Phoenix Manual Therapy Long Term Course 2011-2012
The Phoenix Manual Therapy long-term class was initiated to fill the void between weekend classes with no accountability or demonstration of learning applicable skills and formal residency programs. The intent is to bring an instructional vehicle to the Phoenix area to allow Physical Therapists to learn orthopedic manual therapy skills without having to leave the valley to participate in a residency, or out of state long term class. This course has been effectively delivering that goal since 1986.
Long Term Course Principle
The course runs over the span of 8 months, with 6 separate sessions of class meetings. The bulk of the class time is hands on practical application with instructor/student ratio never more than 8/1, typically less. The classes typically have been approximately 4-6 weeks apart with reading and practice expectations in between meeting sessions. The orientation is practical and case studies are an essential element.
Goal
The goal will be to cover the entire spine as well as the hip & shoulder joints in a format that will encompass the Australian dynamic thinking model from assessment, treatment decisions, technique selection, reassessment, treatment progression, self- treatment selection, exercise, long-term management, education, and discharge. There will be an integration of soft tissue mobilization and dynamic exercise progression for spinal control, often referred to as spinal stabilization and Norwegian techniques.
Tuition/Registration
Registration is on a first come first served basis and is limited to ensure instructor/student ratio remain at or below approximately 8/1.
The total cost for the 6-session course is $2400.00. For convenience, the tuition is broken into installments. Registration is completed with a $600.00 down-payment, and an additional $600.00 is due at the first session. As such you will have paid $1200.00 by the start of the class. Prior to the 4th class session the final $1200 installment is due and full payment will be completed. The tuition is split into calendar years to accommodate those who are interested and have an annual allocation of continuing education funding.
Alternative arrangements must be approved prior to registration.
Early and repeat registration discounts:
Registration prior to July 1 will be discounted $200, making the resultant fee $2200.
Registration prior to July 1 with payment in full will be discounted $400, making the resultant fee $2000.
Repeat registration: those enrolling for a second time will recieve a 10% discount.
Early registration for repeat enrollees can be coupled to recieve a 20% discount of the total making the resultant fee $1920.
There is no individual session fee; rather it is course tuition so as to keep the continuum in the class. Once enrolled in the class each student is responsible for the entirety of the tuition. Each member of the class is relying on the other members of the class for the financial commitment to make it possible to bring this course to them. Once a class begins there is no latitude to add a student at any midpoint, as they would not be at the same learning point as the remainder of the class.
Those applying for course application to their pursuit of a transitional DPT degree via NAU should apply directly through the university. The contact person is Lori Kronnenberger, PT, DPT. You should also complete the registration form and forward it to Phoenix Manual Therapy.
Classes
Location-
All class sessions will meet at Fearon & Roessler Physical Therapy, 6245 North 24th Parkway, Suite 105, Phoenix, Arizona.
Time-
The class time schedule is as follows: Saturday starting promptly at 10:00 AM ending at 6:00PM. Sunday sessions begin at 8:00 AM completing at 3:00 PM. Breaks, including lunch are on site in order to maximize content and contact time.
The schedule has previously been shifted forward on Saturdays by unaminous consent of the attending class. The present schedule is to accomodate those travelling from Tucson, Flagstaff and other points outside of Phoenix.
Schedule
The current 2011-2012 schedule is as follows:
2011: September 10-11, 2011; October 15 -16, 2011; November 12-13, 2011;
2012: January 14-15, 2012; February 11-12, 2012; March 10-11, 2012
Inquiries:
Should be directed to Timothy Fearon at Fearon Physical Therapy
Office phone: 602-997-7844 Fax: 602-997-8020 E-mail: tofpt@mac.com
Instructors
The course will be lead by Barbara Stevens PT, GDMT. Additional instructors will be: Margaret Anderson PT, GDMT, MapS PT; Tim Fearon PT, DPT, FAAOMPT.
Barbara Stevens PT, GDMAT, MBA, FAAOMPT
Barbara Stevens received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Zoology from the University of California; Berkley in 1971.She received her Bachelor of Science Degree, Physical Therapy from the University of California, San Francisco in 1974. The Graduate Diploma in Advanced Manipulative Therapy from the South Australia Institute of Technology, Adelaide was awarded in 1979.
Ms. Stevens has worked as a founding faculty member on the Kaiser Residency program in Orthopedic Manual Therapy, the first United States based residency program in advanced manipulative therapy, for six years. She served as chair of the standards committee for the development of the Orthopedic Clinical Specialist examination. Barbara served as Chair for the examination committee of the AAOMPT.
She has taught numerous short-term courses in manual therapy and has conducted yearlong programs in California, Arizona, Oklahoma, & Iowa. She is the author of two chapters on the management of the cervical spine. She has worked as a part time faculty member on the Physical Therapy programs at Langston University, and CSUS, Sacramento.
Ms. Stevens founded the Institute for Orthopaedic Physical Therapy in Mill Valley, California providing advanced manipulative treatment, spinal rehabilitation, and athletic rehabilitation. Ms. Stevens was joined in Mill Valley by Dennis Morgan PT, DC, and Margaret Anderson PT, GDMAT. Barbara founded the Oklahoma Spine Center Physical Therapy and rehabilitation department, as well as the Oklahoma OMT study group. She returned to California where she is now the director of Sutter Medical Systems Physical Therapy programs for the Sacramento region.
Margaret Anderson, PT, GDMAT, M. App. Sci, FAAOMPT
Margaret is a graduate of the school of Physical Therapy of the South Australia Institute of Technology (now the University of South Australia). She completed the year long program in manipulative therapy with Geoffrey Maitland in 1980, earning a Graduate Diploma in Advance Manipulative Therapy, and her masters in Applied Science in 1993, from the university of South Australia. In Australia she worked in private practice and taught in the undergraduate and post- graduate programs. In 1985 she was persuaded by Kaiser Permanente to come to California to teach the Hayward program as a senior faculty member.
In addition to her Kaiser commitments, she practices in Mill Valley at Marin Orthopedic Rehabilitation with Dennis Morgan PT, DC. She has taught both short and long term courses in OMPT in the United States. She has spoken frequently at International, National and State Meetings of the APTA. She is a member of the Orthopedic Section of the APTA and the Manipulative Physical Therapy Association of Australia.
Timothy Fearon, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT
Timothy Fearon received his PT degree from The Ohio State University in 1978. He completed the graduate program in the Musculoskeletal Sequence at Northwestern University in 1985. He completed his Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Northern Arizona University. He was the founder of Phoenix Manual Therapy: a study group, which initially offered courses, based on the Nordic System of orthopaedic manual therapy, shifting to offering a long-term course frame for study of the Australian approach to orthopedic manual therapy and integration of Norwegian techniques over the last 23 years. He initially participated as a student and subsequently as an instructor through those 23 years. He currently practices in an outpatient private practice specializing in orthopedic manual therapy and spinal rehabilitation where he has been for the last 24 years.
Dr. Fearon is currently adjunct faculty at A. T. Still University where he teaches manual therapy of the spine and extremities. He has been a guest instructor for NAU, Arizona School of Health Sciences, Langston University, and North Georgia College. He has spoken at numerous meetings for the Arizona Physical Therapy Association, and the APTA.