Iowa Vestibular Symposium

Saturday, January 11, 2025 8am to 5:30pm

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  • Sunday, January 12, 2025 8:15am to 5:45pm

3200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312

https://cme.dmu.edu/IVS-2025 #DMUCME
$150 - $350 Add to calendar

Cost

 

  • Clinicians - In-Person Saturday + Sunday: $350
  • Clinicians - Virtual Saturday + Sunday: $350
  • Full-Time Health Sciences Students - In-Person Saturday + Sunday: $150
  • Full-Time Health Sciences Students - Virtual Saturday Afternoon Only + Sunday: $150

 

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Target Audience
 

All healthcare professionals working with individuals with central or peripheral vestibular disorders are invited to attend. This includes providers who are seeing patients who complain of dizziness, imbalance, and vertigo and are looking for improved referral options and for providers who regularly treat these individuals. 

 

Purpose
 

This interdisciplinary symposium fosters collaboration among healthcare professionals across multiple disciplines to enhance the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of central and peripheral vestibular disorders. By bringing together experts in physical therapy, speech therapy, mental health therapy, pain management, and otolaryngology, the conference aims to advance interdisciplinary care for patients dealing with conditions like concussions, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular migraines, and stroke. Through comprehensive education, hands-on experience, and networking, this conference equips attendees with the tools to provide improved, patient-centered care.

 

Outline
 

  • Acute and chronic concussion management and collaboration 
  • Pain and migraine management from a physician's perspective 
  • Peripheral vestibular system, dysfunction, examination, and treatment 
  • Peripheral vestibular testing 
  • PICA stroke: PT and patient perspective 
  • Optometry and vision therapy's role 
  • Speech-language pathologist and mental health's role in managing vestibular conditions
  • Update on Vestibular Research
  • Vestibular migraine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment 

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