RRTC October Grand Rounds

On Tuesday, October 25, we hosted our quarterly Grand Rounds for the RRTC grant featuring Anbesaw Selassie, DrPH, FACE who is a co-investigator for Study 2 of the grant. Dr. Selassie spoke on "Current Trends in Venous Thromboembolism among Persons Hospitalized with Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Does Early Access to Rehabilitation Matter?" and highlighted four learning objectives:

1. Identify at least three major risk factors of venous thromboembolism (VTE) among persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) attributable to inpatient care
2. Enumerate at least four reasons that are barriers to receipt of post-acute rehabilitation.
3. Identify at least two reasons why failure to remove implicit or explicit barriers to receipt of post-acute rehabilitation are violations of WHO’s Almata Declaration of Health care delivery.
4. Identify at least three measures to reduce/prevent VTE among persons with TSCI.

In his presentation, Dr. Selassie discussed how insurance status determines the standard and quality of care provided for acutely injured TSCI patients, which influences the risk of VTE. He explained that ensuring health care access to all Americans is indirectly linked with the risk of VTE and citizens can contribute to the reduction of such events by being vocal for fair and equitable healthcare delivery and active engagement in the healthcare debate.

Sixteen attendees came to the presentation which included occupational therapists, physical therapists, PhD researchers and students from MUSC and surrounding local hospitals. All attendees were eligible to receive one hour of CME or CEU credit. The next quarterly Grand Rounds will take place in January 2012 at MUSC.