The University of Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Telerehabilitation will host the first Virtual State of the Science Conference from November 17-20, 2008. This is a free event hosted entirely on the web – participate from your own location via your computer.
All health and rehabilitation professionals, industry partners, government agencies and consumers with disabilities are invited to participate. Participants must register at http://www.sos.telerehabnet.org. Continuing education units are available at no cost through the University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS).
A pre-conference of live interactive technology practice session(s) will be held for participants from November 10-14 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST. Topics for the November 17-20 conference include:
¾ Telerehabilitation: State of the Art from an Informatics Perspective
¾ Telerehabilitation Clinical and Vocational Applications Research, Opportunities, and Challenges
¾ Telerehabilitation Technologies: Accessibility and Usability
¾ Telerehabilitation: Policy Research Tools and Policy Issues
For a complete schedule of the conference, click here. For more information, please contact Cheryl Rohall: (412) 586 – 6912; crohall@pitt.edu.
