair: Juan Martina
11:45 – 12:05	Epidemiology of Stroke in Curacao: What we Know and don’t know and why it matters.	Izzy Gerstenbluth
12:05 – 12:25	Car driving after Brain Injury	Andreina Martina/Rosetta Salazar
12:25 – 12:45	Discussion
12:45 – 14:30	Lunch (lunch on own account)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 - Session 3

From - To	Subject	Speaker
14:00 – 14:30	Registration
	Topic: Topics in neurorehabilitation Chair: Jan Geertzen
14:30 – 14:50	Transcranial magnet stimulation and shockwave therapy for spasticity	Henk Meulenbelt
14:50 – 15:10	Let’s walk after spinal cord injury: reality for all or keep dreaming?	Marga Tepper
15:10 – 15:30	Guillain Barre	Anke Vennegoor
15:30 – 15:45	Discussion
15:45 – 16:15	Break
	Topic: Artrosis Chair: Juan Martina
16:15 – 16:35	Artrosis of the big joints	Rienk Dekker
16:35 – 16:55	Artrosis of the hand/foot	John van Loenen
16:55 – 17:15	Orthotics	Peter Slijkhuis
17:15 – 17:30	Discussion
17:30	Closure

Sunday, February 4th, 2024 - Session 4

From - To	Subject	Speaker
09:00 – 10:00	Registration
	Topic: Amputation Chair: Jan Geertzen
10:00 – 10:15	The Diabetic Foot	John van Loenen
10:15 – 10:30	To amputate or not to amputate, that is the question	Jan Geertzen
10:30 – 10:50	Nutrition and amputation	Rienk Dekker
10:50 – 11:15	Could a patient with an amputation and a stroke walk again?	Juan D Martina
11:15 – 11:45	Break
	Topic: Rehabilitation Chair: Ayal Zahavi
11:45 – 12:05	What is not rehabilitation?	Jan Geertzen
12:05 – 12:45	What can Rehabilitation Medicine mean for the 1st line: GPs, Physiotherapy, etc	Ayal Zahavi/Milton Pelgrim
12:25 –12:45	Discussion
12:45	Closure

Registration fee $ 300 Full Conference (Medical Doctors / General Practitioner / Others)
Registration fee $ 150 Full Conference (Nurses & Paramedics)

CAN # A24.003
February 2 Session - 2 points
February 3 Morning Session - 2 points
February 3 Afternoon Session - 3 points
February 4 Morning Session - 3 points

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